<VV> Nader bio/documentary: Coming to a theatre near you? Title is "An Unreasonable Man" ?

[Mike Stillwell]

 Chaz, 
 As a person who has worked on plenty of customer cars
over the years, I must say that in this day in age,
with collector cars, who are often going to find
everything worn. When you have systematic problems,
you're going to fix somethings, that honestly do need
rebuilding, but that might not cure the problem, per
say. 
 The worst complaint, is "no power". While it can be
just one problem, like say worn points, it can also be
a culmination of poor compression, worn iginition and
gumed up carbs. Which problem do you take on first to
fix it? Probably start at the cheapest to give your
customer a break, and step up to the next level if the
easy one doesn't work. What often times happens, is
the mechanic ends up eating alot, even when the
customer thinks they are paying through the nose.
Classic example of why you won't find many regular
shops willing to work on old cars. So while a customer
doesn't want to pay for a mech to test their theories,
A mech shouldn't be expected to keep fixing till the
last repair makes it better, then assume that's what
was wrong. Reminds me of the old comic of the 2
stoners sitting in a pile of empty beer cans. First
guy says, "I can't beleive I got drunk off one beer".
The other guy says " Yeah, I wonder which one it
was?..." LOL!

 Mike
 YS-117, etc

--- Charles Lee at Proper Pro Per
<chaz at ProperProPer.com> wrote:
> How many car mechanics "test their theories" of why
> someone's car won't run
> at the customer's expense ?  "Let's try this," the
> mechanic suggests, and
> when that doesn't work, "Let's try that," without
> considering that the
> customer just paid for parts and labor on something
> that was not needed.
> The mechanic makes money whether the customer needed
> what they paid for or
> not.
> Chaz
> 67 Monza coupe



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