so i am going to go get my car repaired....

SPEEDY MCCREADY
SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 26,947
edited December 2007 in All Encompassing Trip
which means i am about to get bent over....

should i bring the lube????

or just use theirs?????

i fucking hate taking my car to the mechanic.......
Take me piece by piece.....
Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
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  • patrickredeyes
    patrickredeyes Posts: 8,834
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    which means i am about to get bent over....

    should i bring the lube????

    or just use theirs?????

    i fucking hate taking my car to the mechanic.......



    What needs to be fixed?
  • Poncier
    Poncier Posts: 17,933
    Lube....most mechanics I know don't use any lube when they bend you over, sand sometimes, but never lube.

    Hehehe
    This weekend we rock Portland
  • Whizbang
    Whizbang Posts: 1,314
    Poncier wrote:
    Lube....most mechanics I know don't use any lube when they bend you over, sand sometimes, but never lube.

    Hehehe

    sand as well as no reach around.
    believe it or not, we don't "need" anything. that is only the spoiled brat in us trying to fill some temporary solution to an emptyness that does not exist.

    I have eaten so much gold I crapped excellence - drtyfrnk29

    Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all!
  • South of Seattle
    South of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,724
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    which means i am about to get bent over....

    should i bring the lube????

    or just use theirs?????

    i fucking hate taking my car to the mechanic.......

    I spent $420 yesterday on a tail light, new skid plate, and an alignment. I should have claimed that shit on my insurance . . . but I didn't.
    NERDS!
  • patrickredeyes
    patrickredeyes Posts: 8,834
    South of Seattle wrote:
    I spent $420 yesterday on a tail light, new skid plate, and an alignment. I should have claimed that shit on my insurance . . . but I didn't.



    Did you need a brand new tail light or the bulb replaced? And the total came up to 420 huh? :D LOL
  • South of Seattle
    South of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,724
    patrickredeyes wrote:
    Did you need a brand new tail light or the buld replaced? And the total came up to 420 huh? :D LOL

    just the bulb. $230 in parts and and $190 in labor. If I have kids, they're becoming mechanics so I can retire in Brazil.
    NERDS!
  • Poncier
    Poncier Posts: 17,933
    South of Seattle wrote:
    just the bulb. $230 in parts and and $190 in labor. If I have kids, they're becoming mechanics so I can retire in Brazil.
    Learn to replace bulbs yourself...they cost about 2 bucks usually and take a non skilled monkey 39 seconds to replace.
    Mechanics are a necessary evil, but simple things like changing bulbs or your air filter should never be paid for.
    This weekend we rock Portland
  • given2fly78
    given2fly78 Posts: 404
    My car is starting to make me paraniod. I have a 2004 Jetta GLS Turbo. Love the thing! I bought out my lease in August because I owed so much less than the book value and it's a great car - has all the things I want and see no use in buying a new ride. And the fact that I have equity (GASP!) is great!

    However, once I bought it out, of course little stuff happened. Had to replace a temperature sensor, then the ignition coil. Not super big items, but still. Now my powertrain warranty is up in 6,000 miles.

    My biggest conundrum is that if I read issues online, there can be big problems. Granted, there are a million Jettas on the road (and I made sure I got one made in Germany, not Mexico), plus mine is standard not automatic so there is less probability for transmission issues. But still, I'm getting paranioid that once that powertrain warranty is up, something major will happen.

    But my grandpa says, the best way to win against the car manufacturers is to drive a vehicle for 100k miles +. So I just don't know what to do!
    "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. "
    Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

    I saw Hard To Imagine LIVE at MSG!
  • South of Seattle
    South of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,724
    Poncier wrote:
    Learn to replace bulbs yourself...they cost about 2 bucks usually and take a non skilled monkey 39 seconds to replace.
    Mechanics are a necessary evil, but simple things like changing bulbs or your air filter should never be paid for.

    I don't think he charged me much for the light. Actually now that I look at my invoice it says N/C. So I guess I saved $2 and 39 seconds :D
    NERDS!
  • Poncier
    Poncier Posts: 17,933
    South of Seattle wrote:
    I don't think he charged me much for the light. Actually now that I look at my invoice it says N/C. So I guess I saved $2 and 39 seconds :D
    Score!
    This weekend we rock Portland
  • Poncier
    Poncier Posts: 17,933
    given2fly78 wrote:

    But my grandpa says, the best way to win against the car manufacturers is to drive a vehicle for 100k miles +. So I just don't know what to do!
    Grandpa would love me and my 329,700 miles on my Toyota.
    This weekend we rock Portland
  • QuarterToTen
    QuarterToTen Cincinnati, Ohio Posts: 3,651
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    which means i am about to get bent over....

    should i bring the lube????

    or just use theirs?????

    i fucking hate taking my car to the mechanic.......

    and their consistently condescending attitude
    towards women drives me absolutely insane.

    hope it isn't too painful.
    Nice shirt.
  • cat72
    cat72 Oxford, MA Posts: 2,993
    QuarterToTen wrote:
    and their consistently condescending attitude
    towards women drives me absolutely insane.

    hope it isn't too painful.


    my mechanic is a woman. ;)
  • drtyfrnk29
    drtyfrnk29 Posts: 846
    Poncier wrote:
    Grandpa would love me and my 329,700 miles on my Toyota.
    Did you do that jump and hover in mid air when it went over 200,000?
    I'm so dangerous I smoke dynamite.

  • jlew24asu
    jlew24asu Posts: 10,118
    "knowing a good mechanic is better then sex" Seinfield episode
  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 26,947
    $650

    and now my ass hurts...........
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • Linda
    Linda Posts: 1,656
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    which means i am about to get bent over....

    should i bring the lube????

    or just use theirs?????

    i fucking hate taking my car to the mechanic.......

    bent over...
    lube....
    fucking....
    who's sexy right now??? ;)
    i'm not happy yet.....
  • QuarterToTen
    QuarterToTen Cincinnati, Ohio Posts: 3,651
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    $650

    and now my ass hurts...........

    so you got an oil change AND a new headlight?
    Nice shirt.
  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 26,947
    QuarterToTen wrote:
    so you got an oil change AND a new headlight?
    and they thru in a wiper blade.......but just one...

    the second wiper blade would have been an additional $400........
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • QuarterToTen
    QuarterToTen Cincinnati, Ohio Posts: 3,651
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    and they thru in a wiper blade.......but just one...

    the second wiper blade would have been an additional $400........

    installed? or is that an addtional charge?

    mechanics are the biggest scam artists....
    there oughta be a way to better regulate their thievery.
    Nice shirt.

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