"1"^^ . . . "2009-12-04T00:00:00"^^ . "5"^^ . "2"^^ . . "Ok. So, that tranmission thing is important. If you don't check on it every year, the fluids and all that jazz, it could go very wrong and if your tranmission blows, it can cost a whopper to fix. So we must be preventative. But I'm the luckiest girl in the world. My Dad maintains my car for me. He winterizes it. He has a solid relationship with a local mechanic when the job is more complicated then he can do (and my Dad can do A LOT!). My Dad's work is basically fixing up cars and selling them. He knows cars. And my whole family drives 90's vehicles (we're old school!). But we take a lot of pride in our cars!\n\nMy Dad uses National Transmission.\nSo I use National Tranmission.\nNow that I'm a big girl, I take my car there myself.\nI call them up and usually talk to the ever-pleasant Brock at the beginning of the week.\nI say I need to have my transmission serviced.\nUsually they do it on Wed, Thurs or Fri morning, I think. Or maybe that's when you can get fit in easily. Usually it'll be at 9 or 10 AM. They need it for a good 1-1.5 hours. So I drop it off, walk into Kensington for a coffee, return and Voila! Magic. Done. Reasonable. Friendly.\n\nYou certainly don't have to fear looking after your car with places like this. My Dad trusts them and my Dad knows cars so I feel good in recommending this location!"^^ . "5"^^ .