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Rich Tackenberg

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
73 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

The Moth
A Spooky Scary Halloween: The Moth Podcast

So a couple of days later, I bring my car in to get an oil change and a general inspection, and I do not tell them about the wheel because I don't know psychics, but I know mechanics, and if I tell them there might be a problem,

The Moth
A Spooky Scary Halloween: The Moth Podcast

That's like the secret.

The Moth
A Spooky Scary Halloween: The Moth Podcast

I will spiritually manifest a $500 repair.

The Moth
A Spooky Scary Halloween: The Moth Podcast

But I do get a call, and I approve a repair, not for a wheel, for the suspension.

The Moth
A Spooky Scary Halloween: The Moth Podcast

So 5 o'clock that night, I'm back to pay for my car.

The Moth
A Spooky Scary Halloween: The Moth Podcast

And it's a very crowded waiting room.

The Moth
A Spooky Scary Halloween: The Moth Podcast

There's one woman at the front counter in her late 30s.

The Moth
A Spooky Scary Halloween: The Moth Podcast

And I ask her about the repair.

The Moth
A Spooky Scary Halloween: The Moth Podcast

And she says, oh, OK, we changed.

The Moth
A Spooky Scary Halloween: The Moth Podcast

We put on a new sway bar.

The Moth
A Spooky Scary Halloween: The Moth Podcast

It is something that sits underneath your engine.

The Moth
A Spooky Scary Halloween: The Moth Podcast

It connects at either side of your car.

The Moth
A Spooky Scary Halloween: The Moth Podcast

And one of the two connectors was cracked.

The Moth
A Spooky Scary Halloween: The Moth Podcast

and if it had broken off while you were driving, it would have been really bad, and you would not have been able to drive the car.

The Moth
A Spooky Scary Halloween: The Moth Podcast

And I'm like, so I would have been stranded.

The Moth
A Spooky Scary Halloween: The Moth Podcast

So I said, where exactly does this bar connect to my car?

The Moth
A Spooky Scary Halloween: The Moth Podcast

And she says, oh, I think it connects at the front two wheels.

The Moth
A Spooky Scary Halloween: The Moth Podcast

And for a moment, I couldn't breathe.

The Moth
A Spooky Scary Halloween: The Moth Podcast

And I said, the damage, which wheel?

The Moth
A Spooky Scary Halloween: The Moth Podcast

And she says, oh, I don't know.