copperhead

holy shit, I used to have an XL250. Fun bike

If I can get my schedule to mesh with yours, I would be up to help too. You've more than helped me out with things, it's the least I could do.

Shit, I need to find time to get over there

hey Zach

That's cool. I checked out that wvstreets site you've got, looks pretty well put together. I've got a friend from Walker (15 minutes east of Parkersburg, out 47 I think) that I'm going to send over there. He's got a Dart that he's trying to restore, and just picked up a Colorado that he's thinking about dropping. He's an EMT so he's working all over the state.

Are you ever up in Parkersburg? I grew up in Marietta.

First off, unless you are going to a small shop, like Scott's, you are going to be charged a flat rate to do a job. They look in a book, see how many tenths of an hour it is rated to take, and charge you according to the shop hourly rate. Say their rate is $100/hour, and you bring your car in for an oild change and fluid check that is rated for 15 minutes. The dealership would then charge you $25, regardless of whether you got a good tech than can do it in 10 minutes, or a shitty one that takes 30 minutes. The one that did the job in 10 minutes still gets paid for 15 minutes of work, and can then move on to the next thing. The faster he works, the more money he makes. You (the customer) gets charged the same regardless of how fast the tech is. So, let's do some math. You said it took 45 minutes and the labor was $75. If the tech spent exactly the amount of time that the book calls for, then the shop rate would be $100/hour, which for a dealership is possible, but sounds to me to be a bit high. I would venture to say it's around $80-$90, in which case you had a fast tech. If someone on here that works for cars for a living would be kind enough to post the rate time for this work, I think it would prove that you did not get ripped off whatsoever, that in fact they were very fair, you are just (understandably) upset about having to pay that kind of money for something as simple as belts, which you know that you could do yourself easily, you just didn't have the means to do so and needed the vehicle back on the road quickly. Dealerships really do have a difficult time making revenue. In order to make sales, they have to advertise, pay salesmen, operate a storefront and pay all the bills involved (electricity, gas, multiple phone lines, water, etc). They don't make a whole lot of money off of new car sales due to competition. Used cars fare better because it's easier to screw with the pricing, but then they have to worry about warrenty work, which eats away from profit. An easy way for them to make money is by selling third party warrenties. On the service side, they have all of the same stuff other shops have to deal with, but tend to pay their employees slightly better, but the higher shop rates help out to stabilize the income of a dealership. They also have high expenses in purchasing cars to put on the lot. It's not as simple as you make it out to be, otherwise everyone you know would have a dealership and be rich.

If this turns into the rioting that was going on in France over something equally as stupid, I'm going to be pissed. I wonder if the police will be accepting volunteers to help them keep the peace?

Sooooo if it's fixed what's the problem? I know that in my line of work, there have been many times when a part does not appear to be bad, yet replacing it fixes the problem. This could have been the case. Oh, and Buckeye Nissan is a different dealership than Nissan North.

When is our bowl game?

Most boring place you could have picked. A couple of my friends from down there are planning on coming up here for new years to escape that place for a few days.

No offense, but don't ever send her to get anything worked on again.

Shutting down I70 so that wingless could race a lincoln While playing in the snow at Krogers, a mexican waved a pistol around, only to get one upped by Scott with his SKS

http://www.finalgear.com/ Try that, Eric. It seems slow for me, but road runner is being shitty for me right now.

Becoming a nurse has crossed my mind before, mainly because of the $$$. The title "Nurse" does seem a bit feminine, but in this day and age nobody thinks twice about whether a nurse is a man or woman. The pay is great, and I promise you will have no problem getting young attractive coworkers to go out for a drink after shift

Didn't we already have 5th Gear here as a substitute? This show won't be the same without Jeremy Clarkson, and all of the different small time carmakers that you just don't find in the US thanks to the EPA.

NO NOT HAM YOU FAT FUCK

Wow, in that first pic you posted, you look incredibly similar to your brother

Ok bagel boy, let's see here. You are half Jewish, and half Christian. That means what, you celebrate the birth of someone that you also feel was historically insignificant?

http://www.columbusracinghosting.com/mfaigley/jesus/jesus-saves-walmart.jpg And to spread some holiday cheer, here's something to lift your spirits http://www.columbusracinghosting.com/mfaigley/sp_xmas.mp3

Yeah Vince, I've got the pic you sent me. It's not a huge deal though, I doubt I'll win anyways.

12/20 - 736 12/21 - 194 Vince, I just realized that I never got my ticket in the mail. Did you not send it out, or did it just get lost somewhere?

I'm SURE that I would. I've never been pulled over for a sobriety check, but if I ever am I'm just going to request a breathalizer instead of wasting my time with the field test.

TRUE story Go to Nelsonville, stop in a gas station and pick up a Bulliten Board. Then go eat some Sonic while looking through it.

Words to live by.