If I may blow my own horn, I have a nearly perfect record concerning
this object.
With remarkable frequency customers come to our store to buy one as
theirs is missing. It usually occurs after they've changed or added.
I almost always find them someplace in the engine compartment. It
started 15 years ago when a belligerent potential customer had been
to "every parts store in the effing town and nobody has one. Parts
people are stupid idiots." I love my job so much, I thought I'd
maybe try to match one for him.."let me look at the engine." "You
wont be able to, the last 2 places tried that too" "I have some
stuff others don't" "Go ahead" he says. I went out and looked with
him grumbling the whole time. I say, "I think I can help you out."
"How much is THIS going to cost?" I love this guy and say 15 bucks.
That got him going. I held my ground. He was getting pisseder and
pisseder. Gave me 15 bucks, I reached behind his battery and gave him
what he needed.
He probably spent another 15 bucks in rubber.
Peter C
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At 09:44 PM 7/22/2006, Hal Faulkner wrote:
>What's a 710?
>Yesterday I was having some work done at the car dealer. A blonde
>woman came in and asked for part seven-hundred-ten. They all looked at
>each other, and the mechanic asked, "What is a seven-hundred-ten?"
>She replied, "You know, the little piece in the middle of the engine.I
>lost it and need a new one. It had always been there."
>The mechanic gave the woman a piece of paper and a pen and asked her
>to draw what the piece looked like. She drew a circle and in the
>middle of it wrote 710. He then took her over to another car which had
>the hood up and asked, "Is there a 710 on this car?" She pointed and
>said, "Of course, it's right there."
>Click here to learn the identity of the mysterious 710:
>http://mademelaugh.com/gfx/710.jpg
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