Shop Time w/T.W. Friends

Good morning shop crew, have a great Saturday!

 

@Delta09

 

The more you look the worse it gets

 

Definitely ain't gonna work for heel-toe shifts

 

You said there's an estate sale with a bunch of snap on stuff? Let me jump in the jet and be there quick.



Florida- if it rolls, you can register it.

 

Fall project done.

 

Hmm…. That makes it easier to toss people out when you grab them by the back of the shirt collar and trousers! You can stack ‘em like firewood in the yard.

 

People, groceries, furniture. You know, normal stuff.

 

Ok Shop folks, gather round, it’s story time.

So last year I got my mother’s 2010 GLK 350 when she stopped driving at 90… Car has been good but God awfully expensive to service. Last week I experienced some very loose rear end handling so I dropped it off at the local independent garage that I use. They put it on the lift and found the rear subframe broke from corrosion. Great… Well, MB USA has an extended warranty for 20 years on replacing the rear subframe. So I have it towed to the dealer nearest me, Mauro Motors. They look at the car and confirm the subframe. But then they tell me the rear springs are rusted and broken in the cradle and that the exhaust has a slight black mark at the joint they have to loosen to remove the rear exhaust resonator and mufflers. They quote over $2700.00 to replace 2 springs and the resonator. I was shocked. I ask for a breakdown and they’re also charging for labor when they have to remove those items anyway. So… I ask for the part numbers and find that the same dealer has an online discount parts store with the parts in question being $1100. For example, the springs only the online store are $118/each while they quoted $988. I tell them that I’ll buy the parts and the tech can pick them up at the parts counter and install them. Response: Oh, no, we can’t do that. The online parts store is wholesale and we only install retail parts. I try to explain that I’m a retail customer at the parts store to no avail. So the car will have the subframe replaced and either I’ll do the springs or take it to the local garage.

I guess this is why the older I get, the more I hate people.

 

I don't even have a good story but I too dislike people

 

I worked in factories all my life -- I'm very content being alone.

 

i normally don't get on the highway anymore if i can avoid it.

today, i needed to be a few towns away at a consistent time, so back roads were less desirable.

so i get on the highway, and near my on-ramp, traffic is running 30-40mph. slow, but not stopped, and plenty of space for on-ramp traffic to merge into the through lanes--kind of important considering that the on-ramp has a disappearing lane.

except the one spot i try merging, i put my signal on, and start moving over into a gap 3 car lengths large.

i'm 2 wheel widths over the center line and watching my mirrors like i normally do, and the car behind suddenly decides he's taking full custody of this lane, and guns it to block me out of it... so now i'm running out of road, and have to jab the brakes to fall back, which creates a further traffic problem, because now i'm no longer merging at speed, i'm merging below the speed of traffic, which is going to cause more brake lights before the on-ramp...

as soon as i get over one lane, the next lane opens up, i get over again, and suddenly the far right lane slows down. within seconds i'm next to 'friend of the governer' himself.

i honked and waved like a giddy schoolgirl, and then lost him in the traffic as his lane slowed, and my lane picked back up to normal highway speed...

all for 20' of roadway.

as a kid i never understood why rich people wanted a sprawling estate out in the middle of nowhere. seemed like a lot of expense to live that far away from the stores.

now, i just want to be rich, so i can do it to.

 

i don't know of any off-hand, so i'll just copy some off reddit.


I tell dad jokes sometimes. Sometimes he even laughs.

Catching up with an old friend over dinner, I asked what he’s been up to. He said, “Well, recently I’ve been abroad.”
I said, “Well there’s clearly more work ahead… because you look as manly as ever

 

Some people say I have a “dad bod”.

I prefer to refer to it as a “father figure”.