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HB Auto Lock is the brainchild of Hawke's Bay local, owner-operator, Jeremy Phillips. Jeremy has a particular passion for automotive locksmithing, which has become quite specialised with the introduction of transponder technology into everyday vehicle security systems.
"But Jeremy, why would I choose to use HB Auto Lock?"Good question! The answer is simple. Because we are the BEST!Cars these days are complicated things, if your car is less than 15 years old, it will contain at least $6000 worth of computers in it. Mistakes caused by people working on your car who are not using the latest equipment or possessing the necessary skills are quick to make and expensive to fix! Think long and hard about who you trust to work on your vehicle. |
"Are you the cheapest in town?"Probably not! We concentrate on being the BEST!Do you want the cheapest person to work on your car, or do you want the best? HB Auto Lock makes every effort to ensure that our prices are fair and reasonable, but we make no claim to be the cheapest option. To be cheaper would mean we'd need to sacrifice either the parts we supply or the standard of workmanship we provide - and we are not prepared to do either! We take our work very seriously and have a high standard of workmanship and thanks to the fact that we are actively involved in training other locksmiths, both in NZ and around the world, we have developed a wide range of resources to help us solve those tricky locksmithing problems. We are completely mobile and can come to you. |
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"Can you [ unlock / supply keys for / fix ] my car?"Well, I've never met you and I don't know what kind of car you drive, but... yes.Yes I can. |
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"Jeremy, don't you think that Braga, Berman et al did an awful job portraying the Vulcans in Star Trek Enterprise?"FINALLY! An important question!The short answer is, NO, actually I don't! I realise that this position puts me at odds with a great percentage of Star Trek fandom, but I really think they just need to suck it up. A lot of criticism was levelled at the writers of Enterprise for the fact that they wrote the Vulcans to be far too emotional, as well as the fact that they portrayed them as being arrogant and even downright deceitful. Firstly, it needs to be pointed out that Star Trek has had numerous examples of Vulcans being arrogant and emotional prior to Enterprise, although admittedly not to the extent we see in Enterprise. But secondly, this portrayal of Vulcans is largely explained within the series itself which, had you managed to stomach all four seasons of it, you would have seen for yourself! T'Pol's portrayal takes into account that she was suffering from the effects of her Trellium D addiction, which specifically lowers the Vulcan's ability to suppress emotions. And the events of the Kir'Sharra arc in the season 4 Vulcan Trilogy explained that the Vulcans Prior to those events had deviated from the original teachings of Surak. After the Kir'Sharra was returned to the people, we have 100 years before the Vulcans we see in TOS. That's plenty of time for them to evolve into the (slightly) less excitable people we see in Enterprise. Finally, throughout all versions of trek we see slight variations on how Vulcans are portrayed. I put this all down to normal societal deviations. It's the only explanation I have for the INCREDIBLY unlikely personality of V'Las. We are told several times that Vulcans are NOT emotionless, they are just good at supressing their emotions. Makes sense to me that some would be better at it than others. Perhaps a better question for Braga, Berman et al would be, "Water Polo? Really?" I would LOVE to discuss this with you further, but you'll need to lose a key first. Then we can debate it while you're paying me! |
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