Car Repair & Tools


Sis Cary told me about Click & Clack's website feature where one can enter one's zipcode and see listings w/ reviews and comments of local auto repair shops. Look in upper left hand corner for "Mechan-X-Files" at www.CarTalk.com
Might be a good idea to look ahead of time so if you have to call a tow truck, you have some ideas where you might want to have it towed. Better yet--get REAL organized and make notes to put in your glove box--or just print out the web page info for glove box. Thanks Cary.

Remember when Brookstone was all about tools ? An online store called the Museum of Useful Tools or "MUT" is sorta what Brookstone once was.....they offer items from about 2 bucks to 2 hundred. Also books about design, most by Henry Petroski, like The Evolution of Useful Things. Maybe he owns the store.

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