I guess it's just tooooooo much to ask for people to be honest and
forthcoming anymore. I'd have dropped the damn block on his foot and shoved
the head up his a$$! Sorry about that man. Cal's right, take them to
court.
J...
>From: "mike d." <miggitymike@juno.com>
>Reply-To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
>To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net, DiRT@moab.off-road.com
>Subject: DML: I'M SO PISSED!!!!
>Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2000 19:38:14 -0500
>
>oh man... oooooooh maaann....
>ya'll have no idea how pissed I am right now...
>
>this is gonna be long, so watch out....
>
>So, I got my 360 from a BoneYard in Mechanicsville called BRUCE AUTO
>PARTS. Well, upon tearing down the motor we found 2 things wrong with it.
>#1- The cylinder head was cracked between the valve seats on the
>rear-most cylinder. #2- the transmission mount ear on the block, on the
>passenger side, very bottom of the block was totally broken off.
>So, I call BRUCE AUTO PARTS and they say "No problem, we'll weld the ear
>and swap out that head for ya'"
>great!
>So I drive ALL THE WAY OUT THERE today (70 friggin' miles!) with the
>block and the head. At this point, the block had been stripped down to
>bare casting and the head also. I roll up and go inside. The guy I dealt
>with (Chad) walks out with me and says "How do I know this is the block I
>sold you?"
>"This is it right here, man"
>"this doesn't look like it, none of our markings are on it"
>"that's because it was hot-tanked"
>"so we're supposed to fix this block?" (sarcastic tone)
>"that's what you said"
>"let me get the manager"
>"you do that!"
>
>I'm fuckin' HOT now.... these guys are NOT rippin' me off on a $1200
>motor..
>manager comes out
>"where's it at?"
>"right here, man"
>"so how do I know that's the engine I sold you?"
>"there's a tag on it from the machine shop"
>"anyone can put a tag on a motor"
>"excuse me?"
>"how do you know the machine shop didn't do that"
>"because I know those guys.. they're my buddies.. they're good honest-"
>(I get cut off)
>"I can't do anything for you, I don't beleive this is the same block"
>"say what?! You mean to tell me I spent $1200 on a motor and you won't
>even fix you're own screw up?"
>"that damage doesn't look like it was cuased in a wreck, looks like
>someone did it on purpose"
>"on purpose?! why would I do that on purpose?"
>"I dunno"
>"this is ridiculous! I drove 70 some miles and wasted my whole day for
>you to dick me around??!"
>"hey, how do I know you aren't tryin' to dick me over on this and get a
>free motor?"
>"What the F*ck?! How so I know you didn't grab up a $300 motor with a
>broken transmission ear, slap the fuel injection components on it, sell
>it to someone for 4 times what you paid for it, and then fuck em' over on
>it when they see it's broken and bring it back?"
>"I can't do anything for you"
>"of course you can't.. here's the head"
>"where's the crack?"
>"right there"
>"that's not a problem. that's a small crack"
>"I know, but I didn't pay for a cracked head"
>"well we can't-" (I cut him off)
>"aiight punk, get me my god damn head so I can get out of here"
>"it's in the warehouse"
>"thanks"
>"have a nice-"
>"fuck you!"
>
>well, that's about the extent of it. So, for future reference: DON'T DEAL
>WITH BRUCE AUTO PARTS IN MECHANICSVILLE VA.!!!!!
>
>man... I'm so pissed I'm shaking....
>
>-mike d.
>
>---> Yorktown, Va.
>"PROJECT 13's" ... slammed 88 Dakota gettin' a Magnum 360!
>
>miggitymike@juno.com
>http://members.xoom.com/dakotaperf/index.html
>
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