Mechanic agjusting nut on wheel hub, low section. - FILE
AS A MECHANIC, Paul knows that when a vehicle is not in operation it costs the owner an alternate transportation as well as lost time. He also knows that prices hardly go down on parts, so he advises all his customers to stock up on some basic parts.
"We not really talking about major things like transmission and engine; that way out. We talking about things that must go bad, like shocks and front-end parts," he said. You find that even for certain car after a while the dealer stop carry in the parts when the model change, so it suit who have it to buy and put down because the people who have them apart from the dealer have a steep price."
Stanworth, who drives a late 1960s Singer car, is not a customer of Paul's, but he lives by the 'stocking up' philosophy. It served him well less than a month ago when the clutch on his car went and he had a pressure plate and bearings at the ready. His car was off the road less than 12 hours; otherwise, the retiree would have had to find not only the parts, but the money to buy them.
And Paul is very aware of the cost factor.
"Car problems have a way to take you when things rough," he said. "If you buy two shocks a month or a rack end when you get pay, it ease off that pressure when time come to change them. And they don't spoil, just keep them dry and you arright," Paul said.
He also advises that motorists buy the items necessary for servicing as they are doing one set of changing of oils and filters. "Is not only that you have the things to deal with the car right away, and plugs is a thing that can go any time and stop the vehicle, but at the same time you have these things with you already, so servicing the car is on your mind. You less likely now to make more than the set time run off and damage your engine or transmission or whatsoever," Paul said.
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