I Love my 1996 Subaru and Schummer’s Super Sunoco
I just got a call from my mechanic that my car has passed inspection and is ready for pick up. This is great news, because I thought I’d be paying for some substantial repairs: we had some brutal potholes this summer and my brakes were feeling squirrelly even though they were replaced less than a year ago. As it turns out, the brakes are fine but I’ll need to replace a tie rod, which is neither urgent nor expensive: I’m putting that task off for another two weeks.
I want to take a moment, now, to express my deep love for my 1996 Subaru Legacy wagon. This car has a small patch of rust on the passenger side rear door, and sometimes it’s difficult to lock the hatch, but at 215,000 miles, the car has better pickup than my girlfriend’s brand new Honda Fit, it starts reliably, and while the AC isn’t as strong as it could be the heat works great. Selling my gas-guzzling-but-spacious Chevy Astro was probably one of the best decisions I made in my life. While the Legacy is a bit more crowded than the van, I can still fit my upright bass, a guitar, a fiddle, two coolers, a backpack full of clothes, a girlfriend and a 6-year old son in there, with room to spare.
i also want to take a moment to recommend Schummer’s Super Sunoco Servicenter for all my Philadelphia readers. I’ve been getting all my car repairs and inspections done there for at least five years, at the suggestion of Alex, who sometimes comments here. It’s well worth the trip from southwest Philly to their location in the Mayfair neighborhood. They get the job done right, they get it done quickly, they don’t play shenanigans with your bill, and they often go well beyond the call of duty. Their work on my timing belt was a good example: after replacing the broken belt, they couldn’t get the car started because you have to detach a dazzling amount of wires to get to the belt. I think it took them three more days before they got the job all the way done, but they cut me a break on the final price tag because of the delay on their end. that’s good customer service in my book, and I’m happy to recommend them to you as well.
September 2nd, 2010 at 11:30 am
Can I plug my favorite auto repair shop? Eleventh Street Auto, at 11th & Christian. Run by Bill and Frank Sauer, these guys will always fix it right, and will often steer you away from expensive, unnecessary repairs, even fixing stuff for free when it only takes a couple of minutes.