Shoutout to the mechanic who refused to fix my car the way I wanted
I brought my old Honda into a shop in Portland about 3 years ago, convinced the transmission was shot and ready to drop $2,800 on a rebuild. The mechanic, this older guy named Pete, just looked under the hood for like 5 minutes and then told me I had a bad sensor and a clogged filter. I argued with him for a solid 10 minutes, telling him I knew cars and it had to be the transmission because of the way it was shifting. He just said 'let me fix this $150 part first, if it doesn't work I'll do the rebuild for free.' I felt stupid when the car drove perfect after he swapped that sensor out. Has anyone else had someone push back on your assumptions and actually save you from yourself?