Real Car Rules

[Beagle]

Real conversation with a Hooters girl ..

HG: I got a new car, I got a new car!!!
US: Cool, what kind?
HG: A RED ONE!!

Beer right out the nose. Not kidding.

[cstmwgn]

Well, sometimes is is hard to remember what you are driving.
So, I need a P/S pump for an 83 Town Car, an alternator for a 96 Mustang and a starter for a 85 F150 - all for the same car!

[tedly]

If I get a needless question for the part I'm seeking... for example, I looked up the part before I came in, verified their stock, then brought the part number. FF (fry flipper) will say 'what year, make and model" to which I reply "it's black, now go get the part, thanks"

The only problem I have with customers like this is our website will throw in “suggested parts” after the ones that fit the application you looked up. Usually those parts are similar types of parts to what you looked up, but not for your car. Drives me freakin crazy. If I’m not familiar with you I’ll usually try and double check just to make sure you don’t come back pissed off at me (it’s amazing how often that happens, someone gives me a part number, I sell it to them, then they come back later yelling that I sold them the wrong part). If I know you and your skill/knowledge level, no problem. I’ll pull it up and grab it for you.

Our warranty registration system works off of phone number first, then vehicle, then part. I can register the warranty without a specific car but it takes longer to find it later on if there are issues. Doesn’t matter if that’s the part the computer says is supposed to go on there or not, it will still register. As long as you remember the phone number it was put under, it will be there as long as the warranty is active. I still have parts under my number from 1993, I trip people out by pulling it up to show them. When I say lifetime warranty, I mean lifetime warranty. You give me the right phone number and I’ll find it.

[tedly]

The one small part that gets damaged while replacing something else will be completely out of stock everywhere and on back order for months.

[SuperBuickGuy]

The one small part that gets damaged while replacing something else will be completely out of stock everywhere and on back order for months.

stop spying on me... last night it was a spark plug wire connector.... I have skads of 90* ones, but straight? oh no, that's coming from Mars.

[Captain]

Well, sometimes is is hard to remember what you are driving.
So, I need a P/S pump for an 83 Town Car, an alternator for a 96 Mustang and a starter for a 85 F150 - all for the same car!

This is where a quick Drive to parts house, can turn into 45 mins. to an HOUR lost !!! LOL
To Cut these shorter, I Just show them a Pix of The Retro Rat Rod, say, I built It, and I would like to Drive it Again SOON,
Can We get These Parts ? Today ?

[DanStokes]

The size of the inevitable oil slick is proportional to the newness/cleanliness of the concrete it falls on. The newer/cleaner the bigger and nastier the slick. And the resulting Oil Dry WILL track into the house.

Dan

[tedly]

I gotta do a rear wheel bearing on Keni’s Subaru. That thing does NOT want to come off and I’m probably going to have to carefully beat the piss out of it with a sledgehammer. The backing plate is apparently made out of unobtanium and impossible for mere mortals to get. If I crumple that I’m screwed.

stop spying on me... last night it was a spark plug wire connector.... I have skads of 90* ones, but straight? oh no, that's coming from Mars.

[Hemi Joel]

If you lose a part, the only way to ever find it is to spend at least 3 hours searching for it, then break down in discust and buy the replacement. The original part will immediately reveal itself.

[SuperBuickGuy]

if there are 2 ways of doing something, you'll invariably do it the wrong way first.

[65RHDEER]

Your bottle of MIG will run out 10 minutes before the depot shuts but you live 20 minutes away.

[pdub]

if there are 2 ways of doing something, you'll invariably do it the wrong way first...

...and a minimum of three more parts must be installed on top of that one before you discover the error.

[pdub]

In a garage cluttered with benign objects, the wrench you get mad and throw will invariably strike something your wife will immediately notice.

[DanStokes]

In a garage cluttered with benign objects, the wrench you get mad and throw will invariably strike something your wife will immediately notice.

I've learned to walk out of the shop before the wrench tossing starts. Over MANY years of doing this stuff I finally got it thru my thick skull that it's never worth the hassle. I go in the house and watch a bit of TV or whatever and the solution becomes simple and easy. So don't be afraid to take a break. However, this learning took decades.......

Dan

[SuperBuickGuy]

No matter how clean the shop, you will trip on the one cord laying across it.