tpunx99GSX
08-23-2007, 12:17 AM
So on monday after getting back from a 3 week vacation i went into work to find out that me and another person were laid off. They shut down the service department in our office and being that my position as IT Administrator was only part time (the other portion was service) i was laid off as well. The service manager and president who i report to directly didnt even have the balls to come to me in person and tell me, The president took the day off and the service manager went back to his east coast office, they had our accounting controller lay me and our other service engineer off.
So not Im job hunting, luckly im finding a lot of interviews so i shouldnt be without a job for very long, Plus im sure i will be makeing a lot more then i was at that place, so fuck em.
Well, now that i am out of a job its time for people to start paying me what they owe me for work done to their cars.
I did a Clutch install for this kid before i left for vacation, it was the biggest peice of shit job because the car had been sitting for a YEAR, so everything was rusted. The TO Bearing went THROUGH the pressure plate. So needless to say it was very much under priced. I gave the kid a really good deal on everything. I think i charged him a total of $200 labor. I replaced the clutch, Throw out bearing, CV Boot, and took off his flywheel and had it resurfaced.
He comes to pick up the car, we take it for a test drive and im noticeing a LOUD grinding sound when he spools, I can totally tell that it is the turbo, but he says that it was doing that before the car broke and that he has a turbo to replace it. I check the turbo for shaft play and its grinding against the compressor housing. I warn him to watch his oil pressure because that oil seal is shot and to limp it home until he can replace the turbo. He says ok and tells me that he is short $180 bucks and that he would get me back at the end of the week. so i let him take the car because i thought i could trust him.
The end of the week comes and goes and i call him up and he says he needs to talk to me about something and that he will call me back. He never does and I am like fuck it ill go on vacation and deal with this shit when i get back.
I have my buddy who hooked me up with this kid call him, he tells my buddy that his car didnt make it all the way home that day, and that the oil drained out and the car started making a knocking noise and that it was MY FAULT!!! Now im ready to kill this kid, Anyone that has done a tranny replacement or clutch replacement knows that you dont touch any of the oil lines, you dont need to.
Well now i have to play bill collector with this fucktard and try and get my money out of him. I have two things that are with me on this one.
A) I have the key to his aftermarket lug nuts for his Aftermarket rims (forgot to put it back in the car)
B) We know where he lives and his car is not garaged.
Whatever shall i do.....
Anyways, what a shitty way to come back to california.
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Tom
So not Im job hunting, luckly im finding a lot of interviews so i shouldnt be without a job for very long, Plus im sure i will be makeing a lot more then i was at that place, so fuck em.
Well, now that i am out of a job its time for people to start paying me what they owe me for work done to their cars.
I did a Clutch install for this kid before i left for vacation, it was the biggest peice of shit job because the car had been sitting for a YEAR, so everything was rusted. The TO Bearing went THROUGH the pressure plate. So needless to say it was very much under priced. I gave the kid a really good deal on everything. I think i charged him a total of $200 labor. I replaced the clutch, Throw out bearing, CV Boot, and took off his flywheel and had it resurfaced.
He comes to pick up the car, we take it for a test drive and im noticeing a LOUD grinding sound when he spools, I can totally tell that it is the turbo, but he says that it was doing that before the car broke and that he has a turbo to replace it. I check the turbo for shaft play and its grinding against the compressor housing. I warn him to watch his oil pressure because that oil seal is shot and to limp it home until he can replace the turbo. He says ok and tells me that he is short $180 bucks and that he would get me back at the end of the week. so i let him take the car because i thought i could trust him.
The end of the week comes and goes and i call him up and he says he needs to talk to me about something and that he will call me back. He never does and I am like fuck it ill go on vacation and deal with this shit when i get back.
I have my buddy who hooked me up with this kid call him, he tells my buddy that his car didnt make it all the way home that day, and that the oil drained out and the car started making a knocking noise and that it was MY FAULT!!! Now im ready to kill this kid, Anyone that has done a tranny replacement or clutch replacement knows that you dont touch any of the oil lines, you dont need to.
Well now i have to play bill collector with this fucktard and try and get my money out of him. I have two things that are with me on this one.
A) I have the key to his aftermarket lug nuts for his Aftermarket rims (forgot to put it back in the car)
B) We know where he lives and his car is not garaged.
Whatever shall i do.....
Anyways, what a shitty way to come back to california.
[/end rant]
Tom