Dirty Car Stories

Ok a little follow up to the story I told at the start of this thread....

After I finished the install on the dirty car I went home to relax and take a bath...After I left the woman was going to pay...Her check would not clear the bank (We use one of those intellicheck machines I think thats what its called) she couldnt get anyone to come pay for the thing so she could pay them back....So the manager of the place made the call that her car wasnt leaving our shop till she paid for what had been done....

SOOO I come in this afternoon to do an install and there is this nasty car still sittin there...She was supposed to come in this morning from what I gathered and pay...When I left at 6:00 it was still sittin there....All That me and my boss can figure is that she was hoping that the check she was going to give us was going to "Float" till she got her funds straightened out...and didnt know we had the machine....

I am soo P-Oed...I hate when people do that crap....If you dont have the money wait till you do...

How long can we wait before we can sell her car?? If there was such a thing there would be a 2001 Firebird FO SALE!!!!

Had to get that out..

Making the World A Louder Place

Once in a while, I get a K-9 car for repairs.  Most of these guys take care of their cars as their own and it's no problem, they actually take care of their cars.  But there was this particuliar one that I had to fix.  The problem reported was that the lightbar was acting intermittently.

That car was so bad that it stunk of urine, 3 inches of dog hair on the floor boards under the seats, caked dust everywhere, spilled water from the water dish, the rear interior where the dog is confined was completely, utterly eaten up.  All that was left was just the bottom & back rubber platform and metal surfaces.  You heard me right!  The headliner, plastic trims, back deck cover, brake light cover,  Gone.  The dog started working on the lightbar cable that ran down the C pillar which was the source of the trouble.

I just wonder if the twitches in my left eye was the result of that exposure that day...

Sean

Ok that reminded me....I dont know what it is...I see this mostly in the Mexican owned cars that come in...

I dont know why but I kid you not Every car that I have worked on that is owned by a hispanic has like 20 DIFFERENT flavours of air freshener....And all that combines and makes a stench that I cant explain...I dont know why if someone does please tell me...I did a mustang the other day for a hispanic kid and I counted 24 Different flavours of air fresheners that he had in the car....

I was farting just to cut the sweet smell that was comming out of his car...

But I must say this about hispanics..They are some innovative people..I have never saw a 5.1 home stereo system installed into a car and working through the factory radio until I got into a mexicans car...They will make some stereo work in their car...So hats off to them...

Making the World A Louder Place

wow guys, what a laugh...but...you should see some of the stuff I've had to work on.... doing a lot of work on farmers cars...

1, found a dead rat underneath the drivers side floor mat of landcruiser 2, putting a sub into a car spent 45min removing all the rubbish just to fit the box in to the boot 3, now this is a doosie! the door seals on an 85 subaru had what looked like coach bolts holding them in place...it was coach bolts right through the floor plan just to hold them in place!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 4, trying to run an UHF antenna from the bullbar into the cabin, there was dead cat splattered through out the enigine bay...ewwwwwwwwww 5, another farmers car here getting a phone kit installed into it, there was cow shlt spread right throughout the car and the smell was horrible actually I think it might hvae been more then cow shlt but we wont go into that. 6, this girls car....there was these HUGE diapers....that were full in the boot (I sent the apprentice out for that one, told him it was part and parcel and that I'd had my share of sh*t) 7, I also install satelitte tracking into trucks one time I had to move a magazine...it was sticky....I looked at the magazine....Hustler...Boy did I nearly vomit after that one!

If we compiled a book do you think anyone would buy it?! Maybe we could include things we've found as well.....like the amplifier that was earthed down the RCA leads...the owner couldn't figure out why his amp distorted when he put any sort of power into it! the truck driver who swore black and blue to me that he was able to use a UHF radio...picks up Mic presses button Says Hello and immediatly puts mic to his ear and waits for reply...I fell out of the truck laughing....my back still hurts....Later guys keep it real! and remember us installers do it anywhere, so stop whinging!