{"id":39,"date":"2003-08-02T04:33:15","date_gmt":"2003-08-02T12:33:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mainecourse.com\/mt\/?p=39"},"modified":"2006-10-20T13:48:36","modified_gmt":"2006-10-20T17:48:36","slug":"dmitry-bykhovsky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mainecourse.com\/mt\/2003\/08\/02\/dmitry-bykhovsky\/","title":{"rendered":"Dmitry Bykhovsky"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I trust the next blog entry will tell the tale of the removal from the Minuteman School to the shop of the BMW. \u00e2\u20ac\u00a0Hopefully, you will post before you leave your computer for four days, thus abandoning all your loyal readers.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

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I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been up since 5 am and I have to get up earlier tomorrow to begin our trip to the Vineyard, but first the removal. <\/p>\n

My plan was to have Diane drive us to Minuteman and then Matt and I would take our inspection-stickerless-chances and drive the BMW to Alpha Cars in Boxborough where we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d get estimates for various problems that Matt didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have time to fix. I was even looking forward to it because I figured it would be the last semi-lawless escapade in the white 2002. <\/p>\n

However, that plan died at 11:15 this morning when Matt called me to say that after changing the oil and filter, the oil pump had died and if we tried to drive the car, it would explode. What a revolting development. But then I thought, what the heck, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll have Triple A tow the car, leaving me with more time to finish the porch I was working on.<\/p>\n

I arranged to have Pro-Tech Towing grab the car with Matt at the disabled end, and me waiting at Alpha Cars for the delivery. It worked flawlessly and we were both mostly smiles as we walked into Alpha\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s office to discuss the estimates, the work that needs to be done, etc.<\/p>\n

On the way in the door, Matt met Dmitry, the owner and top mechanic. A young guy who bantered with Matt about the work he had already done, and what might be ailing the BMW. Dmitry, thinking that the pump didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t die when the oil was changed, suggested that Matt fill the crankcase (reads like another name for me) with eight quarts of oil, high enough to engage the pump, let the oil settle, then start the car and see what happens. He was pretty confident that might solve the problem.<\/p>\n

But that was the last of the good news. When Matt listed the clutch, the oil pump problem, and why it overheats, I began to think – this is real money. Then when we were told it would cost almost three hundred just for this estimate, I thought, maybe we should try to find Travis\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s car.<\/p>\n

That leads to the question: Is this fancy place typical of high end auto repair shops. Is it standard to charge for the time spent analyzing the problem? Mark S, owner of an Audi? Beemer, Adam? Dan? We can call off the estimate on Monday, but then what do we do? It isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t drivable (unless the oil overfill works and they let us do it in their parking lot) and we can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t drive here and there looking for a better garage. The last caveat, I was most impressed with Dmitry.
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\nI’m hoping that Adam will find the time to post today’s installation of his spiral stairs. He looks like a man in need of deep sleep, but still … .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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