Beware of Jiffy Lube
05-27-2006, 04:55 PM
#61
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Re: Beware of Jiffy Lube
....as everyone's knees tighten instinctively at reading that wrong...
twaldron proclaimed:
> Vise-Grips are only good for nuts that won't come off with pliers.
>
> tw
> __________________________________________________ ___________________
> 2003 TJ Rubicon * 2001 XJ Sport * 1971 Bill Stroppe Baja Bronco
>
> "There is a very fine line between 'hobby' and 'mental illness'."
>
> Pronunciation: 'jEp Function: noun Date: 1940
>
> Etymology: from g. p. (G= 'Government' P= '80 inch wheelbase')
> A small general-purpose motor vehicle with 80" wheelbase, 1/4-ton
> capacity and four-wheel drive used by the U.S. army in World War II.
> __________________________________________________ ___________________
>
> Stupendous Man wrote:
>
>> I'm not going to load video on dialup, but DUH!. Any "mechanic" who
>> works for under $20 per hr and considers vise-grips a tool for daily
>> use isn't getting near my vehicles.
05-27-2006, 04:56 PM
#62
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Re: Beware of Jiffy Lube
larry proclaimed:
> Yea...sometimes the higher price of a dealer oil change may be worth
> it. If you have had good experience from the dealership service
> department, stick with it. It will save you headaches and money later
> on. But only if you can trust the dealer service.
>
> Larry
>
My local dealer is $4 cheaper than Jiffy Lube. Generally faster as
well. And can be bribed to use synth blend or pure synth.
> Yea...sometimes the higher price of a dealer oil change may be worth
> it. If you have had good experience from the dealership service
> department, stick with it. It will save you headaches and money later
> on. But only if you can trust the dealer service.
>
> Larry
>
My local dealer is $4 cheaper than Jiffy Lube. Generally faster as
well. And can be bribed to use synth blend or pure synth.
05-27-2006, 04:56 PM
#63
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Re: Beware of Jiffy Lube
larry proclaimed:
> Yea...sometimes the higher price of a dealer oil change may be worth
> it. If you have had good experience from the dealership service
> department, stick with it. It will save you headaches and money later
> on. But only if you can trust the dealer service.
>
> Larry
>
My local dealer is $4 cheaper than Jiffy Lube. Generally faster as
well. And can be bribed to use synth blend or pure synth.
> Yea...sometimes the higher price of a dealer oil change may be worth
> it. If you have had good experience from the dealership service
> department, stick with it. It will save you headaches and money later
> on. But only if you can trust the dealer service.
>
> Larry
>
My local dealer is $4 cheaper than Jiffy Lube. Generally faster as
well. And can be bribed to use synth blend or pure synth.
05-27-2006, 04:56 PM
#64
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Re: Beware of Jiffy Lube
larry proclaimed:
> Yea...sometimes the higher price of a dealer oil change may be worth
> it. If you have had good experience from the dealership service
> department, stick with it. It will save you headaches and money later
> on. But only if you can trust the dealer service.
>
> Larry
>
My local dealer is $4 cheaper than Jiffy Lube. Generally faster as
well. And can be bribed to use synth blend or pure synth.
> Yea...sometimes the higher price of a dealer oil change may be worth
> it. If you have had good experience from the dealership service
> department, stick with it. It will save you headaches and money later
> on. But only if you can trust the dealer service.
>
> Larry
>
My local dealer is $4 cheaper than Jiffy Lube. Generally faster as
well. And can be bribed to use synth blend or pure synth.
05-27-2006, 04:59 PM
#65
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Re: Beware of Jiffy Lube
Earle Horton proclaimed:
> "Joe C" <no-more-spam@no-spam.com> wrote in message
> news:34Odg.64$kH1.11@fe12.lga...
>
>>"larry" <lgreenwood@srt.com> wrote in message
>>news:1148691071.041070.202630@38g2000cwa.googleg roups.com...
>>
>>
>>
>>>Yea...sometimes the higher price of a dealer oil change may be
>>>worth it
>>
>>My boss took his 2 year old Grand Cherokee to a "Jeep" Dealer
>>for service and oil change. Top notch mechanic added about 5 quarts
>>to the oil. Never changed filter and never drained old oil!!!!! Car
>>smoked every time it was started...........
>>
>
> Cool, a bash dealer service thread...
>
> A dealer service technician chipped the ring gear on my three quarter ton
> Ram Van, changing the axle housing. About halfway through Idaho (a real big
> state) it started singing that damaged ring and pinion song. Luckily I made
> it back to Redmond, WA, so the same dealer service technician could put a
> new ring and pinion, and complete set of bearings in the axle. It all
> started with a wet spot where the axle tube joins the differential housing.
