F my life compared to did I get F'd over!

[yamba6]

what ever, getting the car back and this shit is going to someone now. im looking for something different.

[newman]

i’m still not on board.

What’s being compared here?

[yamba6]

yeah probably could have been a little better, I’m just really really mind fucked right now and having a horrible day, not just with the car.

edit: the thoughts at the time when i created it was about fuck my life if i need to pay this much compared to should i fight this and get it lowered in price if there really wasnt anything replaced.

[2TurboZ]

What the fuck is going on here.

You are cheap and fuck up your own shit.

You take it to someone else with a sob story about trying to be cheap because you cant afford alot

Then you bitch when it takes longer.

You want to be front in line…have a good relationship with a mechanic and be prepared to pay…if you are cheap dumb fuck like you sound to be…dont bitch when it takes 2x as long because you are a charity case.

[yamba6]

when someone tells you its going to get done when you tell them you need it back right away and then you take it to them, your expecting it to get done right, but then they take 4 weeks. ummm yeah, we asked before we took it there. and yeah, its a malibu and im going to get rid of the car so i will be cheap with it, the reason i took it to him is because everyone told me hes going to give a better price than other people or shops.

edit: and yes im the one that torched down the spark plug to the point where when trying to take them off they snap! cool! funny i hear this happen a lot.

[2TurboZ]

If you want to be cheap…there is this awesome saying thats usually fairly accurate

YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR

[yamba6]

how is that cheap. apparently I’m paying the same price it would normally be if i went to a dealer or local shop

[Penfold]

funny part about this entire thing is you could have dropped a new low milage engine in for < $500 and been done in a day if you have any wrench skills once so ever.

[eclipsed]

@Penfold

once so ever.

WATsoever??? :iobarf:

[kingsario]

@newman

I’m still trying to figure out the title.

[Carnut]

@yeamabu"

So as some of you know i snapped a spark plug off on my block. ended up getting it out but with my luck something fell in.

we talked with my uncle and friend and they told us of this guy, dont remember the name or shop, they said he would give us usually a great deal and work with us with money. well we talk to him and have the car towed. we tell him we need the car back asap so he knows.

first week no work done to the car
second week the guy pulls one plug and sticks a scope into the cylinder to see whats wrong. no work after that done
-says that there are scratches on the wall but cant find pieces
third week the guy apparently is having problems getting the head off, so the lady told us.
he calls us back about 2 days later telling us sorry he hasnt done much work to it because of being busy with other cars, which again we told him we needed the car.
he didnt say anything about the head not coming off or anything like that, and said the car would hopefully be done soon
talk to him almost 4 weeks later and he says hes firing up the car either tonight/in the morning, meaning today.
from my knowledge, the only things that were replaced were gaskets, oil, and what ever else needs to be replaced when you pull stuff off an engine. nothing about a new head, nothing about a new piston, but i guess he needed to smooth out the cylinder wall. ok i can understand obviously. he found the pieces and all and put the engine together. tells my mom today that its going to be $1300.

im fucking pissed off now, 3-4 weeks to wait for my car, nothing big sounds like it was replaced, i understand gaskets and labor and oil but $1300 to do work on one cylinder, half the engine was taken apart and put back together. i feel i would have been better off getting a new engine and having it installed

i feel i would have gotten the car back faster if i would have gone somewhere else, and i feel like now hes grabbing me by the balls and taking my money. what are the thoughts of ruffly how much it would cost me. i dont no labor rates but still.

this is not offtopic so i dont care for bs right now. if you can give me an idea or something besides telling me to get a different car, which i already know and have been looking, thanks for the help.

Price sounds reasonable for what you have described.

[deebo]

next time pay someone to change your plugs instead of being a hero if you’re going to suck that bad

edit: sario’s avatar saved this thread.

[Jagermeister]

@Penfold

once so ever.

Now that is just priceless.

[Pauly]

watttt???

[SideWinderGX]

@yeamabu"

So as some of you know i snapped a spark plug off on my block. ended up getting it out but with my luck something fell in.

we talked with my uncle and friend and they told us of this guy, dont remember the name or shop, they said he would give us usually a great deal and work with us with money. well we talk to him and have the car towed. we tell him we need the car back asap so he knows.

first week no work done to the car
second week the guy pulls one plug and sticks a scope into the cylinder to see whats wrong. no work after that done
-says that there are scratches on the wall but cant find pieces
third week the guy apparently is having problems getting the head off, so the lady told us.
he calls us back about 2 days later telling us sorry he hasnt done much work to it because of being busy with other cars, which again we told him we needed the car.
he didnt say anything about the head not coming off or anything like that, and said the car would hopefully be done soon
talk to him almost 4 weeks later and he says hes firing up the car either tonight/in the morning, meaning today.
from my knowledge, the only things that were replaced were gaskets, oil, and what ever else needs to be replaced when you pull stuff off an engine. nothing about a new head, nothing about a new piston, but i guess he needed to smooth out the cylinder wall. ok i can understand obviously. he found the pieces and all and put the engine together. tells my mom today that its going to be $1300.

im fucking pissed off now, 3-4 weeks to wait for my car, nothing big sounds like it was replaced, i understand gaskets and labor and oil but $1300 to do work on one cylinder, half the engine was taken apart and put back together. i feel i would have been better off getting a new engine and having it installed

i feel i would have gotten the car back faster if i would have gone somewhere else, and i feel like now hes grabbing me by the balls and taking my money. what are the thoughts of ruffly how much it would cost me. i dont no labor rates but still.

this is not offtopic so i dont care for bs right now. if you can give me an idea or something besides telling me to get a different car, which i already know and have been looking, thanks for the help.

That really sucks, sorry to hear that.

BUT! In my car I have something I got from Wal-Mart…it’s like a tv antenna with a magnet on the end. It telescopes out to two or three feet and the magnet head swivels. Only a couple dollars and it is REALLY useful for finding lost parts in engine bays that you can see but can’t reach.

- Applied Magnets - Magnet4less Like this, except it’s silver and not black. Whatever, same thing.

I was also reading a Summit Racing (I think) magazine at home and they had a variety of 3 foot, bendable antennas that functioned as real time video recorders. Can’t think of the name nor can I find them, hopefully someone knows what they are. Kind of expensive though.

[TrueBlue]

@SideWinderGX

BUT! In my car I have something I got from Wal-Mart…it’s like a tv antenna with a magnet on the end. It telescopes out to two or three feet and the magnet head swivels. Only a couple dollars and it is REALLY useful for finding lost parts in engine bays that you can see but can’t reach.

@yeamabu"

he found the pieces and all and put the engine together. tells my mom today that its going to be $1300.

That should help him immensely. How do you know that all the parts on that busted plug are ferrous, anyway?

[SideWinderGX]

@TrueBlue

That should help him immensely. How do you know that all the parts on that busted plug are ferrous, anyway?

…gum on the end of the magnet?

Don’t do that.

edit: Yeah, I know that he sent it out and it cost him over a grand to fix, so it’s too late now…but there is ALWAYS a next time.

[speedped79]

i snapped off a plug on my mountainner when ichanged them, it was a original plug 156000 miles on them, i got a easy out tool and got it out myself, shop vac with a small homemade attachment to vacuum out the cylinder good to go

[Deathproof]

Volvo makes 5 cylinders, don’t see why it would not work for Chevrolet as well.

Call it a 2.584 liter.

[Fry]

Bottom line: Good, fast, cheap. Pick two. Sounds like he did it well, and for taking the top of the motor apart and polishing a scored cylinder wall $1300 is reasonable, if not cheap. Hence it took him 4 weeks.