I wholeheartedly approve of everything written here. I hoped you gave her the opportunity to vent and vent about the car, asked questions, and listened. I struggle with the Mr. Fix-it thing. If they are talking about a hard day at work or feeling glum, I do believe Mr. Fix-it is not the way to go. When I'm not so sure is when it is a discrete problem that can be fixed rather than just sympathized about. In this case, you're not a mechanic so I suppose sympathy is all you could offer.

But I thoroughly approve of the chocolates. If it doesn't result in a positive you know not to do that again for awhile, but otherwise it will stick with her that you were sweet on that occasion.

Good job. Have a good weekend.

Me

In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
Abraham Lincoln

It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.
Theodore Roosevelt