I went to the shop at 2:30 to see if the truck would be ready by fiveish, like promised, and it was ready right then! I paid the 2,000 peso balance on the brakes and they said the wipers are squirting now and there’s no charge for that. I have no idea what was wrong with them, but I am so pleased!

Total cost for everything was 5,200 pesos; 800 for the oil change, 400 for the tailgate, and 4,000 for the brakes, or about 411.54CAD. I had 500 CAD in my vehicle maintenance and repair fund, so I have 88.46 left if anything comes up on the trip home. Knock on wood. 🙂 This is MUCH better than my initial estimate that I would be 100 to 150CAD over budget!

Short of driving The Road, the only option to test the truck was to ride around Isla. I got a brief period on pavement and the rest of really rough sand, so it’s hard to know for sure, but Moya seemed to handle  better than she did before I brought her to the shop and the noise I was hearing is gone. Her braking power is definitely improved!

I really want to get the truck washed before crossing into the US. There’s no sense doing it here because my hard work will be undone by The Road, but considering the amount of graffiti that was drawn into the dirt on my windows while the truck was in the shop, I think that a wipe before the border would be good and make me look like less of a bum. 🙂

I think someone is trying to tell me something…