The Case of the Broken Rubber

Linda said,"Well, my boyfriend used to put the belts and hoses on my other car. I'll see if he can do it." I told her to make sure he did the timing belt. Nissans usually bend valves when they break a timing belt.

Two weeks later Linda called me. "How much to put a timing belt on my car?"
"$125", I replied.
"Oh, good. The shop here in St. Augustine is telling me all kinds of horrible things: He says I've got to have a new head and things...gonna cost me a grand..."

"Wait a minute!" I said. "You didn't drive that thing until it broke, did you?" A BROOKEN timing belt on a Nissan is a BIG DEAL! tHEY BEND VALVES!
"Yeah..."she said."Beau (the latest boyfriend, I guess) said he replaced all the belts, but I guess he missed that one."
I told her the repair would be fairly expensive, but we could get her by cheaper than the $1000 estimate she'd gotten at the shop in St.Augustine.