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So I GOTTA Bitch About the WIFE Again.

Hawkeye10 said:
Clearly you are a good man.

I am still learning.
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I was a bit miffed as to why you don’t drive the jeep wrangler. In my opinion they are the best all around vehicle on the road or off. I’m currently driving my 2012 rubicon and my youngest girl drives the Sahara version.But I’m a Jeep guy, so absolutely bias there.

I would get this if the Jeep was a four door unlimited but If It’s a true wrangler (two door) treating it like she did is like kicking a kitten, It’s abusive.
 
Hari Seldon said:
I take my cars to the dealer most of the time. Half the time there is a recall item that needs taking care of anyway. My daughter actually mentioned a noise with the brakes and since the Altima needed an oil change anyway I told her to take it in. She went with a friend and found out there is still 50% life, the tires were good and the oil change and battery replacement for the fob was like $40. Piece of mind...priceless.

Great story about chain car shop, Sears. I was taking my daughter and her friend along with the father to the kids soccer game on a Sunday morning. About a 100 miles from the house to Long Island. Going down the Bronx River Parkway there is an older Subaru in the middle lane with a tire missing. So we stop in front of the car to see if we can help and since my friend is also an ex NYC cop. Turns out its one of our daughters teammates and her father. Lucky no one was hurt when the tire came off. Turns out he had gotten new tires at Sears the day before but apparently they missed a few lug nuts. Unbelievable!
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The only time I have used them in the last decade was when I needed a car battery for the Elantra, there is a Sears Auto near and I have always heard that DieHards are good, so I gave them a go. Found out the next time I needed a Battery that Sears had put in the wrong one, a more expensive battery, designed for German cars.


Sears will be gone soon, they are clearly being liquidated by Lampert only he still has not admitted it. It is a very interesting story what he has done to Sears, a company that should have been able to transition and make it, but instead is walking dead. I am still trying to figure out what his plan was going in, and how he profits from taking apart the company.
 
woodsman said:
I was a bit miffed as to why you don’t drive the jeep wrangler. In my opinion they are the best all around vehicle on the road or off. I’m currently driving my 2012 rubicon and my youngest girl drives the Sahara version.But I’m a Jeep guy, so absolutely bias there.

I would get this if the Jeep was a four door unlimited but If It’s a true wrangler (two door) treating it like she did is like kicking a kitten, It’s abusive.
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I have a Mercury Grand Marquis, smooth with power to burn, and with very comfy seats. To go from that to bouncing around in a Jeep is too much of a transition. Off Roading is occasionally fun, I am always the passenger.

It is a 4 door unlimited, with soft top which is off several months of the year. The doors sometimes as well. They are very popular around here, the 4-door, not sure why.
 
Hawkeye10 said:
A few years back I bought her the Jeep Wrangler of her dreams with some inheritance money I had. I hate the sonofabitch, but it reminds her of riding in a HUMVEE which she still loves even after all the harm she has suffered fighting for this country coupled with her lack of respect and faith in this government, which is new to her but old to me....I have long felt that way.

So I never drive it. She had said that she was hearing some axle noise so I asked her if the oil change people she uses in Seattle check the brakes, it is a Firestone I think. She says yes, they are fine. We put this on the mind for taking to our mechanic but she has been working a lot for months and we dont get it done. TOday she wakes me up to say that her Brakes "Blew-Up" as she was driving by JBLM, so she drove it home and now she needs a ride to the Sounder Train Station in Lakewood.

Me: Your brakes "Blew-up"

Her: Ya, dont freak out, just take me to the train station

She also wanted to come home today and drive it to the repair shop because a tow would be "waste of money". So I take her to the station, then call a tow truck because I am not stupid. They called me later to tell me that the front pads were a 0%, and that after the brakes got hot enough they decided to quit.

I talk to her later and tell her what happened to the brakes and that the car guy tells me that she is lucky to be alive because the brake fluid was all long gone after the caliper on the front drivers side disintegrated.... I ask her how she can be at 0% brakes on both fronts and 5% on the rears when the oil was changed 4 months go and they were "fine"......

"oh, well I thought they check the brakes".