> It would have been wiser to ignore it.
>
> Earle
Local Mazda dealer did a brake job and left the lugnuts loose on right
front wheel on an RX7. They began loosening and quickly began vibrating
like everything as brakes were being applied. The wheel came off at
about 55 on the way down to stopping... and the vehicle removed the
lower half of the new brake rotor very nicely as it came to a stop. The
dealer was offended I called an attorney before calling them--even
though it may have saved their mechanic's life.
> "Joe C" <no-more-spam@no-spam.com> wrote in message
> news:34Odg.64$kH1.11@fe12.lga...
>
>>"larry" <lgreenwood@srt.com> wrote in message
>>news:1148691071.041070.202630@38g2000cwa.googleg roups.com...
>>
>>
>>
>>>Yea...sometimes the higher price of a dealer oil change may be
>>>worth it
>>
>>My boss took his 2 year old Grand Cherokee to a "Jeep" Dealer
>>for service and oil change. Top notch mechanic added about 5 quarts
>>to the oil. Never changed filter and never drained old oil!!!!! Car
>>smoked every time it was started...........
>>
>
> Cool, a bash dealer service thread...
>
> A dealer service technician chipped the ring gear on my three quarter ton
> Ram Van, changing the axle housing. About halfway through Idaho (a real big
> state) it started singing that damaged ring and pinion song. Luckily I made
> it back to Redmond, WA, so the same dealer service technician could put a
> new ring and pinion, and complete set of bearings in the axle. It all
> started with a wet spot where the axle tube joins the differential housing.
> It would have been wiser to ignore it.
>
> Earle
Local Mazda dealer did a brake job and left the lugnuts loose on right
front wheel on an RX7. They began loosening and quickly began vibrating
like everything as brakes were being applied. The wheel came off at
about 55 on the way down to stopping... and the vehicle removed the
lower half of the new brake rotor very nicely as it came to a stop. The
dealer was offended I called an attorney before calling them--even
though it may have saved their mechanic's life.
05-27-2006, 04:59 PM
#66
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Re: Beware of Jiffy Lube
Earle Horton proclaimed:
> "Joe C" <no-more-spam@no-spam.com> wrote in message
> news:34Odg.64$kH1.11@fe12.lga...
>
>>"larry" <lgreenwood@srt.com> wrote in message
>>news:1148691071.041070.202630@38g2000cwa.googleg roups.com...
>>
>>
>>
>>>Yea...sometimes the higher price of a dealer oil change may be
>>>worth it
>>
>>My boss took his 2 year old Grand Cherokee to a "Jeep" Dealer
>>for service and oil change. Top notch mechanic added about 5 quarts
>>to the oil. Never changed filter and never drained old oil!!!!! Car
>>smoked every time it was started...........
>>
>
> Cool, a bash dealer service thread...
>
> A dealer service technician chipped the ring gear on my three quarter ton
> Ram Van, changing the axle housing. About halfway through Idaho (a real big
> state) it started singing that damaged ring and pinion song. Luckily I made
> it back to Redmond, WA, so the same dealer service technician could put a
> new ring and pinion, and complete set of bearings in the axle. It all
> started with a wet spot where the axle tube joins the differential housing.
> It would have been wiser to ignore it.
>
> Earle
Local Mazda dealer did a brake job and left the lugnuts loose on right
front wheel on an RX7. They began loosening and quickly began vibrating
like everything as brakes were being applied. The wheel came off at
about 55 on the way down to stopping... and the vehicle removed the
lower half of the new brake rotor very nicely as it came to a stop. The
dealer was offended I called an attorney before calling them--even
though it may have saved their mechanic's life.
> "Joe C" <no-more-spam@no-spam.com> wrote in message
> news:34Odg.64$kH1.11@fe12.lga...
>
>>"larry" <lgreenwood@srt.com> wrote in message
>>news:1148691071.041070.202630@38g2000cwa.googleg roups.com...
>>
>>
>>
>>>Yea...sometimes the higher price of a dealer oil change may be
>>>worth it
>>
>>My boss took his 2 year old Grand Cherokee to a "Jeep" Dealer
>>for service and oil change. Top notch mechanic added about 5 quarts
>>to the oil. Never changed filter and never drained old oil!!!!! Car
>>smoked every time it was started...........
>>
>
> Cool, a bash dealer service thread...
