[Healeys] Midas muffler journey

[i erbs]

I don't think they thought I would still have the car, or it would be dead.
They just should have told me 1.5 years ago to go pound sand and not screw
with me for so long...

Ira Erbs

On Fri, Feb 3, 2023, 7:46 AM HealeyRick <healeyrik at gmail.com> wrote:

> Clearly, Midas thought you'd be dead by now. 😀😀  All and all, it wasn't
> a bad $45 investment
>
> Happy Healeying,
> Rick Neville aka "HealeyRick"
>
> On Thu, Feb 2, 2023 at 10:21 PM i erbs via Healeys <healeys at autox.team.net>
> wrote:
>
>>
>> Ira Erbs
>> Milwaukie,OR
>>       _______                                  _______
>>      (______ \____1959 BN4____/ _______)
>>          (_________________________)
>>           BT7 engine and disk brakes
>>
>>
>> 1Some of you may recall my battles with Midas over the last year and a
>> half. Why Midas? Well 47 years ago there were not a lot of options to get a
>> new muffler installed in my 59 100-6. Midas ran and ad showing an old guy
>> in a model T getting his muffler replaced with his lifetime muffler
>> warranty. I figured what the hell? I am going to own this car for a
>> lifetime. I still have it. They have replaced the muffler 4-5 times over
>> the decades. When I was driving down to Conclave I blew out the inside
>> baffles. So when I got home I calle dup the shop that had replaced the
>> mufffler before. They are now called Midas, no muffler and they did not
>> have a muffler guy anymore, nor did any shop withng 50 miles of my house.
>> The local shop got a new manager who was sure he could take care of me. I
>> showed un and he backed away from his offer. Today I got a buyout check for
>> my warranty. I paid $45 then they sent me $350.00 today. They put me
>> through 1.5 years of shit and I still had to hound them after I agreed to
>> be bought out three months ago.  Now I;ll have the headers I bought
>> installed and glass packs. Here in Oregon it's still rainy and very cold,
>> but I should be back on the road this spring.
>> Cheers967 MGB  [image: MG]
>>
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>> Please excuse random auto corrects and misspelled words
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