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No worries, John. I'm sort of a story collector and Posted by Noel [Email] (more from Noel) on Thu, 28 Jan 2010 10:40:38

In Reply to: Re: "Stories about you people", John Myers, Thu, 28 Jan 2010 08:55:35 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup

love hearing this stuff. Keep 'em coming!

I've heard enough from non-car enthusiast friends to not be surprised by much anymore. So many people go to dealers complaining about a failure when all they had to do was follow printed directions in the owners manual. Like the guy who complained to the owner of shop where I helped out on occasion that his engine wasn't running well and the oil light was on. When the oil was drained it looked like STP packed with coffee grounds. It had never been changed in over 30K miles and this on single weight conventional oil in the early '70s.

And just yesterday a biz colleague told me her younger sister had managed to run two cars out of oil in as many years.

Please keep the stories coming. There's often stuff to be learned from them. At least most people here seem to be pretty good about maintenance, and many are decent hobby mechanics. Then there are the guys believe too much brute force is never enough!

Posts in this Thread:

Funny customer stories part one, John Myers, Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:51:32
- great story...a richmonder here remembers haywood-Clark, Steven W, Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:41:30
- I have a funny one too, DE , Thu, 28 Jan 2010 09:43:24
  - Re: I have a funny one too, John Myers, Thu, 28 Jan 2010 10:03:48
    - Re: I have a funny one too, DE , Thu, 28 Jan 2010 10:18:22
      - Actually it was a Swedish insurance company, DER, Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:02:30
        Re: Actually it was a Swedish insurance company, DE , Thu, 28 Jan 2010 12:16:16
        I'm hoping..., James, Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:27:08
- Re: Funny customer stories part one, TML , Thu, 28 Jan 2010 09:13:04
- "Stories about you people", Noel, Thu, 28 Jan 2010 07:38:50
  - Re: "Stories about you people", John Myers, Thu, 28 Jan 2010 08:55:35
    - No worries, John. I'm sort of a story collector and, Noel, Thu, 28 Jan 2010 10:40:38 <-- Viewing This Message
    - Re: "Stories about you people", Craig, Thu, 28 Jan 2010 09:04:34
  - Re: "Stories about you people", Erik919kt, Thu, 28 Jan 2010 08:40:44
    - And this does not make sense to you why?, dmz789q, Thu, 28 Jan 2010 09:25:42
      - Re: And this does not make sense to you why?, TML , Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:02:22
        Re: And this does not make sense to you why?, JimBlake , Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:10:05
        OK, so now it's a puzzle, Erik919kt, Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:54:42
        Re: OK, so now it's a puzzle, JimBlake , Fri, 29 Jan 2010 06:02:57
      - Re: And this does not make sense to you why?, dmz789q, Thu, 28 Jan 2010 09:36:49
        Re: And this does not make sense to you why?, Erik919kt, Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:45:11
    - Re: "Stories about you people", John Myers, Thu, 28 Jan 2010 08:59:38
      - Re: "Stories about you people", Erik919kt, Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:58:17
  - Agreed..., Criag, Thu, 28 Jan 2010 07:57:38
- i would have handed you the keys .he must have ..., earthbone, Thu, 28 Jan 2010 03:17:03
  - Re: Dueling stories, Dave Chicago, Thu, 28 Jan 2010 05:33:10
    - Re: Dueling stories, John Myers, Thu, 28 Jan 2010 05:59:20
      - Occasssional acceptions to the rule, No Snaab, Thu, 28 Jan 2010 07:26:54
      - Re: Dueling stories, James, Thu, 28 Jan 2010 06:58:47

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