Things That Are Bothering You, Got You All Hibbeldy-Jibbeldy, or just downright pissed, RIGHT NOW!

munchausen · Mar 12, 2012

You should get an Xbox.

in stitches · Mar 12, 2012

munchausen said:
You should get an Xbox.

oh my. with my addictive personality i cant take risks like that. its also why i dont have cable.

Fang66 · Mar 12, 2012

oneeightyseven said:
yeah but you're also the dude who runs marathons for fun..........
normal people are not capable of the things you are so easily capable of.

An oil change?

I've never owned a car made after 1974 so don't know about all the fandangle gadgets under the hood these days, but change the oil (maybe filter), check plugs and maybe replace, gap the points and adjust the timing, and maybe tweak the carb. Anyone can do that if shown how once, and it should take less than an hour including going to the shop to buy a filter and plugs. Wear surgical gloves and you don't even need to wash your hands after. Most of the cars I've owned you could do all that without even wearing overalls or getting underneath the car to take out the sump plug. New cars probably even easier because of e-ignition and fuel injection. Bicycles are harder to work on.

oneeightyseven · Mar 12, 2012

Fang66 said:
An oil change?
I've never owned a car made after 1974 so don't know about all the fandangle gadgets under the hood these days, but change the oil (maybe filter), check plugs and maybe replace, gap the points and adjust the timing, and maybe tweak the carb. Anyone can do that if shown how once, and it should take less than an hour including going to the shop to buy a filter and plugs. Wear surgical gloves and you don't even need to wash your hands after. Most of the cars I've owned you could do all that without even wearing overalls or getting underneath the car to take out the sump plug. Bycycles are harder to work on.

yeah oil changes are easy (I love cars, so I took courses in high school to work on them), but just wanted to boost Thomas a little bit. But to be honest, 80% of dudes wouldn't know how to, nor have the tools to, do it themselves. It's rare to see a dude with a torque wrench, etc. Plus there were some cars that required a tool to take off the oil filter which I assume would cause more problems than its worth for a lot of dudes. I've never had to deal with that though.

zissou · Mar 12, 2012

Fang- I miss the older cars that I used to drive for that reason. Now, I don't even change my oil because I can't get the 6.5 qts of full synthetic + OEM filter for the cost of having someone else change the oil. At least I still have a motorcycle that is older than I am...

oneeightyseven · Mar 12, 2012

in stitches said:
oh my. with my addictive personality i cant take risks like that. its also why i dont have cable.

get xbox 360, CoD MW3 and meet me on there biaaaaaatch.

in stitches · Mar 12, 2012

oneeightyseven said:
get xbox 360, CoD MW3 and meet me on there biaaaaaatch.

if i really wanted to kick your ass and avoid an addiction, i would just take the flight to cananananananada, and beat you bloody all about your face with your xbox controller, and then go back home.

Liam O · Mar 12, 2012

left leg is completely numb. no earthly idea why.

Harold falcon · Mar 12, 2012

Douglas said:
BMW Dealership. BMW is so 99% now.
tl; dr alert!

I went in for a basic service, pretty much just an oil and filter change. Yeah, I know, it's pretty dumb to do that at the dealer but I like to try to be loyal to the service manager, who is a pretty good guy and has taken care of me a few times in the past.
So I walk in and first of all there are all these sketchy people checking out the cars on the sales floor. One guy was carrying like 3 plastic bags, including one that looked like his restaurant carry-out doggy bag (styrofoam container in a crinkled bag). This is at 8:30am. He literally looked near homeless.
Maury Povich (I'm sleeping with BOTH your sisters) is blaring on the big screen.
I decided to let them drop me off in their courtesy shuttle, because the loaners at this place are ******* HONDAS managed through some 3rd party rental company. It takes forever to fill out their rental paperwork and sign away your life and hand over your insurance info and I work close by so it is not a big deal. Service was supposed to take about an hour according to the appts person I talked to and so I could have waited but figured I'd just go to work. For some reason, today the shuttle takes 30 minutes to show up.
So anyways I'm feeling like **** today and would love to cut out early but I can't with no car. Service should have been finished by lunchtime but I have gotten no call yet. Wondering what's up, so I call.
Automated message. "Blah blah, blah, golden rule dealer, options have changed, we're not going to tell you what they are for at least another 30 seconds. For service, press one."
*boop!*
ring, ring, ring, ring.
"Thank you for calling blah blah blah. Please hold and one of our service schedulers will be along shortly to schedule your service appt. If you are not calling to schedule a new service, please press 1 now."
*boop!*
"Blah blah, blah, golden rule dealer, options have changed, we're not going to tell you what they are for at least another 30 seconds. For service, press one."

