The Costly Garage Visit and Unexpected Desert Cookies

TLDRAfter a frustrating and expensive visit to the Mercedes garage, we escape to the peaceful desert and receive free cookies from a stranger in a grocery store parking lot.

Key insights

😡The Mercedes garage charges an exorbitant amount to replace a simple outer tire rod.

🍪A kind stranger gives us a box of giant cookies in a grocery store parking lot.

🔧Due to delayed merchandise samples, we have to postpone working on the van and make changes to our plans.

Q&A

How much did the Mercedes garage charge to replace the outer tire rod?

$1,500

Where did we receive the giant cookies?

In a grocery store parking lot from a kind stranger.

What caused the delay in working on the van?

The delayed delivery of merchandise samples.

Timestamped Summary

00:00We visit the Mercedes garage for brake issues and are shocked by the $1,500 quote to replace a simple outer tire rod.

05:50We encounter random dinosaur statues in the middle of the desert and receive free cookies from a kind stranger in a grocery store parking lot.

08:40Due to delayed merchandise samples, we have to postpone working on the van and make changes to our plans.