My rant - Mechanic

[dannyxm]

Gday all,

Just got off the phone and thought id let of some steam.

As some are aware, i am restoring an XP sedan at the moment and have put together the original 170 falcon 6 in it.

Nothing to fancy, but considering i have little time to fix it, i thought id take it up to a mechanic with simple instruction:

1. It has spark and fuel carb rebuilt etc etc
2. Just tune the engine
3. Start the engine
4. Call me when its done.

I dropped it of well over a week ago and i call them again today.

Me - Whats doing?

Mechanic - well we waiting on new plugs and points as the ones in the dizzy were stuffed.

Me - thats funny? It had spark when i towed it to your garage?

Mechanic - yea but now we got to wait for the plugs and points we can put them in and see.

Me - So now you have the points? You said you were waiting on them?

Mechanic - Oh yea but it didnt have any spark anyway, but we really didnt have a look at it too much.

Me - Just out of interest, why didnt it have spark?

Mechanic - Oh it was becouse the timing was waaaaay out.

Me - Timing has nothing to do with it!?!?!?!?! Look i dont really car about paying for new plugs and points etc but really its been ages and nobody called me.

Mechanic - Well look we may be able to look at it this afternoon and Saturday is a more or less mucking around day so we can look at it when we get a chance. I will get the boss to call you when we get started.

Me - How bout you get started today and get your boss to call me today!? I dont enjoy annoying you on the phone. Get him to call me.

Then i hung up.

Seriously, how hard is it to crank over an XP?

I am a Solicitor but rocked up 8am that morning dressed like a complete hobo and towing the thing on a trailer behind my Ltd, so he most likely thinks im some random idiot perhaps? Im resisting going over there suited up threatening legals.

But really?!

The one time i dont do stuff myself, the one time im getting stuffed round.

[atec77]

Originally Posted by danny351

Gday all,

Just got off the phone and thought id let of some steam.

As some are aware, i am restoring an XP sedan at the moment and have put together the original 170 falcon 6 in it.

Nothing to fancy, but considering i have little time to fix it, i thought id take it up to a mechanic with simple instruction:

1. It has spark and fuel carb rebuilt etc etc
2. Just tune the engine
3. Start the engine
4. Call me when its done.

I dropped it of well over a week ago and i call them again today.

Me - Whats doing?

Mechanic - well we waiting on new plugs and points as the ones in the dizzy were stuffed.

Me - thats funny? It had spark when i towed it to your garage?

Mechanic - yea but now we got to wait for the plugs and points we can put them in and see.

Me - So now you have the points? You said you were waiting on them?

Mechanic - Oh yea but it didnt have any spark anyway, but we really didnt have a look at it too much.

Me - Just out of interest, why didnt it have spark?

Mechanic - Oh it was becouse the timing was waaaaay out.

Me - Timing has nothing to do with it!?!?!?!?! Look i dont really car about paying for new plugs and points etc but really its been ages and nobody called me.

Mechanic - Well look we may be able to look at it this afternoon and Saturday is a more or less mucking around day so we can look at it when we get a chance. I will get the boss to call you when we get started.

Me - How bout you get started today and get your boss to call me today!? I dont enjoy annoying you on the phone. Get him to call me.

Then i hung up.

Seriously, how hard is it to crank over an XP?

I am a Solicitor but rocked up 8am that morning dressed like a complete hobo and towing the thing on a trailer behind my Ltd, so he most likely thinks im some random idiot perhaps? Im resisting going over there suited up threatening legals.

But really?!

The one time i dont do stuff myself, the one time im getting stuffed round.

Go get it back and spend 45 minutes on it your self
we can walk you through points and timing easily
I expect if you don't the $40 in parts is gonna cost a lot more

[StrokedXT]

What legals will you threaten him with?

[Busted]

Sound like a great workshop to get somthing done at. NOT.

You could have done all that in the time it would have taken you to load & tow it to them.

[dannyxm]

Tell me about it.

I usually do such things, but now since i move out of home (the car's at the shed at mum's) i figured id just get them to do it.

I feel like a complete idiot thinking;

'well just get him to deal with it, shouldnt be to much drama.......'

Legals? In the more general sense of letter of demand to complete the job in a reasonable time.

That and - Misleading and deceptive contuct, breach of contract to have the job done by a certian and reasonable time, making a complaint as to how long it took to fair trading and basically just annoying him with legal mumbo jumbo!

[HLC]

just go pick it up and fob him off.

out of curiousity what area of sydney did you drop it off at?

[Falcon Coupe]

I dropped mine off a year ago and still don't have it.

And you start a thread whining after waiting a week.....