>
> A dealer service technician chipped the ring gear on my three quarter ton
> Ram Van, changing the axle housing. About halfway through Idaho (a real big
> state) it started singing that damaged ring and pinion song. Luckily I made
> it back to Redmond, WA, so the same dealer service technician could put a
> new ring and pinion, and complete set of bearings in the axle. It all
> started with a wet spot where the axle tube joins the differential housing.
> It would have been wiser to ignore it.
>
> Earle
Local Mazda dealer did a brake job and left the lugnuts loose on right
front wheel on an RX7. They began loosening and quickly began vibrating
like everything as brakes were being applied. The wheel came off at
about 55 on the way down to stopping... and the vehicle removed the
lower half of the new brake rotor very nicely as it came to a stop. The
dealer was offended I called an attorney before calling them--even
though it may have saved their mechanic's life.
05-27-2006, 04:59 PM
#67
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Re: Beware of Jiffy Lube
Earle Horton proclaimed:
> "Joe C" <no-more-spam@no-spam.com> wrote in message
> news:34Odg.64$kH1.11@fe12.lga...
>
>>"larry" <lgreenwood@srt.com> wrote in message
>>news:1148691071.041070.202630@38g2000cwa.googleg roups.com...
>>
>>
>>
>>>Yea...sometimes the higher price of a dealer oil change may be
>>>worth it
>>
>>My boss took his 2 year old Grand Cherokee to a "Jeep" Dealer
>>for service and oil change. Top notch mechanic added about 5 quarts
>>to the oil. Never changed filter and never drained old oil!!!!! Car
>>smoked every time it was started...........
>>
>
> Cool, a bash dealer service thread...
>
> A dealer service technician chipped the ring gear on my three quarter ton
> Ram Van, changing the axle housing. About halfway through Idaho (a real big
> state) it started singing that damaged ring and pinion song. Luckily I made
> it back to Redmond, WA, so the same dealer service technician could put a
> new ring and pinion, and complete set of bearings in the axle. It all
> started with a wet spot where the axle tube joins the differential housing.
> It would have been wiser to ignore it.
>
> Earle
Local Mazda dealer did a brake job and left the lugnuts loose on right
front wheel on an RX7. They began loosening and quickly began vibrating
like everything as brakes were being applied. The wheel came off at
about 55 on the way down to stopping... and the vehicle removed the
lower half of the new brake rotor very nicely as it came to a stop. The
dealer was offended I called an attorney before calling them--even
though it may have saved their mechanic's life.
> "Joe C" <no-more-spam@no-spam.com> wrote in message
> news:34Odg.64$kH1.11@fe12.lga...
>
>>"larry" <lgreenwood@srt.com> wrote in message
>>news:1148691071.041070.202630@38g2000cwa.googleg roups.com...
>>
>>
>>
>>>Yea...sometimes the higher price of a dealer oil change may be
>>>worth it
>>
>>My boss took his 2 year old Grand Cherokee to a "Jeep" Dealer
>>for service and oil change. Top notch mechanic added about 5 quarts
>>to the oil. Never changed filter and never drained old oil!!!!! Car
>>smoked every time it was started...........
>>
>
> Cool, a bash dealer service thread...
>
> A dealer service technician chipped the ring gear on my three quarter ton
> Ram Van, changing the axle housing. About halfway through Idaho (a real big
> state) it started singing that damaged ring and pinion song. Luckily I made
> it back to Redmond, WA, so the same dealer service technician could put a
> new ring and pinion, and complete set of bearings in the axle. It all
> started with a wet spot where the axle tube joins the differential housing.
> It would have been wiser to ignore it.
>
> Earle
Local Mazda dealer did a brake job and left the lugnuts loose on right
front wheel on an RX7. They began loosening and quickly began vibrating
like everything as brakes were being applied. The wheel came off at
about 55 on the way down to stopping... and the vehicle removed the
lower half of the new brake rotor very nicely as it came to a stop. The
dealer was offended I called an attorney before calling them--even
though it may have saved their mechanic's life.
05-27-2006, 09:44 PM
#68
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Re: Beware of Jiffy Lube
LOL!
tw
__________________________________________________ ___________________
2003 TJ Rubicon * 2001 XJ Sport * 1971 Bill Stroppe Baja Bronco
"There is a very fine line between 'hobby' and 'mental illness'."
Pronunciation: 'jEp Function: noun Date: 1940
Etymology: from g. p. (G= 'Government' P= '80 inch wheelbase')
A small general-purpose motor vehicle with 80" wheelbase, 1/4-ton
capacity and four-wheel drive used by the U.S. army in World War II.
