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jdemaris: Very important we make use of our acquaintences here at YT. You were within 30 min. of me. In fact if you crossed at Port Huron- Sarnia, you drove within 2 miles of my house. Dogs, cats, wives, children and the father-husband are all welcome. I'm not much of a transmission man, but I think we could have made you comfortable much quicker, plus directed you to a car-truck shop. I'm glad to hear you got looked after by a decent shop. As YTers one thing we could take advantage of is one of our fellow YTers taking us to a shop where he is a regular customer. All of a sudden you are seen as a friend of a regular customer, thus enjoy the same comfort. I once had the very same problem as you in a suburb of Boston. Normally being a Canadian that would not be very comfortable. We called my Wife's uncle who lived close by. Within 1 hour a tow truck had picked up our Pontiac, and we were enjoying a visit with the uncle and his wife. I've had worse experiences 300 miles from home in my own country. Then there is the other end of the spectrum. We once had a car breakdown at Riverre du Loop QC. I'll bet there are not ten people in that town, can makes a sentence in English. We speak very little French. This was at 4am, a tow truck operator piled 4 of us in his cab, called his wife to meet us with her van. He directed her to take us to a particular motel. We were treated exceptionally well. That one was pure luck of the draw. I think we as Yters could have an exceptional network. Maybe should have a page where you can post the route of the proposed trip, ask who is close by that route should one encounter problems.
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