A Plus Transmissions & Auto Repair

I was driving to Boston when my check engine light came on and then suddenly all of the lights on my dash came on. I immediately pulled over off the exit. Luckily, I plugged into my GPS auto repair and this place was right there!
I walk into a small family business. The family was very warm and welcoming. The man behind the desk says I’ll pull it into my garage and have a look at it. So he comes back and says it’s very bad news. I needed a new water pump and some other stuff he showed me all the parts that were not working. I could clearly see my car needed some help.
He said the only way I could get it anywhere was to tow it.
I was at least 100 miles from home and my triple A was basic. So that option was out.
He said he didn’t know if he could find the part for my car, so he made a few phone calls for me and luckily he was able to find the part for my car!
He had to bring his son somewhere an hour or so away then he said he’d drive right back and work on my car. Even though it was already late in the day. They said we could wait in the shop and offered us a something to drink or we could head into town. So my friend and I decided to walk into town and hit up the local joints. Had a nice dinner at The Steaming Tender.
A few short hours later he called and said it was all set. He offered to come pick us up form the restaurant! So nice of him. Then I was stressing about how much he would charge me for all this on such short notice. He was extremely generous and it was super affordable! I was soo thankful. The whole family was extremely nice. I felt like I was so lucky to have found this place.

Driving on the highway, my check engine light came on. I pulled off at the next exit, and was glad to find an auto garage right there.
Unfortunately, the man behind the desk told me that they didn’t have an OBD device to read the car’s error log. I asked him if there were any garage’s around who could help.
«Are you from around here?» he asked.
«No.»
“I don’t know of any places who would just drop everything to fix your car.“
That surprised me, as over the years, I’ve dropped by a lot of garages all over New England for quick OBD reads. I knew that it probably didn’t need to get fixed immediately, just that the car’s computer was upset about an oxygen or emission reading.
Apparently, A Plus doesn’t extend the courtesy of a diagnostic test that takes 90 seconds to do. And it doesn’t realize that there are garages out there who do. (Thanks Monro Muffler in Chicopee!)