__________________________________________________ ___________________
Lon wrote:
>
> ...as everyone's knees tighten instinctively at reading that wrong...
>
> twaldron proclaimed:
>
>> Vise-Grips are only good for nuts that won't come off with pliers.
>>
>> tw
>> __________________________________________________ ___________________
>> 2003 TJ Rubicon * 2001 XJ Sport * 1971 Bill Stroppe Baja Bronco
>>
>> "There is a very fine line between 'hobby' and 'mental illness'."
>>
>> Pronunciation: 'jEp Function: noun Date: 1940
>>
>> Etymology: from g. p. (G= 'Government' P= '80 inch wheelbase')
>> A small general-purpose motor vehicle with 80" wheelbase, 1/4-ton
>> capacity and four-wheel drive used by the U.S. army in World War II.
>> __________________________________________________ ___________________
>>
>> Stupendous Man wrote:
>>
>>> I'm not going to load video on dialup, but DUH!. Any "mechanic" who
>>> works for under $20 per hr and considers vise-grips a tool for daily
>>> use isn't getting near my vehicles.
tw
__________________________________________________ ___________________
2003 TJ Rubicon * 2001 XJ Sport * 1971 Bill Stroppe Baja Bronco
"There is a very fine line between 'hobby' and 'mental illness'."
Pronunciation: 'jEp Function: noun Date: 1940
Etymology: from g. p. (G= 'Government' P= '80 inch wheelbase')
A small general-purpose motor vehicle with 80" wheelbase, 1/4-ton
capacity and four-wheel drive used by the U.S. army in World War II.
__________________________________________________ ___________________
Lon wrote:
>
> ...as everyone's knees tighten instinctively at reading that wrong...
>
> twaldron proclaimed:
>
>> Vise-Grips are only good for nuts that won't come off with pliers.
>>
>> tw
>> __________________________________________________ ___________________
>> 2003 TJ Rubicon * 2001 XJ Sport * 1971 Bill Stroppe Baja Bronco
>>
>> "There is a very fine line between 'hobby' and 'mental illness'."
>>
>> Pronunciation: 'jEp Function: noun Date: 1940
>>
>> Etymology: from g. p. (G= 'Government' P= '80 inch wheelbase')
>> A small general-purpose motor vehicle with 80" wheelbase, 1/4-ton
>> capacity and four-wheel drive used by the U.S. army in World War II.
>> __________________________________________________ ___________________
>>
>> Stupendous Man wrote:
>>
>>> I'm not going to load video on dialup, but DUH!. Any "mechanic" who
>>> works for under $20 per hr and considers vise-grips a tool for daily
>>> use isn't getting near my vehicles.
05-27-2006, 09:44 PM
#69
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Re: Beware of Jiffy Lube
LOL!
tw
__________________________________________________ ___________________
2003 TJ Rubicon * 2001 XJ Sport * 1971 Bill Stroppe Baja Bronco
"There is a very fine line between 'hobby' and 'mental illness'."
Pronunciation: 'jEp Function: noun Date: 1940
Etymology: from g. p. (G= 'Government' P= '80 inch wheelbase')
A small general-purpose motor vehicle with 80" wheelbase, 1/4-ton
capacity and four-wheel drive used by the U.S. army in World War II.
__________________________________________________ ___________________
Lon wrote:
>
> ...as everyone's knees tighten instinctively at reading that wrong...
>
> twaldron proclaimed:
>
>> Vise-Grips are only good for nuts that won't come off with pliers.
>>
>> tw
>> __________________________________________________ ___________________
>> 2003 TJ Rubicon * 2001 XJ Sport * 1971 Bill Stroppe Baja Bronco
>>
>> "There is a very fine line between 'hobby' and 'mental illness'."
>>
>> Pronunciation: 'jEp Function: noun Date: 1940
>>
>> Etymology: from g. p. (G= 'Government' P= '80 inch wheelbase')
>> A small general-purpose motor vehicle with 80" wheelbase, 1/4-ton
>> capacity and four-wheel drive used by the U.S. army in World War II.
>> __________________________________________________ ___________________
>>
>> Stupendous Man wrote:
>>
>>> I'm not going to load video on dialup, but DUH!. Any "mechanic" who
>>> works for under $20 per hr and considers vise-grips a tool for daily
>>> use isn't getting near my vehicles.
tw
__________________________________________________ ___________________
2003 TJ Rubicon * 2001 XJ Sport * 1971 Bill Stroppe Baja Bronco
"There is a very fine line between 'hobby' and 'mental illness'."
