Almost two months, the Vespa has been in the shop. Finally, after daily aggravation and really awful service from the mechanic, I went to pick it up today. It wasn't ready when I got there, despite them saying it was ready last Friday just as I was leaving for Pismo. I waited, and when they finally brought it around - calloo callay - the pins holding the exhaust on broke.

So now we start all over again.

I'm starting to really loathe this goddamn thing.