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Replying to: jipster (Feb 28, 2008 3:22 pm) Oh...this could have only happened one of two ways. I was sick or I was still catching up on my handsome-rest. Enjoy your term, you won't have another one.  jmonroe |
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Seems like the only Honda in our stable of cars is jinxed. Some kid made a left turn when there was no arrow on the stoplight and missed an Infiniti qx56 but was t-boned by my son's Prelude SH.!! Dang, we just went through this six months ago!! The damage is worse this time. The passenger front fender, hood, and bumper are shot to hell. She was giving a ticket and her insurance will be paying for the damage. Lucky for all involved no one was hurt and the girl was very lucky the Infiniti was not the one to hit her. Damage to her Civic was both passenger doors and side window broken, rear passenger tire was at a 35 degree angle. Me being the opportunistic type of guy told her father: "Looks like the car is toast. You're going to need another one. Here's my card. Come and see me and I'll make you a deal." he smiled. He was wearing his Navy uniform so we struck up a conversation really quick. No hard feelings although the kids' mom didn't say a single word to us. 
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Replying to: joel0622 (Feb 28, 2008 2:20 pm) Fine, I know how to do this stuff and like I said before, by the time I take the car in for this type of work and then go back to get it, I’m done. I’ll admit, no car that I’ve ever changed the transmission fluid on had a drain plug so it does get a little messy when I’ve dropped the pan to replace the filter but nothing a few sheets of newspaper can’t handle. Now they can power flush the system to get out all the fluid not just the 5 quarts that are in the pan so I’ll probably go for this the next time. But when I check it, the fluid better be ‘cherry red’ not just a little red or I’m not leaving until it is.  jmonroe |
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| Congratulations to you and your family! Get ready for a wild ride! I know my parents and my out laws LOVE being grandparents more than anything else in the world! | |
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I've heard too many horror stories about those quick lube oil change joints, either the plug was jammed back in and cross threaded or they forgot to put the drain plug back in! People driving away and doing MAJOR damage to their cars. My '01 Prelude ONLY gets serviced at the dealership I bought the car from almost 6 years ago. About the guy who messed up his car with the oxygen sensor: I work at a plumbing supply store in a poor neighborhood. I have customers who buy material from me to renovate multi-million dollar apartments in Manhattan and some cusotmers who haven't a clue what they're doing. They think that a plumber (licensed in NYC) is just going to overcharge them and rip them off. Many people end up turning a $50 job into a $500 job because they mess up so bad.
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Glad to hear your son is OK. But it breaks my heart to hear that a Prelude has been damaged  
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I for one always go to the dealership for oil change. They are always "running" specials, and I've never paid more than $30 for an oil change. The last one was $21 including tax and tire rotation. I could save a little bit of money doing oil changes myself, but my time doing that is worth more (to me) than the money savings. Oh, and Mack, is that ambulance chasing? Or rather tow truck chasing? 
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Replying to: nyccarguy (Feb 28, 2008 8:52 pm) He's keeping it. He loves that car. I like it too when I get to drive it. Mack 
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Replying to: mackabee (Feb 28, 2008 4:46 pm) 
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Replying to: nyccarguy (Feb 28, 2008 8:50 pm) True but I have heard to many horror stories about work done at dealerships too, Since you sell Hondas I will start with a co worker who had their oil changed at their friendly neighborhood Honda dealer only to have the oil light go on halfway home, turns out that the plug wasn't put on right fell out and the oil drained out. I know of a (now gone) Chevy dealership that charged for work never done. A Toyota dealership that forgot to put a couple of spark plug wires back onto a spark plug after a tune up. I could go on but going to a dealership is no guarantee that the job will be done right. On the other hand I have been going to the friendly neighborhood quick oil change place for 30 years without one mishap and I get plenty of miles on my cars. |
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