# Today I work for free **URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/today-i-work-for-free/200316 **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic **Created:** [October 24, 2008, 7:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/today-i-work-for-free/200316 "2008-10-24T07:09:50Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 45
### Author: ![Darkstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@Darkstar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Darkstar) #### Post date: [October 28, 2008, 5:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/today-i-work-for-free/200316/45 "2008-10-28T17:32:27Z")
> [@What countries have you been to?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-countries-have-you-been-to/38479/17): > > honestly, it is reasons like this that i wanted out of hybrid. too much BS with doing this kind of work on these kind of cars. taking on all of the jobs that other people won’t do is only asking for trouble. one of the last straws was an engine swap we did for some kid who had his father doing all of the talking. he bought a 170K mile engine, that burned a ton of oil, let it get low, spun a bearing, then expected me to cover it even though we didn’t get him the engine. then we rebuild it, but he wanted it built, it was a GSR motor, but he wanted big cams, high compression, etc. etc. and wasn’t happy when the car had a few glitches that needed worked out when we were done. then we got it done and he was bitching about it passing emissions. in all honesty, that shit just isn’t worth it most of the time. isn’t small business ownership fun? --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/today-i-work-for-free/200316)._