This is hilarious. Nope, my repairs have been completed on time and on budget. A model of efficiency....

My dad had me help him replace some A/C regulator on his 240D one time because the independent told him it was probably the cause of the freon leaking and that it would be simple to replace so my dad should replace it himself. I ordered the part and it was delivered. D-day, we stood there staring at the part in the engine compartment, I asked if we needed to watch out for pressure the regulator may be containing. Of course, my dad said the independent said, "No, just take the old one off and put the new one on, there's a self-sealing valve...." So we're screwing the thing off and as it reaches the end of the threading the thing goes shooting off like a polaris missile with freon spewing out like Yellowstone's Old Faithul geyser. We both stood there in shock before realizing we should cap this gusher before we lose all this gaseous gold known as freon. So we force the regulator back on like the wildcatters we be, and lament the bad information, the lost $$freon (imagine holding a can of freon like it was THE RING on the Lord of the Rings movies, "my precious", and the slighter larger ozone hole in the atmosphere. Luckily, we didn't "shoot an eye out" when the regulator blew off. Arrrggggghhh, maties!