About six weeks ago the locking mechanism of my car door handle broke, so I went to a local mechanic, who told me to buy a new one and he`d put it on for me. Because my car is an '85 model VW, the spare parts aren`t German anymore; they`re cheap and Chinese. Anyway, the mechanic changed the lock for me but within a month this cheap replacement had broken too. So I went back to the mechanic and we were both complaining about cheap Chinese parts when he told me he might have a second-hand lock out the back that would fit.
Luckily, after ten mins hunting around, he found an original German lock with the latch and everything working perfectly. He put it on and only charged me $20. As I was handing over the cash, I asked him for the only thing that was missing: the key. So he said to me, "Well, you should have the key already - this is the lock I took off your car a month ago."
MLIA
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