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I had to get the Z fixed at Specialty Z. Here's the back story.


On my way home Thursday, I took surface street vs the freeway. My car broke down along Balboa Blvd, shuddering violently slowing me down, and started to see smoke coming out of my AC vents. It was 3 pm. I got stuck at the center yellow lines between opposing traffic. AAA had trouble finding my location despite clear description of the street I was on and the cross streets. She said she could not locate the cross streets. This took forever. I waited two hours for tow to arrive with cars running fast left and right. One guy stopped and offered help. The tow truck finally showed up and the guy started taking pictures of the car from all sides. Went back to his truck talking to someone on the phone, went back and said he couldn’t do it and to call AAA again. It was too low and left.

My wife arrived and waited in one of the side streets. The car cooled down, so I managed to limp the car safely onto one of the side streets and parked. I popped the hood open and saw dried up blue coolant all over the engine bay. A heater hose broke, releasing coolant all over. More bad luck, it was in a bad cell area, AAA couldn’t make out my location, I was waving down cars for help, just to tell me the city I was in because AAA couldn’t find the city, no one would stop until one good Samaritan stopped by and answered my question. You’re in Granada Hills, he said. I then got cut off while on the phone with AAA. I called again and told her I need a tilt bed tow truck with a ramp for lowered cars. She calls back 30 mins later and said 2 more hours but no guarantee they’ll find anyone, and if they did, I’d have to sign a damage waiver. I called Seb at Specialty Z and he said call this guy in Burbank. It was 6:45 by the time he showed up which is when he said he’d get there. He showed up in his black and chrome polished rig. He had exactly what lowered cars needed, a tilt rig, a solid winch, a race ramp, and a wireless remote controller. My wife and I followed him and got to Simi Valley at 7:30 to drop off the car.



Got home by 8:45. What a night. That was 6 hours without using the restroom. I was lucky on that one.

Heater core hose, coupler, clamps, some other dry/cracked hoses and fluids done. Tranny and diff fluids checked and all good. Thank you Seb!

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