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| - I normally have nothing good to say about Pep Boys, but the employees at this location were a saving grace during an otherwise all around distressing weekend last year.
The boy and I drove to Vegas for the weekend in his Mini Cooper for his college reunion and for my sister's annual Oscar party. We drove over to Paris to meet up with two of his college friends, and when we got back to the car to drive them back to their hotel, the battery in the Cooper was dead.
When the tow truck finally arrived, the guy had an awful time getting the car jumped. It took him about 30 minutes and the battery was barely keeping a charge. Every minute or so the lights would dim and the car sounded like it was going to die. We had no idea where the closest Mini dealer was, and since it was early evening we figured their service department would be closed anyway. I remembered seeing a Pep Boys on Charleston close to my sister's house so we headed over, silently praying that the Coop would not die on the freeway on the way there.
Sadly when we got to Pep Boys, they did not have any Mini Cooper compatible batteries. They told us to check the Auto Zone down the street. Luckily we had not turned off the car.
Praise the sweet baby Jesus, Auto Zone had a battery. But they would not install it for us. Luckily we kept the car running again. The boy bought the battery anyway and fearing the worst, we headed back to Pep Boys.
The guys at Pep Boys were nice enough to install the new Auto Zone battery for us sad folks from California even though it was by now close to closing time for them. And best of all, they didn't charge us anything for the installation. They got some serious good karma that day, and I thank them for all of their help!
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