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

SPEEDY MCCREADYSPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 24,804
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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    patrickredeyespatrickredeyes 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?
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    PoncierPoncier Posts: 16,228
    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
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    WhizbangWhizbang 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.

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    South of SeattleSouth of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,708
    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!
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    patrickredeyespatrickredeyes 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
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    South of SeattleSouth of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,708
    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!
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    PoncierPoncier Posts: 16,228
    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
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    given2fly78given2fly78 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. "
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    South of SeattleSouth of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,708
    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!
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    PoncierPoncier Posts: 16,228
    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!
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    PoncierPoncier Posts: 16,228
    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
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    QuarterToTenQuarterToTen Cincinnati, Ohio Posts: 3,626
    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.
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    cat72cat72 Oxford, MA Posts: 2,992
    QuarterToTen wrote:
    and their consistently condescending attitude
    towards women drives me absolutely insane.

    hope it isn't too painful.


    my mechanic is a woman. ;)
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    drtyfrnk29drtyfrnk29 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.

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    jlew24asujlew24asu Posts: 10,118
    "knowing a good mechanic is better then sex" Seinfield episode
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    SPEEDY MCCREADYSPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 24,804
    $650

    and now my ass hurts...........
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
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    LindaLinda 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.....
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    QuarterToTenQuarterToTen Cincinnati, Ohio Posts: 3,626
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    $650

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

    so you got an oil change AND a new headlight?
    Nice shirt.
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    SPEEDY MCCREADYSPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 24,804
    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.....
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    QuarterToTenQuarterToTen Cincinnati, Ohio Posts: 3,626
    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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    PoncierPoncier Posts: 16,228
    drtyfrnk29 wrote:
    Did you do that jump and hover in mid air when it went over 200,000?
    Oh what a feeling.
    This weekend we rock Portland
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    josevolutionjosevolution Posts: 28,300
    i don't know who i disstrust more car mechanic's or electricians & plummers man they rape you no matter what the circumstances ....
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....
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    SPEEDY MCCREADYSPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 24,804
    josevolution wrote:
    i don't know who i disstrust more car mechanic's or electricians & plummers man they rape you no matter what the circumstances ....

    mechanics to me are the #1 assholes on the planet...

    follwed very closely by the insurance industry......i just fucking love having to make my monthly car insurance payment for the last 25 years.....

    and the 2 or 3 times i have actually tried to make a claim???.....they treat you like a piece of shit....
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
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    Phantom PainPhantom Pain Posts: 9,876
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    mechanics to me are the #1 assholes on the planet...

    follwed very closely by the insurance industry......i just fucking love having to make my monthly car insurance payment for the last 25 years.....

    and the 2 or 3 times i have actually tried to make a claim???.....they treat you like a piece of shit....


    Treat you like shit and they raise your premium !

    What a racket they got !!
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    josevolutionjosevolution Posts: 28,300
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    mechanics to me are the #1 assholes on the planet...

    follwed very closely by the insurance industry......i just fucking love having to make my monthly car insurance payment for the last 25 years.....

    and the 2 or 3 times i have actually tried to make a claim???.....they treat you like a piece of shit....

    well i haven't had to bad of time with my car insurance co so i can't put them at the top of my list but car mechanics yeah they are the #1 rippoffs no doubt ,plummers & electricians i had to deal with them this last yr at they are annoying as hell ,just for stepping into the house they fucking charge $100....thank god my kitchen is all done ....
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....
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    QuarterToTenQuarterToTen Cincinnati, Ohio Posts: 3,626
    Phantom Pain wrote:
    Treat you like shit and they raise your premium !

    What a racket they got !!

    absolutely...

    have you ever met a poor insurance man?
    Nice shirt.
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    South of SeattleSouth of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,708
    on the way to work it sounded like I ran over a rock. Driving down the freeway the car starts swerving and shifting between lanes. Get across and look at my tire, it blew out. Luckily the tire store was 2 blocks away. I had to get a new tire, luckily only one as my car is all wheel drive and my tires were new enough so they didn't have much wear on them. After they paid for half, I only had to spend another $65 bucks :( Who knows what the fuck I ran over :mad:
    NERDS!
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    patrickredeyespatrickredeyes Posts: 8,834
    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.


    Dam I would have done it for nothing. That place you went to IMO ripped you off.
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    RolandTD20KdrummerRolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    Don't let them get too close and start man handling your tailpipe ;)
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    wolfbearwolfbear Posts: 3,965
    jlew24asu wrote:
    "knowing a good mechanic is better then sex" Seinfield episode
    Haha. This is so true, well not quite, but almost. We've been really lucky to know good and honest mechanics over the years. One we had was a client, one a tenant in the building I worked in and since we moved to a smaller town we've actually found quite a few good ones. Big cities are not good for honest mechanics. Or they are always too busy and overbooked. :)
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