Looking at the colourful #marketfriday posts from across the different part of the world is very pleasing. Especially, when we get to see so many variety of items easily available and that too displayed beautifully, as if we can buy everything. The vibrant markets and the attractive products.
However, from the regular colourful stuffs available in markets, there are certain shops which are set up outside the regular market area, like the motor care shops. The one I visited yesterday.
In india , we find these places to be quite dirty, and witty. They are set up at one corner of the road, will full of lubrication and water split everywhere. I took my 2-wheeler for the regular checkip after 10 months. Though uts not a good practice, and we need to get the vehicle checked regularly. But before you would consider my lethargic attitude, let me clear that, I was away from home in different cities, due to which, my vehicle was standing idle and getting rusted.
My vehicle was a white Honda activa
After a 10 months gap, I took it to the one such local wash and care center, at one corner of the road. (by now, you must have understood, this post is not going to be usual colourful #marketfriday)
The mechanic, we call them the "mistri" simply start uncovering the beautifully body of my scooter. What looked to be to so attractive was now more of a emptied machine box in front if me.
Inside were the homes of some insects, as you can see there were mud houses made up by the wasps or the wild bees. The "mistri" took upon the scooter and start getting unscrewing every nuts and bolts.They make sure to keep everything at one place, not to loose any of the parts.
After unlocking the parts, the "mistri" took upon the high pressure water pipes to was the scooter. The pressure was too high to clean every dirt from my scooter. Soon it started to look dazzling.
After, the water shower, its the turn to wash my scooter with detergents. To give more shining look. The "mistri" 2 sachets of shampoo and start rubbing the body parts with a cloth. Its was foam everywhere.
The "mistri once again use the pressure water pipes to clean the soaps foam and bubble. Then he clean the body and each parts with dry cloth to soak all the water. It was then time to apply greasing and oiling on the spare parts (nuts and bolts). After cleaning and fixing my tyre, and other spare parts. He make sure to restart it to check the functioning.
Finally after spending good 3hrs at that shop, the "mistri" assembled and screwed every parts. My vehicle is now ready to hit the road afresh and complete activeness.
Anyhow, let me tell such wash & care shops are available in big showroom or big motor service center, but tge quality of work carried on by these small mechanic are far more better and satisfactorily than the big names. They give adequate time to your vehicle to check upon every parts and make sure it smoothly function. Infact, this is my first visit to these small wash & care shops and I am pretty much happy with the service provided and that too at nominal cost.
This is my small showpiece for the lovely #marketfriday initiative by Denise i.e @dswigle.