That line about his truck slipping on the highway outside Broken Arrow hits close to home. I read a thread on a Chevy forum a while back where a guy said the same thing, that his fluid looked like coffee grounds at 150k because the truck had never been serviced. The old "lifetime fluid" idea is what gets people, and a lot of folks mix that up with "never change it." I get why you feel bad, but you did the right thing on your own truck and you can't drive his. Best you can do now is help him pick a shop that won't gouge him on the rebuild.

Tulsa homeowners keep telling me the same thing, and 8 inches from the deadbolt is just lazy. Move that keypad around the corner or you're basically handing out the code.

My buddy did the same thing in Lisbon and ended up on a bus that looped the wrong way for an hour before he gave up and grabbed a taxi anyway. The savings are real but sometimes the cheap route turns into its own little adventure, and you have to ask if your time is worth more than the few bucks. Local buses can be a gamble, but when they work out it feels like you beat the system.