Re: Boycott "brandsmart" and traction control?

From: Peter L Anthony (panthony@pcn.com)
Date: Thu Oct 28 1999 - 00:34:30 EDT


Bummer on the sub.
 DAK Content:
 Reverse is a lower gear then 1st.

-----Original Message-----
From: Dester223@aol.com <Dester223@aol.com>
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Date: Thursday, October 28, 1999 12:17 AM
Subject: DML: Boycott "brandsmart" and traction control?

>Well, This has very little DML content (only at the end for those who
want
>it)
>
>I originally bought an entire sound system for my uncle
>RF power 50.2, RF power 12" sub, alpine 3 disk in dash changer, jl audio XR
>650 component set at brandsmart.. (mainly because all of it was on
>clearance, but i cleared out basically ALL of their cleareance inventory)
>Trust me. excess of 3k bucks in audio equipment..
>
>my uncle hooks everything up in LA (professional shop, a-1 audio) and 5
>minutes later, the sub pops and smokes. He returns the sub to me and the
god
>@#$@# manager lady really sucked. "sorry, it's been 37 days since your
>purchase and we can't give you credit or your money, you can only send it
in"
> I told her "my uncle really needs the sub because he's doing a fiberglass
>enclosure and he's got an appointment for 3 months, and it's finally his
>turn" WELL! despite me helping them sell a bunch of audio crap and giving
>great reviews to my buddies, she still wouldn't do it. "i also told her
to
>just give me credit on the sub, i'll get a more expensive sub and pay the
>difference" NOPE! what a reject..
>
>I tell her to pull just my file up (comes out to about 1,500 + bucks in
stuff
>I purchased alone!) not including friend's accounts whom have bought solo
>barics, RF amps, lanzar amps, etc....
>
>still! wouldn't do it.
>
>Dakota content:
>So, as a mad teenager, i told the @#$@# to just send it off for repairs (if
>you've been thru this, i'm sure you know it takes more than a damn month!)
>Hop into the Dakota and put it in neutral, slammed the gas and left at
LEAST
>10 feet of rubber in their parking lot.. Is this illegal? (disclaimer:
>this might have happened. or i could have made it all up. HEHE, I love
>disclaimers..)
>
>just wondering.. How the hell can the dakota leave marks in Reverse, but
not
>in drive? is it some kinda stupid computer program that cuts engine power
>upon lost of traction? because i know when i rains and i lose traction,
i
>can see the RPM gauge drop and it just slows down, grabs traction and
goes...
>
>-Dester



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