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Don't fix it if it ain't broke   Good morning everyone! - It was not until I got here that I heard this saying and thought of it as truly being somewhat weird. Why would anyone say such a thing to begin with? My husband must indeed love this phrase as he says it quite often. In my mother tongue, I believe, we don't really express it this way, although it's not difficult at all to catch the drift.
I personally only rarely use this idiom myself even though, I'm pretty sure, there are plenty of occasions that are described the best way like this. - In summer of 2008 I found a well- maintained and pre- owned car which I took to instantaneously, and so I bought it despite a few flaws, one of which actually proved to be quite a nuisance only after a month and yet too late to still be mechanically addressed within the 30- day car dealer warranty span. Anyway, it was a hot summer, and the engine started to rev which was not just rather annoying but certainly alarming as we had no clue whether it was going to explode on us or not. No big deal, we thought and took the car to car mechanic # 1 who claimed to having killed the problem and thus charged us $185 for some parts that needed to be exchanged. The engine though started doing the exact same thing shortly after that repair. The guy got twisted and said that he was not going to reimburse us but offered to give it another try. No thanks. Instead we went to a different garage, but at first the owner claimed that he couldn't find anything wrong with my car - as if the screaming of an engine was a normally perfect thing. After having insisted on the car being inspected more thoroughly, what a surprise, he suddenly found a couple of issues which ultimately rounded the bill up to over 200 bucks! The original problem, however, was still there. Okay, since there are just as many car mechanics here as there is sand on the beach, our pilgrimage proceeded on to guy # 3 who would not fall short of bringing some commotion and even a hint of drama into the game. He called us one morning and stated that somebody had broken into my car and busted one of my back windows but miraculously left everything else untouched. Really, someone broke my window but took nothing out of my very ordinary looking Ford Focus? My guess here was, they locked the keys in the car, and instead of calling me for a spare key, they just staged a car burglary! Good to know where to stick your trust. All right, to cut a long story short, days later that dude handed us a bill of $282! According to his thorough check- up, I needed two new back brakes, an oil change, some gaskets, and of course, a new window - although I had just had oil and brakes replaced. Holy Smokes! As I called in a week later to let him know that the revving had reappeared, that man got rude and just hung up. No need to say, we went there and confronted him, but he seriously scared us first by threatening us verbally and then letting his dogs loose. Okay enough. We took the car to two more places where they did not find, let alone get rid rid of the problem but also charged for services that were not necessary whatsoever. Now back to that saying, "If it's not broke, don't fix it." My car has continuously been working regardless of that strange condition. Just like with someone who suffers from allergies, you would most unlikely consider major physical tune- ups or worse replacement of joints or organs, would you? No matter what, my car has gone through quite a few supposedly professional hands, and has been worked on several times without tackling or solving the original problem, and that puzzles me quite a bit. Here we go again, why fix something that is not broke but not fix what is?
Very confused ... . Yours truly, MMM.

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