Shout Out to Trusted Mechanic in Georgia!
So, no father with 3 children, aged 6, 4, and 1, wants to get a call from their wife that their cross country road trip starting from Florida and ending in Colorado hit a snag somewhere in between. I got that call. My wife, frantically trying to figure what to do, told me that the car was spewing large amounts of black smoke, some of it was getting in the cabin, children were crying, so was she, and the car had absolutely no power to get up to speed. I told her to get off the nearest exit, and that I would try and fix it from there. So, step 1, determine where she was. Marrietta, GA. Check. Step 2, go straight to TDI trusted mechanics list, and pray and pray that someone there is close to where she is. Check. Step 3, pray that this person nearest her will answer the phone on my first call...check. Troy Sentz, aka TNTKNC, answered the phone on first call, and quickly heard what my issues where, and immediately made himself available to remedy the situation. It was Thursday last week, and he may have received the call somewhere around 4 pm. I don't know if he had to drop anything else he was doing, but he said he understood how grave my situation was, and that my car would have his full attention (I'm not sure, but he may have even taken leave from work on Friday to work on my car...haven't asked him). Step 4, call cab to get family to hotel, and get car towed to Troy's place. Check. Troy assessed the issue, kept me in the loop the whole time, sent pictures, and told me that camshaft, lifters where all in a bad way. I believed it. And, he also had the complete kit I needed. That was a wow. I trusted Troy's judgement on this matter, but being far away removed from them, and trying to resolve this from another state, I had no choice but to trust him. I read some of his posts, and could see he was a straight up guy as well from some of the advice he has offered others in the past. All in all, he got my wife on the road the next day by 1 pm. That is insanely good service. The car has since run like a champ. There have been no hiccups with the car, and am really thankful for TDICLUB for what a great resource of info it is, and am thankful that Troy got my family back on the road. My hats off to him. I commend him to others looking for work done on their car in Georgia.
