Hello all and happy holidays and all that jazz. Im kinda non denominational and all that so while I enjoy all the goodwill and tinsel/lights and all that stuff Im not much of a religous dude. Ive noticed a very strange vibe this year at work. It probably started with the boss canceling the christmas party, they replaced it with a sad wed after work get together at work. we had hors de herbs and beer at like 530. So I went and was thinking to myself that I felt like I was still at work,,,cause I was!!! I thought that after the company saved 6000 by not rolling out the usual shindig we would at least get the christmas bonus like the last 4 years.... um no canceled this year. Tough times ya know!! Hell we had a good year!! The owner just got a new 5 mil place to add to his other 3 palaces! Oh well, all the best to im eh? Im not starving or wanting so Im not really ready to give up on em yet. I feel the media is making such a big stink about the economy sucking that it gives employers cart blanch to cut back for the sake of better profits. The employees cant bitch too much right cuz they still got a job and all; in the sucky economy! They also cut the matching money into the 401k :) I dont have 401 k cuz I always knew it was a scam.. Hell it IS a scam. Otherwise the company would not push it. My brother in law has lost his ass on it. I said to him he could have taken the money to a strip club and would have been ahead of the game. :) HAHAHA..... Anyway Im getting a rash of stupid customer stuff, so in order to keep some sanity Im gunna drop some auto wisdom here,,,,,,,
take care of your ass for it bears you!!!!!!
Whats that mean??
Ok lets see,,,,,, If your battery in your car is over 4 years old replace it.. you say it still works? What you wanna wait till it does not work? fine then dont be all impatiant and bitchie when it breaks down on you when you need to get somewhere..
Dont change your oil RIGHT before a holiday, if you do, fine dont be in a rush cuz all the other last minuet weenies are all doing the same thing so its a madhouse and every oil change takes 45 min to do correctly, want it faster? go to a 10 min oil change and suffer the consequences.
When you drive through lotsa snow and slush and crap then later drive on the hyway and you have a monster vibration. dont call me and bitch about it. Go to a car wash and clean out all the ice and snow packed in there. Schmutz/ice/snow works just like wheel weights but god is a little less accurate on where to place them so it now shimies. It is not a fault of anyone its nature get used to it!!
Now that you have a nice fancy car that has a tire pressure monitor system it will now tell you when a tire is low!! YEA!! cept every time it gets colder than the month before, the tire pressures will go down and will set the light on. This means maybe you aught to fill it with air. So If one week it is 70, then it goes to 60 the light goes on, you will fill it with air then get this; when it turns 50 it goes on again!!! Hey then it gets even funnier,,, see eventually it will get to like 30 degrees and guess what?? no ... really guess...... AHAH you gotta fill it up again or the freaking light goes back on !!! HOLY CRAP WHY IS THE FREAKIN LIGHT ON IT SEEMS EVERY MONTH!!! um cuz its getting colder and the vehicle wants 32 pounds of air in it even if it is inconvenient for you to do so,,,,,
Seat heaters are not meant to be on 24/7 yes they burn out when you do that and cost 300.00 to fix.
If the place you get your car fixed looks super busy maybe you should pick a better time to have ADD ons to your oil change. Ya know like Id like an oil change oh and while doing that there is a strange noise when you go through a really deep puddle when making left at 60mph and you gotta be eating a chili dog when all this happens or the noise will never reapear.. Oh and Im waitin on this so I hope you can get right on it eh? AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARG!!!
If your car is not working well when its nice out it will work even less well when it is freaking cold out.
Do not ever EVER EVER EVER <<<<<< lower a window down when it all covered with snow and front and crap.. Why? Well a window regulator will be 350.00 will that be cash check or charge, paper or plastic. Have a nice day and dont bitch about how you never had this problem with your 70 plymouth, they were not designed and made by chinese to save a few bux like your current wopper chopper wondermobile. sorry that the global economy sux so much. Have a nice day :)
DO NOT EVER>>>>EVER EVER EVER turn on your wipers to brush snow off of your windshield unless you have taken the extra 3 seconds to pick them up off the windshield to make sure they are not glued to the windshield. hell just dont do it period, get one of those huge ice scrapers with the brush on it and learn how to use the brush. Otherwise that will be 250.oo to fix your wiper transmission, sorry your an impatiant idiot ...pay up :)
Take care of your car and it will take care of you. Or treat it as an inconvenient expense and it will fail you guaranteed. I got a 43 year old bug I could jump in right now and drive anywhere in it whithout fear. I got a 98 bug with 168,000 miles on it and same gig, My 95 E150 with 158,000 ditto.
Happy holidays to all .....treat others like you would like to be treated and when someone is being a complete raging asshole slow down look at em and smile and say how may I be of service. if that doesnt work, say I can understand your concern let me get my manager :) Smile think happy thoughts it will be spring before you know it.
Love to all.
Dan