Now now Josh....be nice to the kids
Vinny, it does suck that you got billed $60.00 and didn't get anything done, but sometimes stuff like that happens. IMO, the mechanic should have taken the car off of the lift after 10 minutes, when he realized that he wasn't going to be able to get it done easily.
Just toss her up on jackstands and spend some time doing it yourself.
- Justin