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Re: [OM] OT: Automotive Rant

Subject: Re: [OM] OT: Automotive Rant
From: Frozenlight <photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2020 21:35:14 +0200
Well, then I’ve had good luck all my life.

I am good at writing, economics, and a number of other things. But I am a lousy 
mechanic and will happily pay others to take care of my cars (and bicycles, for 
that matter).

Cheers,
Nathan 

Nathan Wajsman (from somewhere)

> Den 12. okt. 2020 kl. 20.31 skrev Pearce, Wilfred via olympus 
> <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
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> The nicest thing I can say about those who take their car to the dealer for 
> service ia "good luck, sucker."
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> of Wayne Harridge <wayne.harridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, October 12, 2020 3:36:34 AM
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> I wouldn't trust even the manufacturers service centres !
> 
> A couple of times I've booked vehicles in for service [NISSAN & VW GOLF] and 
> given the dealers a list of safety related issues (at the time of booking - 
> week's notice) to fix, when I've gone to pick up the vehicles I've had the 
> story "We did the scheduled service, washed and vacuumed the vehicle, but we 
> didn't have time to do the other things you asked for, book it in for another 
> time".
> 
> You can imagine my response !  Absolute ARSEHOLES !  Needless to say I've 
> never been back to those service centres, found a closer private mechanic who 
> actually fixed problems !
> 
> ...Wayne
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: olympus <olympus-
>> bounces+wayne.harridge=structuregraphs.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On
>> Behalf Of Nathan Wajsman
>> Sent: Saturday, 10 October 2020 5:34 AM
>> To: Olympus Camera Discussion <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Subject: Re: [OM] OT: Automotive Rant
>> 
>> You re a bit anal, I think. I trust the mechanics to know more about cars 
>> than I
>> do. My lowly Opel, bought in Switzerland, driven heavily in the Netherlands,
>> then retired in Spain, lasted 360000 km with standard maintenance. Oil is 
>> oil.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Nathan
>> 
>> Nathan Wajsman
>> 
>> Alicante, Spain
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>> YNWA
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>> "I m not arguing, I m just explaining why I m right"
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>>>> On 9 Oct 2020, at 20:31, Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> 
>>>    Not a chance.  This truck has lasted for over 230,000 miles because I do 
>>> all
>> of the tune-ups and oil changes.  If I took it to a local shop chances are 
>> they
>> would put 5W-20 in it and it would all go out the exhaust pipe in a month.
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Or you can do like I do take the car for service every 15000 km and
>>>> forget about it.
>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>>   Duh!  Hadn't even thought of that.  With nothing to lose, I went
>>>>> to the Walmart nearby and found that they had every Fram filter known
>> to man.
>>>>> I bought an air filter so that I can complete the tune-up this
>>>>> weekend and the one that's in the mail will be for the next one.
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> Chris
>>> 
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>>>    - Hunter S. Thompson
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