My daily laugh, hubby's oil change...

[jfolkson at optonline.net (Jan Folkson)]

Seems to be about $4.75 too much at that!

The first rule for an "lubricant exchange engineer" should be "DO NO HARM".
Or maybe that's for a doctor, I can't remember...


- Jan Folkson 
NYC, NY 

http://www.janfolkson.com

'86 16V
'03 Passat GLS 1.8t
'03 Jetta Wagon 1.8t

"How do you know when it's music and not just a bunch of noise" - Dennis the
Menace





> They don't pay those techs(?) $5.00/hour for nothing!
> John
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "C Boyko" <roccit_53@hotmail.com>
> To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2004 12:13 PM
> Subject: My daily laugh, hubby's oil change...
> 
> 
>> 
>> 
>> Okay, this was my laugh of the day. My hubby takes his PT to Craptacular
>> Tire to get the oil changed. A few changes back a different Canadian Tire
>> put the wrong oil plug in, and stripped it all to hell, but so far this
>> local one's been okay. So he gets the Chrysler tank home, and the phone
>> rings "Hello, ummmm, you just got your oil changed, right....well, ummmm,
> we
>> have your oil cap sitting here on the bench, ummmm, so I guess you can
> come
>> in and get in sometime when you're in town."
>> Correct me if I'm wrong, but can't this procedure boil down to like five
>> steps? (1. place catch basin,  2.  remove oil plug and filter,drain  3.
>> replace plug and filter, 4. remove cap, add oil, replace cap,  5. check
> for
>> leaks...if it leaks slightly, it's all good, it's a VW) Well, 6 steps if
> you
>> count in the complexities of oil selection.
>> 
>> Yep, incompetance is rampant. Didn't make as bad a mess as Adam starting
> his
>> without the valve cover though. But too funny. And explains why they will
>> NEVER see mine. Plus I don't trust them to actually put that expensive
>> synthetic in MY car. (not to mention I do love pouring oil all over the
>> garage floor...)
>> 
>> Other stories of dorks are invited...
>> 
>> Cathy
>> 
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