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Fixed the old man’s car today. He drives a rav4, which are apparently notorious for getting sticky on the throttle body over the years. He had been getting a short high rev when he started the car for quite some time. Then yesterday he tells me he stalled out a few times when he let off the gas. So he’s finally down to let me help him out. Pull the snorkel, and honestly it didn’t look too bad, but may as well give it a spray of carb cleaner and a wipe. Kind of a pain to get the snorkel seated again, but that’s cars. Starts her up, no rev, takes her out no stalls, says she even sounds a lot better. All for $4.24, pretty sure I saved him about $80 from an honest mechanic.

Fixed the old man’s car today. He drives a rav4, which are apparently notorious for getting sticky on the throttle body over the years. He had been getting a short high rev when he started the car for quite some time. Then yesterday he tells me he stalled out a few times when he let off the gas. So he’s finally down to let me help him out. Pull the snorkel, and honestly it didn’t look too bad, but may as well give it a spray of carb cleaner and a wipe. Kind of a pain to get the snorkel seated again, but that’s cars. Starts her up, no rev, takes her out no stalls, says she even sounds a lot better. All for $4.24, pretty sure I saved him about $80 from an honest mechanic.

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Good on you, friend. Honest people are really hard to come by and you should sleep well for at least one night knowing you've done a good deed for the day. Please repeat this experience as often as possible. Amplify the good in the world. In humans, positivity is not as powerful as negativity, thus positivity requires a much higher current in order to compete.