Muy Rapido Co

My family and I were off roading at Ocotillo Wells when I noticed the spare tire mount on my Jeep was bouncing more than normal. Upon inspection, I saw I was losing my whole aftermarket steel rear bumper. One bolt was missing and the others had vibrated loose to finger tight. Other than the obvious, this was concerning for two reasons; one, I was on the south side of Ocotillo, where its a very long trip to a hardware store and two, my receiver hitch is part of the bumper and I had to tow two motorcycles home. The closest place to me was Muy Rapido but I have to admit, my hopes weren’t too high as I thought they only rented quads. At the front of the store, I met Tony who had a thousand odd size nuts and bolts and when I didn’t have the right size deep socket in my kit he loaned me the tools to fix my Jeep. After finding the right size bolt and fixing my bumper, I half expected to be gouged for parts, tool loan, time and witty banter (which at this point I would have been happy to pay). Instead, Tony charged us NOTHING and just asked us to leave a donation of whatever we thought was fair. It’s people like Tony who make Ocotillo Wells the best place to off road in Southern California. So the moral of the story is, always support small business because you never know if they will be the ones to get you out of a serious jam. BTW, Tony also does off road towing so if you’re in the area, keep his number in your Jeep!

My ATV got a flat, and Tony was able to get it fixed, so we could continue our trip in the dessert on ATV at Ocotillo Wells state off-​road park. We where having a ball until my son ripped the tire, but Tony saved the Day.