In a message dated 3/27/01 10:25:26 PM, TSmola@TRIBUNE.COM writes: << the guy who did the speed balance, lifted on the gas tank supports and crushed the gas tank. >> Malibu, Boy! Did you come out smelling like a rose on this one! How did you find a shop which was, in the end, so accommodating? If it had been me, I would have certainly spent a day in small claims court and the judge would have been the mechanics brother-in-law. I have learned that it is necessary to watch the mechanics like a hawk even for the casual things like having tire mounted. They have to be told to use only the jacking points or a disaster will surely follow. A lot of these guys take it as an insult when you try to tell them something they should know, but I have found a $10 bill in their hand usually soothes their egos. I once went to a junkyard and found a perfect, rust-free gas tank for $50. This dream deal turned sour when the yardmen, thinking the tank was in the rear, used a forklift to lift the van in the center and crushed that perfect tank. Like I said, you have to watch these guys. Rich |
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