Before I could go to Kole's Krafty Keys the next morning - before I could do anything really - we had our first customer in three full days. A woman with long black hair waited outside before we'd even officially opened. Next to her sat a sea-green Pinto with black and white racing stripes and a very flat tire.

I nearly kissed the pavement in my rush to open the garage doors and greet her. A customer! Hopefully a paying one! Thank you, car gods!

"We're open and we have tires ...