As a grad student at MIT in the mid 90s, I took my elderly Toyota to Ray's garage to get worked on several times. I was amazed to find out that often as not Ray

As a grad student at MIT in the mid 90s, I took my elderly Toyota to Ray's garage to get worked on several times. I was amazed to find out that often as not Ray would be the one working on my car. He was as funny in person as on the show and was talented at figuring out the least expensive way to get the old blue thing back on the road (I think he remembered what it was like to be a grad student financially speaking :). Really appreciated that he was still providing that service. When I graduated, I celebrated by getting the Blue Plate special done - where they went over the vehicle and enumerated all the work you needed done, ought to get done, and could do if you really wanted to. The only mechanics I've ever really trusted to go on that sort of fishing expedition...