It’s 5:20 PM. - Bronco21Tire
It’s 5:20 PM. I’m limping home from an absolutely brutal day at work, mentally done with humanity, when I pull up to a traffic light and hear it.
Clack. Clack. Claaack.
That sound where your soul leaves your body.
I look down along the driver’s side and—of course—there it is. A nail in my tire. Pressure dropping. Dashboard lighting up like a Christmas tree. I’m sweating. I’m spiraling. I have absolutely no idea what to do, so I do what any modern adult does in a crisis: I Google the closest Ford service center.
I roll into Sun State Ford at 5:45 PM.
They close in 15 minutes.
I walk in looking like a man who’s been personally betrayed by the universe. Robert and Maurice take one look at me—frazzled, stressed, clearly not okay—and instead of hitting me with the “we’re closing” speech, they look at each other like, yeah… we got this guy.
Like two old buddies who don’t even need to talk about it, they pull my car into service for a last-minute hail-Mary repair.
Now here’s where I’m really panicking. I’m already bracing myself for the price of a brand-new tire. I’m doing mental math. I’m bargaining with God.
Robert and Maurice come back and go, “Nah, we’ll just patch it.”
That’s it. No upsell. No hustle. No nonsense.
They could’ve easily taken me for a ride—but they didn’t. Fair. Honest. Friendly. Not a single ounce of scummy behavior. Just two real dudes doing right by someone who clearly needed a win that day.
In an economy where it feels like everyone is out for a buck, these guys were solid. The kind of guys you’d want in your corner. The boys that got your back when the day’s already kicked you enough.
So do yourself a favor. If you ever find yourself hearing that dreaded clack clack clack and need someone you can actually trust, go talk to my guys Robert and Maurice over at Sun State Ford.
They’ll treat you right—and honestly, you deserve that kind of energy.
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