Some of you might remember about a month back I posted an e-mail describing how my Dad went to a 10-Minute Oil Change place to get his oil changed and his tires rotated. He then pulled out of the oil change place and quickly found out that they didn't put any oil in the car (1993 Lincoln Mark VIII), and thus he had to get a new engine. Just as my Dad got his car back today, I found out another piece of the story. This part of the story I did not expect. Today on my lunch break I agreed to take my friend to his girlfriend's real quick because he doesn't have a car. As we arrived there I talked to his girlfriend for a couple minutes, and she unveiled some interesting (and surprising) information. It turns out she knew the guy who attempted to change my Dad's oil. The first thing she said to me was that my Dad was lucky that he was getting a new engine (after all, the car has 107K on it). At first I was confused because I didn't think I had told her (Lisa) about it, but evidently my friend (Nick) did. She reveiled that the guy who was to change my Dad's oil was named Ryan, and that he was fired on the spot. So I asked her how could that dumb ass forget to put oil in the car when that was what he was paid to do. The response I got from this question is what pisses me off. Evidently, "Ryan" did it on purpose. Ryan hated his job, and the hours which he had to work. Ryan was thinking of quitting. And Ryan intentionally didn't put any oil in my Dad's car. This Ryan guy doesn't know me and evidently he did it completely at random. He had a bad day (wahhhhhhhhhhh) and decided that the next car that comes in isn't getting any motor oil. My Dad was the unfortunate victim. That's what pisses me off. The guy hates his job so he decides to put $4,500 dollars of damage on my Dad's car. What the hell is up with that?!?!?!?!? It isn't just that, it's the hassle you have to go through. It's losing your car for a month, having to deal with the dealer for repairs, and having to deal with the insurance company. Having to deal with the insurer is the worst part, because of the inevitable hassle. The claims adjuster wanted my dad to pay almost $1,000!!!!! My Dad managed to knock the price down because the dealer said they would knock $500 off the price when he wanted to get another estimate (Didn't want to lose business). Then, by downgrading his rental car and borrowing my sister's Altima for a couple of days, he manager to get the price down some more. He wound up coming out of pocket $128.00. What an ordeal it was going through this. And it really pisses me off to know that the guy did it on purpose. I don't know if I am going to tell my Dad about this, and I really don't know if he would believe me if I told him. I mentioned to him that maybe the guy did it on purpose, and he basically laughed. Bottom Line: CHANGE YOUR OIL YOURSELF!!! Somebody posted an article on how to do it in SOLM. It is not difficult to change the oil yourself, and you'll save a little bit of money in the process. Sorry about the long post... -Chris Godby [EMAIL PROTECTED] Waiting for the Next Z... http://homestead.juno.com/bov82/nissan.html ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Prevent excessive quoting by removing portions of the original message not needed for your reply.
