On 2/1/2016 6:00 PM, Cheryl wrote:
> On 2/1/2016 2:05 PM, Janet B wrote:
>>
>> Today is my birthday.
>>
>> My husband took the truck into the Ford dealer first thing. We'd had
>> the truck in for a repair 10 days ago and the truck was leaking some
>> oil. They'd had to put a oil filter relocation kit in and had
>> simply neglected to put a clamp around the hose. As they lifted it up
>> on the hoist, they punched through the forward gas tank with the lift!
>> So what would have been a few minutes to fix is now looking to be
>> anywhere from a couple days to a week or more.
>>
>> They sent my husband home in a rental car.
>> There is no charge for the car, a new gas tank, and a clamp for the
>> oil hose. No charge for anything and a good thing too.
>>
>> I wish I had been there, I'm just bubbling with stuff to say.
>>
>> So, we are still going out to eat tonight.
>>
>> Janet US
>>
>
> Happy birthday! I'm glad you got a rental, and all work comped.
>
> I've had two experiences with stupid mechanics that I know of. One where
> they lowered my car down from the lift and started it up, and it lurched
> forward into the closed garage door. Dented the door badly but didn't
> seem to do any damage to my car. The other time I didn't discover it
> until a few months later but it could have only been the last mechanic
> that lifted the hood. The hood lift cable had snapped so pulling on the
> lever didn't disengage the hook holding the hood down. I had to fight
> with them to pay to fix it.
>
That reminds me of something funny. I had a fender bender years ago. I
took the car to a body shop to have it repaired. There was a woman
there who was ranting and raving about how they'd broken off the hood
ornament on her Mercedes and she wanted it replaced! NOW! She left,
brought her husband back. He started yelling, too. The owners of the
shop wound up calling the police to have them removed from the premises.

The clerk told me she had not brought a Mercedes to their shop, it was
an old beat up Chevy or something. But they insisted the shop had
broken the Mercedes hood ornament and demanded they give them a
replacement. (Apparently those hood ornaments are worth some money.)

That was a fun afternoon. Lots of drama.

Jill