YESYESYES very good advice to lie if you have an unusual car. My life got
much easier when I started to tell them it's for a '98 Cobra. And I works so
well I don't even grit my teeth anymore when I say it. :O
Of course if it's one of those very unusual shops that has somebody who
likes real sports cars (usually an "older" person), then I tell 'em what
it's really for. That get's 'em talking and I've heard a few good stories
that way.
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of James Creasy
Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2001 15:41
To: Darren Madams; Rob Weinstock
Cc: ba-autox@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: story, was Re: where to find battery cable?
> > If you ask them for a part for a kit car, do they start running into
each
> > other, like a special sandwhich order at McDonald's?
no, they get real quiet and hope that if they ignore you, you will leave
them alone. :P
if you should find yourself in this position, never, EVER tell them what the
car is. i always say "91 mustang GT" or "91 tbird supercoupe", etc. life
is SO much easier this way.
if you do tell them its a cobra, they might have heard of the mustang cobra,
but not the 60's roadster cobra. or they suddenly really dont want to deal
with you because it might be something out of the ordinary and they might
get sued.
another place that was good: Lee's in alameda. its not a modest place, as
it says "World Famous" over the name the of the store. are auto shops
tourism draws?
now, back to wiring!!
-james
Message -----
From: Darren Madams <darren@madams.com>
To: Rob Weinstock <weinstro@hotmail.com>
Cc: <black94pgt@pacbell.net>; <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2001 2:52 PM
Subject: Re: story, was Re: where to find battery cable?
> Rob wrote:
> > If you ask them for a part for a kit car, do they start running into
each
> > other, like a special sandwhich order at McDonald's?
>
> Reminds me of the problems I had getting parts for my F440. Everytime
> I would break something I would take it into the parts store and ask
> if they had "something like this". Their response, "what model and
> year car is it from?" Always!!! I got so sick of explaining it to
> people that I finally let one Kragen clerk lookup a starter motor or
> something from a 1979 Red Devil... it wasn't in his computer... or in
> his books... imagine that.
>
> When I bent a tie rod on my kart, I went to OSH with the part because
> I knew they sold rod ends... well they had the ends but not the rods,
> so I asked the clueless individual standing in that section where the
> tie rods were... he said "the what?" I said "the things these rod
> ends screw into". He didn't know, but took me to ask the guy who had
> worked at OSH for 15 years (imagine that!) who promptly asked me
> "what is it from?"... when I replied "A racing go-kart" he promptly
> came back with "Well did you try a go-kart shop"... because there's
> so many of those in Concord that are open at 7:00 at night on a
> Saturday evening...
>
> Same goes for Home Depot... have you ever noticed all their aprons
> say "I can help in all deparments"... I've been there so many times
> for basic stuff (coolant y-splitters, rod ends, hex head bolts) and
> they're always completely useless... I feel like bringing a Sharpie
> marker and rewriting "I can't help in any department".
>
> Customer service ain't what it used to be!!!! :) Don't get me started
> on the cable company and the bank and Mickey D's.... :)
>
> --Darren
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