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Re: Had to drop off my baby...
From: "`Key" <Key(at)Ya.Net>
Subject: Re: Had to drop off my baby...
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Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 17:47:27 GMT
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"RicSeyler" <ricseyler(at)SPAMgulf.net> wrote in message
news:DSsGe.18613$h.17282(at)bignews6.bellsouth.net...
> Well Bones that made me feel better and feel worse LOL
> I`m glad it required some tools and experience in this
> exact procedure
> after handing it off. BUTTTT the steering wheel being put
> back on the exact same
> spot now has me worried. I`m soooo damn anal.
>
> Hopefully he is thorough enough to maybe mark the
> shaft/wheel to get it back on
> the same "teeth" on the shaft. LOL
you should have no wories.
there is a line up mark that has a flat spot.
the wheel will not go back on but one way.
> If not I will have to do it in the garage. With the wheel
> being off recently I might be able
> to pull/wiggle it off without renting a puller, and also
> avoid cracking myself in the face
> with it. LOL Been there done that :-)
>
> I can see it now, whacking myself in the face with the
> wheel when it lets go and then
> the airbag goes off whacking me in the face again....
> shall I video it for the group?.. HAHAHAHA
when trying to pull the wheel by hand.
always screw the nut back on just a little.
that way, when it comes loose, the nut will keep it from
breaking your face :-)
--
"Key"
>
> Bones wrote:
>
>> My `87 car had the same problem, I got the key out the
>> first or
>>second time it happened, but finally the lock kept it..
>>
>> After you pull everything out of the way, cover, airbag,
>> little
>>delicate horn contact parts, etc. (I never did a `96 car,
>>but I own a
>>`95 so I know what you have) you can then use a wheel
>>puller too
>>remove the steering wheel in order to gain access to the
>>lock, which
>>must be changed, you will need a new key too, I think it
>>comes with
>>one. I did this operation on my `87 car and I broke
>>something off
>>the delicate horn contacts but was able to get by without
>>replacement.
>>You wouldn`t want to put the same lock back in, even if
>>you got the
>>key out of it, it would just screw up again. Difficulty
>>level on this
>>job would be experienced only, some special tools needed.
>>Oh, yeah, if the wheel goes back on EXACTLY like it was,
>>go to church
>>next Sunday.
>>
>
> --
> Ric Seyler
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From: RicSeyler <ricseyler(at)SPAMgulf.net>
Subject: Re: Had to drop off my baby...
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Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 15:33:39 -0500
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Even worse that I imagined.....
BEWARE ROBERT TAU AUTOMOTIVE, PENSACOLA FL
They went joy riding and wrecked it!!! F**K Me!!
I called on the second day and was told Robert has left for the
weekend and was on a flight... rutroh.... OK went to pick it up
and they had it parked in a dirt pile..... COVERED with dirt....
I mean it looked like it had been offroading or mud bogging!!!!!
Walked up to it and the front end is smashed up and the spoiled
hanging........
Then the mechanic came out and tried to look surprised... I don`t know
what happened....
ARRRRGHHH
They had parts still laying on the drivers seat with a greasy
bathtowel.. The drivers floor
was full of dirt leaves sticks..... greasy hand prints all over the
doors... the fuse panel still laying
in the passenger seat.. I went OFF when the mechanic tried to play
dumb.... I immediately
saw bits of chipped off paint laying on the ground and a couple small
broken bezel parts
in front of it and noticed the spoiler had been ripped half off and dirt
packed up into the radiator inlet.....
and the front license plate area cover smashed in and the bumper cover
all crushed, broken bezel
on the parking light..
Then I turned the key on and sure enough there was 2.7 miles on the trip
odometer, the radio
was tuned to a station, the seat had been moved up and the rear view
mirror had been lowered
(the mechanic was smaller than me). When I dropped it off I had to pull
the ECM fuse to shut down
the engine and disconnected the battery, plus the radio was off... This
resets the trip odometer, and
clears all the radio stations and defaults the radio to the low end of
the dial (with NO reception)...
Then the mechanic tried to snatch my keys out of the car...........
Bastards!!! I called the police and they came but has I figured since it
was on private property
they wouldn`t even file a police report. I even asked the very curt cop
if he would file that there
are broken body parts and paint chips laying on the damn ground right in
front of the car!! Nope
he was kinda an ass... I did get a "blue sheet" with a number on it from
his partner. FWIW.
