My car has been making a rattling noise. It\u2019s loudest when I first start the car and then intermittently when I accelerate. It oddly got a little better for a while, then it got worse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I put off getting it checked – my car is a 2012 and I was worried about the expense – but I started to get self conscious about how much noise it was making.\u00a0 I was also worried something would fall off while I driving down the highway. Or that the car would explode.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I planned on taking it to the dealership since I have a trip coming up soon and wanted it to be reliable, but even though I planned ahead there were no appointments until the middle of the week – when I would be expected to be in the office. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
So, I decided to try Midas again. They are close enough to walk to and had a Saturday morning appointment available. I booked it, got up early, and rolled into the shop – rattle and all – right on time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They took my keys to bring the car in to check things out and I settled in with my book.\u00a0 A few minutes later one of the technicians came in and told me it was the heat shield on the exhaust system that was loose.\u00a0 It is secured with not-well-designed clips and while they could tighten, it would likely come loose in a few months again. Or, they could just remove it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Since I don\u2019t know neither diddley nor squat about cars, I asked what the consequences were on just removing it.\u00a0 The answer was none – if it had been the heat shield on the gas tank they would have to replace it for safety.\u00a0 But for the exhaust heat shield, no consequences.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I gave them the green light to remove it and settled back down to read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A few minutes after that, they were pulling my car around and I got up to pay. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Instead, they handed me my keys and told me they weren\u2019t going to charge me since it was just the heat shield. They asked instead that I write a nice review for them on google – which I plan to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So, I rolled out of the shop after 23 minutes with a re-quieted car and no bill.\u00a0 Who would have guessed?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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