Blessing in Disguise?

Mechanic 1 - Made car transmission worse with the Transmission Fluid change! Said it was normal! WTF?!

Told situation to a friend... asked him to contact his uncle, who is Mister Transmission, for me. Appointment was set for this morning. Made friend wake up early on a Saturday morning to accompany me.

Got to his uncle's garage, chatted with them. Just before uncle got to work, he commented "maybe the car just needs oil". Being the car-idiot I was, I replied "Can't be, I have a full tank of gas!" haha.
Being nice, uncle said "No... transmission oil"
I felt silly... But told him that's not possible coz I just had that changed recently, and that i think the mechanic could be trusted as he was a friend of my ex-supervisor. On top of that, the mechanic specialises in VW cars! BUT, I asked the uncle to check it out for me anyways.

Friend threatened to kill me if I got him to wake up early on a Saturday just for an fluid change!
I just said I'll be relieved if that's the only problem! The alternative will just be too expensive!

Some time later...

Uncle announced that he was right. Car was lacking in transmission fluid! I FEEL LIKE MURDERING MY MECHANIC!!!

At the same time, I am just relieved that I'm only spending $30 instead of $3000! *sigh*