Finally get a service scheduler. She puts me on hold.
Then she can't find the information I need. Asks if she can have an advisor call me back later.
****, people, it's almost 4pm. Change the oil. Get me out of here.
I'm paying double what an ordinary oil change would cost for THIS?
****.

Does your dealer at least have good coke? I can't imagine any other reason to go there. They are truly scum of the earth in every other respect.

Fang66 · Mar 12, 2012

oneeightyseven said:
yeah oil changes are easy (I love cars, so I took courses in high school to work on them), but just wanted to boost Thomas a little bit. But to be honest, 80% of dudes wouldn't know how to, nor have the tools to, do it themselves. It's rare to see a dude with a torque wrench, etc. Plus there were some cars that required a tool to take off the oil filter which I assume would cause more problems than its worth for a lot of dudes. I've never had to deal with that though.

Special oil filter tool is called a screw driver and a hammer, you pierce the filter with the driver like a vampire's heart and then twist off using the screw driver as a handle. It is actually easier than using the proper tool.

Fang66 · Mar 12, 2012

zissou said:
Fang- I miss the older cars that I used to drive for that reason. Now, I don't even change my oil because I can't get the 6.5 qts of full synthetic + OEM filter for the cost of having someone else change the oil. At least I still have a motorcycle that is older than I am...

I guess probably newer cars have longer service agreements these days also so yeah why bother. I have not owned a daily driver car for more than ten years and I sold my last classic car 3 years ago. It's liberating to not have to own a car. I may buy one again in the future but it won't be for daily transport. Might get a restored 240 Z, also looking at getting a vintage Kawasaki Z 1.

Fang66 · Mar 12, 2012

Liam O said:
left leg is completely numb. no earthly idea why.

It sounds like Tuggers Leg Syndrome. You get it from excess tugging.

Liam O · Mar 12, 2012

Fang66 said:
It sounds like Tuggers Leg Syndrome. You get it from excess tugging.

Too bad I've only had time to root. No time to tug, sad state of affairs.

Harold falcon · Mar 12, 2012

Fang66 said:
An oil change?
I've never owned a car made after 1974 so don't know about all the fandangle gadgets under the hood these days, but change the oil (maybe filter), check plugs and maybe replace, gap the points and adjust the timing, and maybe tweak the carb. Anyone can do that if shown how once, and it should take less than an hour including going to the shop to buy a filter and plugs. Wear surgical gloves and you don't even need to wash your hands after. Most of the cars I've owned you could do all that without even wearing overalls or getting underneath the car to take out the sump plug. New cars probably even easier because of e-ignition and fuel injection. Bicycles are harder to work on.

Newer cars are ******* terrible. A lot of them have bolt on undercarriages that serve only one purpose - to prevent the home mechanic from messing around under the hood. And a lot of them require special tools now too, so it makes it more expensive for independent shops to work on the cars.

Fang66 · Mar 12, 2012

harvey_birdman said:
Newer cars are ******* terrible. A lot of them have bolt on undercarriages that serve only one purpose - to prevent the home mechanic from messing around under the hood. And a lot of them require special tools now too, so it makes it more expensive for independent shops to work on the cars.

Modern bicycles are the same, I have 2 bikes with Shimano bits and 2 with Campagnolo bits virtually none of the tools are interchangeable.

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