Comments on: The Weekend of Good Results http://thewvsr.com/the-weekend-of-good-results/ Ridiculous adventures in suburbia. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:56:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: deb in atlanta http://thewvsr.com/the-weekend-of-good-results/comment-page-2/#comment-12732 deb in atlanta Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:25:05 +0000 http://thewvsr.com/?p=3105#comment-12732 Best line EVER! [quote]all of us would be breaded in filth, and I’d have gnats whitewater rafting down the length of my crackal region.[/quote] Jeff, you made my day! That one's going in my repertoire. Best line EVER!
[quote]all of us would be breaded in filth, and I’d have gnats whitewater rafting down the length of my crackal region.[/quote]
Jeff, you made my day! That one’s going in my repertoire.

]]> By: Kevindust http://thewvsr.com/the-weekend-of-good-results/comment-page-2/#comment-12637 Kevindust Tue, 24 Mar 2009 17:06:40 +0000 http://thewvsr.com/?p=3105#comment-12637 I grew up in a car-guy family, my Dad raced cars, my brother, cousin and I now race cars and although I'm not a licensed mechanic my part time job throughout high school and for a few years after was in a garage, doing oil changes, tire installs and eventually rads, alternators, brakes and exhaust, etc. I even had the luck/pleasure to work with Len Bertrand of Lentech Transmission fame (you drag racers should know that name...) The advice given here is good. Find a local owned shop through work of mouth that you can trust, look for a clean shop (Lenny was always meticulous when working on a vehicle) and keep going back...it is a great benefit to a mechanic to get to know your car and it will be less expensive in the long run. I also sympathize with mechanics and shop owners (see expresso machine story above.) It is nearly impossible to give an accurate repair estimate when you are dealing with people who never maintain their vehicles, aren't even capable of basic fluid checks or wiper changes and lie about it all. I grew up in a car-guy family, my Dad raced cars, my brother, cousin and I now race cars and although I’m not a licensed mechanic my part time job throughout high school and for a few years after was in a garage, doing oil changes, tire installs and eventually rads, alternators, brakes and exhaust, etc. I even had the luck/pleasure to work with Len Bertrand of Lentech Transmission fame (you drag racers should know that name…)

The advice given here is good. Find a local owned shop through work of mouth that you can trust, look for a clean shop (Lenny was always meticulous when working on a vehicle) and keep going back…it is a great benefit to a mechanic to get to know your car and it will be less expensive in the long run.

I also sympathize with mechanics and shop owners (see expresso machine story above.) It is nearly impossible to give an accurate repair estimate when you are dealing with people who never maintain their vehicles, aren’t even capable of basic fluid checks or wiper changes and lie about it all.

]]> By: Bill in WV http://thewvsr.com/the-weekend-of-good-results/comment-page-2/#comment-12636 Bill in WV Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:59:41 +0000 http://thewvsr.com/?p=3105#comment-12636 I told a mechanic that I thought my truck had dropped a rectal plate and he replied "well, let me put it up on the lift and see if it's completely gone". I laughed out loud. I told a mechanic that I thought my truck had dropped a rectal plate and he replied “well, let me put it up on the lift and see if it’s completely gone”. I laughed out loud.

]]> By: Kim in Ohio http://thewvsr.com/the-weekend-of-good-results/comment-page-2/#comment-12634 Kim in Ohio Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:09:39 +0000 http://thewvsr.com/?p=3105#comment-12634 I was a young girl about 22, and I had just gotten new rotors and brake pads on my '85 Dodge 600 a month before I took it in for an oil change and alignment. The shop manager had the guts to call and tell me that my rotors were worn and by law he couldn't turn them again. I told him to put it all back together, don't even change the oil, and I would take it back to where I got the brakes done. Not even 5 minutes later, he calls me back and feeds me a story about how he has a new tech who measured wrong. Whatever. Like I just fell off the turnip truck. I went in to pick up my car and he tried to charge me a $75 "diagnostic fee". What a thief. Then I took my dad's original advice and went to his mechanic, and got an alignment and oil change for less than $100. After that, I figured that maybe my dad did know what he was talking about. (If you're ever need any repairs in Bellefontaine, Ohio, you want to take your car to Jacob's Auto Repair) I was a young girl about 22, and I had just gotten new rotors and brake pads on my ’85 Dodge 600 a month before I took it in for an oil change and alignment. The shop manager had the guts to call and tell me that my rotors were worn and by law he couldn’t turn them again. I told him to put it all back together, don’t even change the oil, and I would take it back to where I got the brakes done. Not even 5 minutes later, he calls me back and feeds me a story about how he has a new tech who measured wrong. Whatever. Like I just fell off the turnip truck. I went in to pick up my car and he tried to charge me a $75 “diagnostic fee”. What a thief.
Then I took my dad’s original advice and went to his mechanic, and got an alignment and oil change for less than $100. After that, I figured that maybe my dad did know what he was talking about. (If you’re ever need any repairs in Bellefontaine, Ohio, you want to take your car to Jacob’s Auto Repair)

]]> By: Adam http://thewvsr.com/the-weekend-of-good-results/comment-page-2/#comment-12632 Adam Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:05:56 +0000 http://thewvsr.com/?p=3105#comment-12632 Reporting this mornings appointment... canceled... rescheduled for Thursday at 7:30 am. I just found out I have to drive to Dallas for a meeting Thursday morning so I figured, I may as well put the 350 miles on the dealer's loaner car :-) Reporting this mornings appointment… canceled… rescheduled for Thursday at 7:30 am. I just found out I have to drive to Dallas for a meeting Thursday morning so I figured, I may as well put the 350 miles on the dealer’s loaner car :-)

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