O/T: The kind of folks I work with...

[pilotlars at yahoo.com (Lars Bruchmann)]

absolutely true!!!
it was nice driving in texas when i had to get that
door.  the car didn't shake, it didn't pull to
different sides all at once.  and i wasn't dodging
huge potholes all the time.  
then i had to come back here.  :(
--- David Utley <fahrvegnugen@cox.net> wrote:

> I agree.  I had mine set dead-neutral and like it
> better.  Okies couldn't
> build a road level if it were on the salt flats!
> 
> David
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org
> > [mailto:scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org]On Behalf
> Of Eric S
> > Sent: Friday, November 26, 2004 8:44 PM
> > To: Lars Bruchmann
> > Cc: Scirocco List
> > Subject: Re: O/T: The kind of folks I work with...
> >
> >
> >
> > Lars is correct, a truely "aligned" car will have
> a pull to the right.
> >
> > Most alignmnet shops to tweek the car are purpose
> to have a pull to the
> > left, to negate the natural crest of the road.
> >
> > --
> > Eric
> > www.vintagewatercooleds.com
> >
> > 1981 Scirocco S (TDI swap project)
> > 1988 Audi 90 Quattro
> > 1990 Corrado TDI
> > 1991 Cabriolet (2.0 crossflow 8v project)
> >
> > Lars Bruchmann said:
> > > harmonic balancer??  does my radio have one??? 
> haha.
> > > the car pulling to the right is a result of the
> crown
> > > of the road: it's a deliberate feature of roads,
> > > designed to conduct water to the edge of the
> road.
> > > subsiquently, it also conducts sleeping drivers
> into
> > > the ditch.
> > > --- David Utley <fahrvegnugen@cox.net> wrote:
> > >
> > >> Okay, this was too stupid not to share and
> since the
> > >> list is slow...
> > >>
> > >> I just heard a story about one of the service
> > >> writers here, we have four and -none- of them
> are
> > >> mechanical at all...  First, a little
> background on
> > >> this fella.  He has been with the company at
> least
> > >> 12 to 13 years.  First, he was a car salesman.
> > >> Next, he was a finance manager.  Then he was
> new car
> > >> manager over Kia.  NOW, he is a service writer
> (he
> > >> is too good an ass-kisser to be fired, I
> s'pose).
> > >> Okay, he was consoling a customer about their
> car
> > >> pulling to the right...  He replied, " Oh, that
> is a
> > >> feature of VWs, that's deliberate.  They do
> that so
> > >> that if you fall asleep, it will go off the
> road
> > >> instead of into traffic..."  Okay, with that
> logic,
> > >> then the sludging problems with the 1.8Ts in
> the
> > >> Passat is actually a feature that stops the car
> from
> > >> over-revving, right?  (banging head)...
> > >>
> > >> Okay, another story...  One of the other
> service
> > >> writers wrote a ticket with the line
> description as
> > >> follows:  'Customer states there is a noise
> from the
> > >> harmonic balancer, check radio and replace as
> > >> necessary..."  Like I said, they are not
> > >> mechanical...
> > >>
> > >> Have a good day today...
> > >>
> > >> David  <---  Doing time in the stupid house,
> yo...
> > >>
> > >> Chrome may make it bling, but it don't make the
> > >> engine sing...
> > >>
> > >>
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