I Appreciate The Bureau of Automobile Repair in California

I have not written for a couple of weeks, which I think I must attribute to total laziness. There have been a ton of things on my mind, which really could have benefited by my writing my way through them, but instead I allowed myself to get caught up in my head, instead of working out on paper those thoughts that have been tending to make me 'constipated' when it comes to my blog. 
I have been running myself in circles dealing with car repair issues, and a mechanic who wants to treat women as if they are slightly stupid. Something I found out that has been quite helpful in getting the repair shop to see things my way - In California, there is an agency called the bureau of automobile repair. This agency is there as a consumer support/complaint place and they assist you in getting repairs completed correctly for folks who feel they are being cheated or given the run-around by their mechanic. All I can say is that invoking the name of the Bureau of Automobile Repair certainly made a difference in the attitude and the treatment I received from the mechanic who spent a lot of time trying to bullshit me out of my money.