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03-08-2014, 03:17 PM | #41 |
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Re: More fun at Jiffy Lube
One of many perfect reasons NEVER to turn-into a Jiffy Lube or similar joint. DD
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03-08-2014, 08:24 PM | #42 |
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There was a clip on TV a while back, of a Jiffy Lube somewhere out in SoCal that was ripping people off, real bad. They were charging for work they never did, etc. One worker said they had to meet $$ quotas, and had to sell extra work and the like, stuff people didn't want or need.
Maybe it was a rigged show, like the Chevy pickup truck/gas tanks catching on fire that was proven to be a scam (the TV 'investigative journalists' had wired the tanks to catch on fire,,real drama) dunno, but still wouldn't trust those kind of outfits. |
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03-09-2014, 01:23 AM | #43 | |
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Yep. Here 'tis... http://www.snopes.com/fraud/autos/jiffylube.asp
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03-09-2014, 01:25 AM | #44 |
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You are correct, sir.
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03-09-2014, 05:58 AM | #45 |
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Thanks Old Henry for another entertaining, clean, and amusing vicarious adventure. Things like this happen all the time but we seldom take the time to record it; that's part of why it is so amusing. Keep 'em coming.
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03-10-2014, 12:56 PM | #46 |
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Perhaps many of us found my experience humorous because we actually knew something these "youngsters" didn't know. Maybe it made us feel good, if not actually "superior", for this brief moment. But, if any of those "kids" had handed me an iPhone or iPad and told me to do even the simplest task, they would have been just as entertained by my bewilderment and fumbling failure to be able to do what they could do with their eyes closed while spinning in place. So, hopefully any "pride" we may have had for a moment will soon mellow and we'll just take this whole experience as making the point that Art Linkletter used to make so effectively: "People are Funny". Nothing more.
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03-27-2014, 06:08 PM | #47 |
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I see that many folks here want you to take photos next time. I suggest that you NEVER take it back there. Letting ignorant and incompetent people work on your car is an invitation to disaster. I wouldn't even take my every day beater to one of those places.
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03-29-2014, 07:08 AM | #48 |
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I think it is wonderful you letting a young person learn & gain experience with your old car. Something they will never forget. When I was very young, I did not have much knowledge about cars, and still don't have much. But some of what I learned early in life, has spurned my interest in this hobby. Nothing wrong with promoting our hobby to young people.
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03-29-2014, 08:37 AM | #49 | |
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I wouldn't even try to work on the modern cars. Maybe to change the oil. I would be the dumb white headed fellow. MIKE (mikeburch) Agree, the kids these days talk in IT jargon about computer control of their fuel injected cars. I'm also checking in on the Vintage Mustang crowd and those guys guys amaze me with the things they do with modern engines in these older vehicles. Ken |
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03-29-2014, 08:40 AM | #50 |
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Yes it was fun.
I was talking to a friend about young people and old cars. His comment was we as old people with old cars need to get the younger people interested in our old cars. His method was as follows. If you see a young person or a small group 2 or three kids on the street. And you are in your old car. Pull up to them and offer a ride. You shouldn't try this with young girls. Young guys would be better. Maybe the young person will appreciate and like the ride in the old car. It's almost like getting invited to ride in a parade. I haven't tried it yet. No guts. But I think it's a good idea. Maybe some of you have a better idea of How do we get the younger generation to be interested in our cars. If we were a if we are able to do this. Our cars will go on forever. |
03-29-2014, 09:38 AM | #51 |
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I don't know about that idea whizzernick. I'm afraid one might be branded "Mr. Stranger-Danger" and possibly have to explain one's self to the authorities. I kinda like an open door policy in the garage, if a local kid shows interest then maybe one might talk to their parents about mentoring him/her on the old car hobby. But, then again, an open door policy brings the possibility of unwanted interest to one's "stuff". It is for sure a different time in today's world. Maybe best to limit involvement to kids of relatives or neighbors.
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03-29-2014, 09:44 AM | #52 |
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Can you re-paint your plates like that in UTAH ???
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In today's world offering a ride to kids for any reason is a VERY BAD IDEA. A better idea would be to offer to take the kids along with their parents in the same car to a local car show. |
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03-29-2014, 09:52 AM | #54 |
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I spent a year working side by side with my 15 year old son restoring Old Henry. Now, in his friends' eyes, he is the absolute genius on cars that they haven't a clue about. He'll end up with Old Henry when I'm gone and I will have "passed the baton" to another generation.
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03-29-2014, 09:58 AM | #55 | |
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Why Jiffy Lube? 1. Easier than doing it myself. 2. Entertaining to watch youngsters learn about old cars. (Maybe one will "catch the bug" and save a classic from the scrap heap some day.) 3. No risk since I'm watching and coaching their every move. 4. Their pure look of delight every time I pull it in and pull it out. Always a "celebrity moment" with pictures etc.
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03-29-2014, 09:59 AM | #56 | |
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03-29-2014, 10:01 AM | #57 |
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Or, load the grand kids in there every chance you get for a "celebrity ride" to Sonic for ice cream. That's what I do. I also have the local scout groups, mainly cub scouts, have me come and teach the boys about the car and take them for a ride. They love it.
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03-29-2014, 10:13 AM | #58 |
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No kids care about old cars or trucks anymore. They just want to Lower them, SOUP them up ETC.
Just look at the USELESS HAMB........... Just Look at the crap sold at Barrett Jackson. Lame Ass Cruise nights........... Lets go back to Pre47 car shows or at least as they say in Minn. Pre Mustang Shows. My rant for the weekend. Ontario We pay over $400 for YOM Plates and they must be MInt and not re-painted. I would not even let Jiffy-Lube touch my wife's 2013 Sentra.......... Most of them cannot tell the diff from Windshield anti-freeze to real anti-freeze...... |
03-29-2014, 10:28 AM | #59 |
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I like taking my 40 Merc into a Ford dealer to have the oil changed. The whole shop stopped working and came over to look at the car and the engine. It took them 20 minutes to find a grease gun, because the new Fords haven't had zerk fittings for years.
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03-29-2014, 05:24 PM | #60 |
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I drove our 31 model A tudor in the ford dealer lot to pick up my daughter who was leaving her car there for a service and the sales people out side came over to look and asked what kind of car it was. I looked at the most senior member and said you sell fords and do not know what a model A ford is. haha
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