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- From: harling@pictel.com (Dan Harling)
- Subject: Re: Dirty oil after change?
- Message-ID: <1992Sep14.190325.9980@pictel.com>
- Keywords: oil changes
- Sender: Dan Harling
- Organization: PictureTel Corporation
- References: <146@bluehau.bubble.org> <1992Sep10.171455.28660@swlvx2.msd.ray.com> <18ocibINN159@seven-up.East.Sun.COM>
- Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 19:03:25 GMT
- Lines: 28
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- In article <18ocibINN159@seven-up.East.Sun.COM> jimv@hienergy.Eng.Sun.COM (Jim Vienneau - Sun Microsystems) writes:
- >The other truth is: trust no one to work on your car. Dealers and garages
- >are there to make a buck off you, they don't care if you get 50K or 250K
- >out of your car. The quick lube places WILL NOT grease your car (they
- >know you can't tell) and may or may not damage the drain plug, replace the
- >filter, etc. The dealers and garages will misdiagnose your problem and replace
- >good parts. When they find this didn't fix the problem, they will claim
- >that the already replaced parts were bad too. The auto repair and
- >maintenance industry is as crooked as they get (OK, there's probably a
- >few honest ones, but I haven't found one yet).
- >--
- >Jim Vienneau, Sun Microsystems Inc - Billerica, MA
-
- It's a bit of a hike for you, but I have gone to the Jiffy Lube in
- Beverly, MA for about two years now. I always watch their work, and
- shoot the breeze with them in the bay. Of course, bringing in a '70
- Challenger or a '66 Fury works well as a conversation-starter. I
- haven't seen them leave anything out even once, so I don't lose any
- sleep if I take my eye off them for a minute or two.
-
- The hardest part is finding a garage or mechanic or whatever that you
- can trust, and the best way to do that is to find someone who you can
- talk shop with, so that they *like* working for you. It has worked for
- me.
- ____________________________________________________________________________
- Daniel A. Harling (harling@pictel.com)
- PictureTel Corp. Opinions expressed are not necessarily those of
- Peabody, MA 01960 PictureTel, but they ought to be!
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