KEITH T. DENNETT | New South | CONTACT
A local man has been swindled this afternoon after blindly trusting the friendliness of a new mechanic.
With less than 72 hours to go before his rego expired, furniture designer Dan Weyman (34) found himself in desperate need of a grease monkey willing to sign off on a pink slip for his 2014 Audi A4.
Short of time and unable to book an appointment online at his preferred shop, the Bob Jane Superstore next to Betoota Westfield, Dan was forced to bring up Google maps and search for a garage within his 5km radius.
After reading through several 3.8 star reviews for Burt Browne Autos, a small garage located next to the Pleasure Playhouse Sex Shop in the West Betoota industrial estate, Dan decided he’d run the risk on some on reviews clearly penned by a chatbot and trust a local business advertising itself as a “family run garage”.
But after dropping off his car and letting the wise and weathered mechanic run his eye over his wheels, we can report Dan’s routine pink slip has magically turned into a full car service.
“Yeah mate, I’m really sorry but I’ll need to refill your wiper fluid for this thing to be road worthy,” said Burt, clicking his tongue and feigning sadness towards his new gullible customer.
“And those valve caps look dodgy, my cousin works at the Audi dealership so I can probably sort you new ones for $60.”
“Lastly they’ve cut corners on your last service, your log book says you’re due for a chastity replacement! I’m happy to sign off on your pink slip today but you’ll need to book it in for it next month.”
As a mechanically challenged man who’d struggle to change his own flat tyre, Dan is believed to have mistaken the friendly nature and kind face of Burt and blindly hand over his card.
“Yeah, if that’s what you reckon needs to be done, let’s do it!” replied Dan whilst putting on a more blokey accent.
“Do you guys take Amex?”
