Had 2 people in this week that put a dark cloud on decent week. Guy brought his silver vehicle in and claimed he hit a racoon. He in fact did not. All animal hits leave a calling card, hair, poop, blood, saliva, steaks, etc. Also the dents tend to be different. He did hit a parking curb on the ri…

I think we all have days like that regardless of where we work, but people can be truly stupid with their cars. Try convincing a customer who considers themselves to be quite mechanically adept that the reason they can’t get their brakes to work properly is because brake fluid and power steering fl…

I’m in IT and get the same thing when people bring their screwed up laptops to me. Usually after they’ve tried to fix a problem and given up. “What do you mean I shouldn’t have installed Carl’s Magic Registry Cleaner?” “I don’t know how I got those 20 toolbars installed on Internet Explorer” “Bu…

I’ve stopped giving out car advice except to those who are seriously interested in following it! It often turned out in the past that the person disregarded my advice, bought the wrong model of that car and then blamed his/her dissatisfaction on me. Remember the “Yaris Girl”? A few years back I gav…

Good salesmanhip on the part of the dealer moving his inventory plays a big part in it as well. Having said that, I’ve advised numerous friends and relatives with happy results. One IT expert, a 5’ 1" petite blonde loved fast cars and had the money to pay for it. She wanted domestic, but not a Corv…

Insurance fraud is a national pastime…You are the first line of defense…

Thanks for sharing “meaneyedcatz”… My son in retail has similar stories dealing with a small part of the public. Even though it is just a small part, it can ruin an otherwise good day when you actually felt you provided a worthwhile service that was appreciated. In the long run, you will be the succ…

I know what you mean. Minivan drives up with a flat tire. Guy gets out, walks into the shop to a tech working under a hood, asks him to change his tire or fix his flat one, whichever is faster. Tech says “See the man in the office and he’ll help you right away.” He asks me the same thing, I tell h…

Hind sight is always 20/20. I bet every person on this site wishes they would have written down stories like this, funny, sad, thought provoking, etc., and tried to publish them. My wife is a retired teacher and she has some real zingers.

“My wife is a retired teacher and she has some real zingers”. I’m a retired college professor and I also have some real zingers. I think my favorite was in trying to get a computer hardware and architecture class to design a circuit that could perform the binary addition tables (0 + 0 = 0, 0 + 1…

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General Discussion

jtsanders February 5, 2012, 9:19pm 5

Docnick, you are an extremely rational person when it comes to cars. Maybe the people you mention above area all about passion. Most people are in between. All we can do is offer advice if asked for it and let other adults make their own decisions with their priorities. But you can laugh at them if they encounter problems later and wonder why.

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