Taking your car to the shop is a little like moving to a new house. It exposes the fragility of our grasp on day-to-day logistics and can test the limits of the helpful people in our lives. You got a ride to work after dropping it off, but now you're stranded and can't run that lunchtime errand. It's the little things that get you, and that's to say nothing of the challenge of getting a car to the mechanic when the thing isn't running at all. Depending on the provider, you may even be able to select a service, get an estimate, and schedule the whole thing online.