Beloved and Gentle Readers, Mon Ami and BFF, Bon Jour, It is Sunday Morning, sitting in bed sipping coffee, does it get any better? It has been a good week.....
WEBSTERS:
"good week" {any week that Shangri La does not cry, run through the shop and falls, tells customers their car was a piece of crap before it came in, stomp her feet and/or crawl under her desk and pretend she is in the Bahamas.}
So, I guess it was good, but that does not mean it was not entertaining.
All my bragging that I was so good at fixing things, came back on me when one of the compressors stopped. Dave Durango to the rescue and I swear he laughs every time he is looking at my compressors.This time, I am lamenting about the oil leak that seemed to sprout everywhere on the back engine. Dave opened a box and it was full of oil. Every part of the engine was full of oil as I had oiled it to death. That sweet man with the Fabio hair, looked at me and told me he would give me a freebee! He drained the (over) oil, cleaned the whole thing and it works sweet again. I am just a little smarter now. (Just a little)
It seems like cars come in, in groups. This has been mustang month. We have finished our 6th mustang this month and it looks to die for. The kid will be thrilled. Now we have one in the parking lot to paint and it won's budge. The owner was in the lot putting a new fuel pump in it when I left Saturday afternoon. I usually do not let people work on their cars in the lot, but he was such a nice guy. We will see if they get it running. I am glad we do bodywork and not mechanics. A lot less for me to learn.
I have done an insurance repair for a lady. Friends, once you smack your car a good one, it will be fixed and usually perfect, but it will never line up 100% again. There will be small, very small tell tale gaps that an educated eye can tell it had been wrecked. That is just the ways it is. Well this lady wants a perfect car again, (she should buy a new one) and is complaining about a 16th inch gap. I am calling her ins. co. on Monday and let them decide. I am not letting customers dictate to me such stuff. She stood there and called it a "safety hazard"! I took all body men out to look at the car and they laughed. I actually told the lady, "stop arguing with me". I think she was so surprised, she shut up.
PEOPLE, DO NOT GO AND BUY A RATTLE CAN OF ANY KIND OF PAINT AND PAINT YOUR CAR....DO NOT ROLL HOUSE PAINT ON YOUR CAR....(SAW THAT ON A JAG, SOMEONE WANTED TO TWO TONE IT, DO NOT ATTACH PARTS TO THE CAR WITH BATHROOM CALK. TO NOT FIX DENTS WITH WALL PLASTER!
There, I have said it, some of you are now laughing, but I have seen it all and more. All my love to you all, dive carefully and if not, come into see me before you attempt it yourself.
Have a blessed Sunday, Mon Ami....Shangri La
WEBSTERS:
"good week" {any week that Shangri La does not cry, run through the shop and falls, tells customers their car was a piece of crap before it came in, stomp her feet and/or crawl under her desk and pretend she is in the Bahamas.}
So, I guess it was good, but that does not mean it was not entertaining.
All my bragging that I was so good at fixing things, came back on me when one of the compressors stopped. Dave Durango to the rescue and I swear he laughs every time he is looking at my compressors.This time, I am lamenting about the oil leak that seemed to sprout everywhere on the back engine. Dave opened a box and it was full of oil. Every part of the engine was full of oil as I had oiled it to death. That sweet man with the Fabio hair, looked at me and told me he would give me a freebee! He drained the (over) oil, cleaned the whole thing and it works sweet again. I am just a little smarter now. (Just a little)
It seems like cars come in, in groups. This has been mustang month. We have finished our 6th mustang this month and it looks to die for. The kid will be thrilled. Now we have one in the parking lot to paint and it won's budge. The owner was in the lot putting a new fuel pump in it when I left Saturday afternoon. I usually do not let people work on their cars in the lot, but he was such a nice guy. We will see if they get it running. I am glad we do bodywork and not mechanics. A lot less for me to learn.
I have done an insurance repair for a lady. Friends, once you smack your car a good one, it will be fixed and usually perfect, but it will never line up 100% again. There will be small, very small tell tale gaps that an educated eye can tell it had been wrecked. That is just the ways it is. Well this lady wants a perfect car again, (she should buy a new one) and is complaining about a 16th inch gap. I am calling her ins. co. on Monday and let them decide. I am not letting customers dictate to me such stuff. She stood there and called it a "safety hazard"! I took all body men out to look at the car and they laughed. I actually told the lady, "stop arguing with me". I think she was so surprised, she shut up.
PEOPLE, DO NOT GO AND BUY A RATTLE CAN OF ANY KIND OF PAINT AND PAINT YOUR CAR....DO NOT ROLL HOUSE PAINT ON YOUR CAR....(SAW THAT ON A JAG, SOMEONE WANTED TO TWO TONE IT, DO NOT ATTACH PARTS TO THE CAR WITH BATHROOM CALK. TO NOT FIX DENTS WITH WALL PLASTER!
There, I have said it, some of you are now laughing, but I have seen it all and more. All my love to you all, dive carefully and if not, come into see me before you attempt it yourself.
Have a blessed Sunday, Mon Ami....Shangri La
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