Barry fails as a mechanic, business owner, and community citizen

After failing to adequately repair a customer's van for the better part of a year, he loaned him another van to drive to try to appease him. After driving this van for only one half mile, the van began to smoke. A minute later, the van caught fire. Consequences: the customer's pet, a one year old black lab named Ele, suffered severe smoke inhalation injuries and nearly died. Four days later, Barry said he had "finished" his van. However, the engine smelled, the vents wouldn't shut ...

After failing to adequately repair a customer's van for the better part of a year, he loaned him another van to drive to try to appease him. After driving this van for only one half mile, the van began to smoke. A minute later, the van caught fire. Consequences: the customer's pet, a one year old black lab named Ele, suffered severe smoke inhalation injuries and nearly died. Four days later, Barry said he had "finished" his van. However, the engine smelled, the vents wouldn't shut off, half the lights were burnt out, and the breaks were soft and made a constantly clicking sound so that the customer was too afraid to drive it further than, again, one half mile. After a year of excuses and unreturned phone calls, a "repair" that still isn't adequate, a 1,900 vet bill, and immeasu