While traveling thru the New Boston, TX area on I 30, I had car trouble and pulled off the interstate at a Valero station where the people were fantastic. The manager looked at my car and agreed that I was not going to be able to drive it. AAA gave me the names of two area repair shops and the manager said the owner of one would come by to see what was needed. He came by and said all I needed was the replacement of a lower control arm bolt that had fallen out. He had a car on his tow truck and took it on to Texarkana while I waited for the AAA tow. He came back to check on me and I was still; waiting for a tow. He loaded my car on his truck and took me on to his repair shop. His wife was running the office and did what she could to make me comfortable while he went to pull a bolt from a junk yard (I think) and it was installed. They checked my car over to make sure everything else was okay for me to get back on the road-still over 300 miles from home. Was I ripped off? Not on your life. About $90 for the repair and no charge for the tow! I can never fully express the gratitude I have for Bob, his wife, son, daughter-in-law, and mechanics. It was scary to have car trouble so far from home and being a retired woman traveling alone made it worse. I feel that I was extremely lucky that my trouble was in New Boston because I could not ask for better service or care than I received. read more