:slapme:

I should have known.
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She's doin what a lot of women do: she drives 80 miles an hour and when she comes to a stop sign or light, she waits until she's 10 feet from the line and hits the brakes: all that weight bearing down on the front end burns those pads right up, and since you're responsible for maintenance, it's your fault.
 
Errr.... if your pads are at 0%, you're going to hear some rather unpleasant sounds every time you brake, at the very least
 
Hawkeye10 said:
Rhetorical novelty.

I like to stand out in a crowd.
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I thought it was because your wife was unique and was the example of what a wife should be.

Men should remember that all marriages end in either death or divorce.
 
Hawkeye10 said:
A few years back I bought her the Jeep Wrangler of her dreams with some inheritance money I had. I hate the sonofabitch, but it reminds her of riding in a HUMVEE which she still loves even after all the harm she has suffered fighting for this country coupled with her lack of respect and faith in this government, which is new to her but old to me....I have long felt that way.

So I never drive it. She had said that she was hearing some axle noise so I asked her if the oil change people she uses in Seattle check the brakes, it is a Firestone I think. She says yes, they are fine. We put this on the mind for taking to our mechanic but she has been working a lot for months and we dont get it done. TOday she wakes me up to say that her Brakes "Blew-Up" as she was driving by JBLM, so she drove it home and now she needs a ride to the Sounder Train Station in Lakewood.

Me: Your brakes "Blew-up"

Her: Ya, dont freak out, just take me to the train station

She also wanted to come home today and drive it to the repair shop because a tow would be "waste of money". So I take her to the station, then call a tow truck because I am not stupid. They called me later to tell me that the front pads were a 0%, and that after the brakes got hot enough they decided to quit.

I talk to her later and tell her what happened to the brakes and that the car guy tells me that she is lucky to be alive because the brake fluid was all long gone after the caliper on the front drivers side disintegrated.... I ask her how she can be at 0% brakes on both fronts and 5% on the rears when the oil was changed 4 months go and they were "fine"......

"oh, well I thought they check the brakes".

:slapme:

I should have known.
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If you ever junk that Wrangler, make sure you save the Jeep logos. If her vacuum cleaner ever quits working, you can put a Jeep logo on it and it will suck again.
 
Hawkeye10 said:
No way in hell. I stopped going there 7 years ago when they refused to do a brake job without replacing the calipers, which had been replaced last brake job. I knew the second the words hit my ear that they were trying to scam me. They said they "had to", for liability reason. "FCKU", I am not STUPID! THen a month ago I had a tire that was half flat in the driveway. I assumed because of rim corrosion because that happens because this car spent 2 years on Illinois roads during a time when a new "CHEAPER" salt replacement attacked cars (Thanks Illinois, I already was convinced that our government sucks ass). It was late on a friday, my shop is closing, will not open till mon, so I take it to Les Schwab because it is on the way to Winco and they will be open for another 90 minutes, Winco being where I needed to go. I sat around for about an hour, till about closing time, and then the shop guy comes out to tell me that the tire has a screw in it, but that he cant fix it because the tire is not legal anymore because of outside edge wear. I knew I had bad lower ball joints, we are bankrupt because of a business failure, but I hardly drive outside of town now but maybe to Tacoma or Seatac...I was in no hurry. The Les Schwab guy helpfully offers that he can put air in the tire.

THANX a heap.

So the next monday I take it to my place that I have had for about a decade, the third place I tried after moving to town, the other two ripped me off NATCH. Says there is no screw, the tire is legal just barely, but that my tires are coming apart because of age so they need to go. But Ya, I was right, the rim had corrosion.

THose MOTHER****ERS at Les Schwab straight up lied to me.

They will get not one more dime out of me.

I swear, to the old Gods AND the new.

Seriously.
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They changed ownership recently and prices skyrocketed, and quality tanked. Just another Midas now.

I've had some luck with Discount Tire, but I'm too poor and end up doing my own brake work. Rotors, and drums not hard to replace or expensive to buy if needed, and even rebuilding a caliper isn't rocket science. Having to deal with metal brake lines is about the worst PITA of any brake work, but thankfully being metal rarely something one has to deal with.

Brakes are one of the easier automotive repairs to do at home with limited home mechanics tools. Will save hundreds, and can be a satisfying hobby to learn that will pay for itself.
 
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