Power Wagon Registry

TwinStick wrote:You should have seen the look on his face the first time i dropped the F-bomb. That is everyday talk for me, sorry. My dad was in the Army, both my parents were Corrections Officers at one time, I was in the Army (when swearing & using f**k as many times as you could in one sentence was an art form all in itself !) , and a Corrections Officer for 28.3 years, so .............yeah, sorry, but thats just me. Usually I don't mean anything by it, unless i'm pissed, & most people can usually tell ! LOL

MikeKey wrote:That was hilarious shit. I'm not sure it's the dealer that is being the a*hole from reading the description of your story. You should consider anger management dude. Seriously, not good for your health at your age.


Although, stealerships are pretty damn slimy.

TwinStick wrote:Tires are on. Cooper Discovery ST Maxx, 265/70/17 E. We went to pick it up & it wasn't done yet, so we sat down. No sooner, guy from garage comes in & say a wheel stud broke off while hand torquing it to 81 ft lbs. So, I went right to the Toyota Dealership. Our salesman was off today. So the lady service writer looks at me & says "so, what do you want us to do ? We didn't break it." I just laughed, an evil laugh, with an evil look to go along with it. She took a step back & said let me go get someone. She left & came back with a desk jockey. He looked at the broken stud i gave her, held it up to his eye & scrutinized it hard. My anger was building. Then he says...........Yeah, this was obviously done with an impact wrench when they were tightening it, so go back & see them. They broke it, they fix it, pretty simple he said to me in a sarcastic manner. From that point, it was on like Donkey Kong. I snatched back the wheel stud from him without asking & walked right into his empty office & was looking around at the walls. He said what are you looking for. I told him i was looking for his engineering degree, because you obviously must have one if you can diagnose a failure so quickly & why & how it was broke. He said I don't have one. I said NO SHIT SHERLOCK !!! I WAS WATCHING HIM WHEN IT BROKE & HE WAS HAND TIGHTENING IT WITH A TORQUE WRENCH SET AT 81 FT LBS !!! NOT WITH AN IMPACT WRENCH. So I told them to fix it & charge the tire shop, I don't care. I just want it fixed. Work it out with them or you can keep the 4Runner. 45 minutes later, I was driving out with a new wheel stud. I told them I think it was a bad heat treat. Hope they are not all like that.





I really don't know what it is with dealers around here, they all seem to be assholes once the sale is made---except for the Subaru dealer. They are the best. Coffee, snacks, cold water bottles, cold soda---all free of charge. They also offered to take my daughter to college or work if she had to be somewhere while her car was being worked on. If it says it's covered, it's covered, they don't try to weasel out of it & make you pay, they tell you, oh no, that's covered at no charge to you. She got free wiper blades & free rotors once, all under warranty.

MikeKey wrote:Wait, is the tire 12yrs old? Am I understanding that correctly?

Reloaderguy wrote:

MikeKey wrote:Wait, is the tire 12yrs old? Am I understanding that correctly?

Yeah dude, have you seen the cost of winch rollers, gas caps, and wheel studs? Imagine trying to buy all that AND tires!

MikeKey wrote:Tires have a lifespan. Even if they sit on the shelf with zero miles, you shouldn't be using them after 5 yrs.

RustyPW wrote:Most tire manufactures recommend changing tires at 7 to 8 years of age.

Reloaderguy wrote:

RustyPW wrote:Most tire manufactures recommend changing tires at 7 to 8 years of age.

I had a tire manufacturer try to tell me that. I started angry laughing so they got the secretary and finally said 15 years was ok. I don't take that kind of shit from anyone.

MikeKey wrote:

Reloaderguy wrote:

RustyPW wrote:Most tire manufactures recommend changing tires at 7 to 8 years of age.

I had a tire manufacturer try to tell me that. I started angry laughing so they got the secretary and finally said 15 years was ok. I don't take that kind of shit from anyone.

When life gives you lemons, don’t make lemonade. Make life take the lemons back! Get mad! I don’t want your damn lemons, what the hell am I supposed to do with these?

Demand to see life’s manager!

Make life rue the day it thought it could give RustyPW lemons! Do you know who I am? I’m the man who’s gonna burn your house down! With the lemons! I’m gonna get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon that burns your house down!

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