Called my insurance and reported it and called the credit card company
to dispute the charges
(they never had me sign anything, including the mandatory check boxes on
the repair order
OR EVEN the credit card slip... PLUS to add insult to injury they sure
did charge me for the horn contact
they broke..... $300.00 charge for a dang lock cylinder replacment. ARRGGHH
It`s gotta be the HotRod Karma Gods displeased with me taking something
I shoulda done myself
to someone else to do......... cuz I just didn`t want to be bothered
with it at the moment...
--
Ric Seyler
From: "Dad" <knockers(at)fisher.net>
Subject: Re: Had to drop off my baby...
Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 17:04:14 -0400
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"RicSeyler" <ricseyler(at)SPAMgulf.net> wrote in message
news:ftRGe.25886$8g5.12613(at)bignews4.bellsouth.net...
> Even worse that I imagined.....
> BEWARE ROBERT TAU AUTOMOTIVE, PENSACOLA FL
>
> They went joy riding and wrecked it!!! F**K Me!!
> I called on the second day and was told Robert has left for the
> weekend and was on a flight... rutroh.... OK went to pick it up
> and they had it parked in a dirt pile..... COVERED with dirt....
> I mean it looked like it had been offroading or mud bogging!!!!!
>
> Walked up to it and the front end is smashed up and the spoiled
> hanging........
> Then the mechanic came out and tried to look surprised... I don`t know
> what happened....
> ARRRRGHHH
>
> They had parts still laying on the drivers seat with a greasy bathtowel..
> The drivers floor
> was full of dirt leaves sticks..... greasy hand prints all over the
> doors... the fuse panel still laying
> in the passenger seat.. I went OFF when the mechanic tried to play
> dumb.... I immediately
> saw bits of chipped off paint laying on the ground and a couple small
> broken bezel parts
> in front of it and noticed the spoiler had been ripped half off and dirt
> packed up into the radiator inlet.....
> and the front license plate area cover smashed in and the bumper cover all
> crushed, broken bezel
> on the parking light..
>
> Then I turned the key on and sure enough there was 2.7 miles on the trip
> odometer, the radio
> was tuned to a station, the seat had been moved up and the rear view
> mirror had been lowered
> (the mechanic was smaller than me). When I dropped it off I had to pull
> the ECM fuse to shut down
> the engine and disconnected the battery, plus the radio was off... This
> resets the trip odometer, and
> clears all the radio stations and defaults the radio to the low end of the
> dial (with NO reception)...
>
> Then the mechanic tried to snatch my keys out of the car...........
>
> Bastards!!! I called the police and they came but has I figured since it
> was on private property
> they wouldn`t even file a police report. I even asked the very curt cop if
> he would file that there
> are broken body parts and paint chips laying on the damn ground right in
> front of the car!! Nope
> he was kinda an ass... I did get a "blue sheet" with a number on it from
> his partner. FWIW.
>
> Called my insurance and reported it and called the credit card company to
> dispute the charges
> (they never had me sign anything, including the mandatory check boxes on
> the repair order
> OR EVEN the credit card slip... PLUS to add insult to injury they sure did
> charge me for the horn contact
> they broke..... $300.00 charge for a dang lock cylinder replacment.
> ARRGGHH
>
> It`s gotta be the HotRod Karma Gods displeased with me taking something I
> shoulda done myself
> to someone else to do......... cuz I just didn`t want to be bothered with
> it at the moment...
>
>
> --
> Ric Seyler
>
I hope you got lots of pictures and are ready to go see Judge Judy. Been
there twice and if you go prepared you can kick their ass. The operative
word is be PREPARED and that means overly so and don`t let up until you have
them pounded into the ground. Document everything, have proof, paper,
pictures , witnesses, tell the cop he is heading to court to testify, don`t
just raise a stink, shit on everyone and everything. Look into their
background, see how they pay their bills, has the BBB been getting
complaints, do they drink on their business site, anything that puts them in
a bad light.
By the way one was a draw, (I got my money back), the other one they lost
and I got damages and my money back.
Good luck, it helps,
--
Dad
05 C6 Silver/Red 6spd Z51
72 Shark Black/Black/4spd
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