wrote

Ya know, after all these little things that are going to screw up his
schedule I can now see why the "other" mechanic dumped you....
IMHO

Yep.

Honesty is the best policy, IMHO. If you want all of those things done, you
should be up front about it.

You want people to be up front with you, you need to be up front with them.
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Jim in NC