Pronunciation: 'jEp Function: noun Date: 1940
Etymology: from g. p. (G= 'Government' P= '80 inch wheelbase')
A small general-purpose motor vehicle with 80" wheelbase, 1/4-ton
capacity and four-wheel drive used by the U.S. army in World War II.
__________________________________________________ ___________________
Lon wrote:
>
> ...as everyone's knees tighten instinctively at reading that wrong...
>
> twaldron proclaimed:
>
>> Vise-Grips are only good for nuts that won't come off with pliers.
>>
>> tw
>> __________________________________________________ ___________________
>> 2003 TJ Rubicon * 2001 XJ Sport * 1971 Bill Stroppe Baja Bronco
>>
>> "There is a very fine line between 'hobby' and 'mental illness'."
>>
>> Pronunciation: 'jEp Function: noun Date: 1940
>>
>> Etymology: from g. p. (G= 'Government' P= '80 inch wheelbase')
>> A small general-purpose motor vehicle with 80" wheelbase, 1/4-ton
>> capacity and four-wheel drive used by the U.S. army in World War II.
>> __________________________________________________ ___________________
>>
>> Stupendous Man wrote:
>>
>>> I'm not going to load video on dialup, but DUH!. Any "mechanic" who
>>> works for under $20 per hr and considers vise-grips a tool for daily
>>> use isn't getting near my vehicles.
05-27-2006, 09:44 PM
#70
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: Beware of Jiffy Lube
LOL!
tw
__________________________________________________ ___________________
2003 TJ Rubicon * 2001 XJ Sport * 1971 Bill Stroppe Baja Bronco
"There is a very fine line between 'hobby' and 'mental illness'."
Pronunciation: 'jEp Function: noun Date: 1940
Etymology: from g. p. (G= 'Government' P= '80 inch wheelbase')
A small general-purpose motor vehicle with 80" wheelbase, 1/4-ton
capacity and four-wheel drive used by the U.S. army in World War II.
__________________________________________________ ___________________
Lon wrote:
>
> ...as everyone's knees tighten instinctively at reading that wrong...
>
> twaldron proclaimed:
>
>> Vise-Grips are only good for nuts that won't come off with pliers.
>>
>> tw
>> __________________________________________________ ___________________
>> 2003 TJ Rubicon * 2001 XJ Sport * 1971 Bill Stroppe Baja Bronco
>>
>> "There is a very fine line between 'hobby' and 'mental illness'."
>>
>> Pronunciation: 'jEp Function: noun Date: 1940
>>
>> Etymology: from g. p. (G= 'Government' P= '80 inch wheelbase')
>> A small general-purpose motor vehicle with 80" wheelbase, 1/4-ton
>> capacity and four-wheel drive used by the U.S. army in World War II.
>> __________________________________________________ ___________________
>>
>> Stupendous Man wrote:
>>
>>> I'm not going to load video on dialup, but DUH!. Any "mechanic" who
>>> works for under $20 per hr and considers vise-grips a tool for daily
>>> use isn't getting near my vehicles.
tw
__________________________________________________ ___________________
2003 TJ Rubicon * 2001 XJ Sport * 1971 Bill Stroppe Baja Bronco
"There is a very fine line between 'hobby' and 'mental illness'."
Pronunciation: 'jEp Function: noun Date: 1940
Etymology: from g. p. (G= 'Government' P= '80 inch wheelbase')
A small general-purpose motor vehicle with 80" wheelbase, 1/4-ton
capacity and four-wheel drive used by the U.S. army in World War II.
__________________________________________________ ___________________
Lon wrote:
>
> ...as everyone's knees tighten instinctively at reading that wrong...
>
> twaldron proclaimed:
>
>> Vise-Grips are only good for nuts that won't come off with pliers.
>>
>> tw
>> __________________________________________________ ___________________
>> 2003 TJ Rubicon * 2001 XJ Sport * 1971 Bill Stroppe Baja Bronco
>>
>> "There is a very fine line between 'hobby' and 'mental illness'."
>>
>> Pronunciation: 'jEp Function: noun Date: 1940
>>
>> Etymology: from g. p. (G= 'Government' P= '80 inch wheelbase')
>> A small general-purpose motor vehicle with 80" wheelbase, 1/4-ton
>> capacity and four-wheel drive used by the U.S. army in World War II.
>> __________________________________________________ ___________________
>>
>> Stupendous Man wrote:
>>
>>> I'm not going to load video on dialup, but DUH!. Any "mechanic" who
>>> works for under $20 per hr and considers vise-grips a tool for daily
>>> use isn't getting near my vehicles.