Re: [Healeys] Midas muffler journey

[HealeyRick <healeyrik@gmail.com>]

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Clearly, Midas thought you'd be dead by now. =F0=9F=98=80=F0=9F=98=80  All =
and all, it wasn't a
bad $45 investment

Happy Healeying,
Rick Neville aka "HealeyRick"

On Thu, Feb 2, 2023 at 10:21 PM i erbs via Healeys <healeys@autox.team.net>
wrote:

>
> Ira Erbs
> Milwaukie,OR
>       _______                                  _______
>      (______ \____1959 BN4____/ _______)
>          (_________________________)
>           BT7 engine and disk brakes
>
>
> 1Some of you may recall my battles with Midas over the last year and a
> half. Why Midas? Well 47 years ago there were not a lot of options to get=
 a
> new muffler installed in my 59 100-6. Midas ran and ad showing an old guy
> in a model T getting his muffler replaced with his lifetime muffler
> warranty. I figured what the hell? I am going to own this car for a
> lifetime. I still have it. They have replaced the muffler 4-5 times over
> the decades. When I was driving down to Conclave I blew out the inside
> baffles. So when I got home I calle dup the shop that had replaced the
> mufffler before. They are now called Midas, no muffler and they did not
> have a muffler guy anymore, nor did any shop withng 50 miles of my house.
> The local shop got a new manager who was sure he could take care of me. I
> showed un and he backed away from his offer. Today I got a buyout check f=
or
> my warranty. I paid $45 then they sent me $350.00 today. They put me
> through 1.5 years of shit and I still had to hound them after I agreed to
> be bought out three months ago.  Now I;ll have the headers I bought
> installed and glass packs. Here in Oregon it's still rainy and very cold,
> but I should be back on the road this spring.
> Cheers967 MGB  [image: MG]
>
> A racing car is an animal with a thousand adjustments. Mario Andretti
> Please excuse random auto corrects and misspelled words
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<div dir=3D"ltr">Clearly, Midas thought you&#39;d be dead by now.=C2=A0=F0=
=9F=98=80=F0=9F=98=80=C2=A0 All and all, it wasn&#39;t a bad $45 investment=
<div><br></div><div>Happy Healeying,</div><div>Rick Neville aka &quot;Heale=
yRick&quot;</div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" clas=
s=3D"gmail_attr">On Thu, Feb 2, 2023 at 10:21 PM i erbs via Healeys &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:healeys@autox.team.net";>healeys@autox.team.net</a>&gt; wrote=
:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.=
8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"lt=
r"><br clear=3D"all"><div><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr=
"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div =
dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr">Ira Erbs<div>Milwaukie,OR</div><div><span styl=
e=3D"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 __=
_____ =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0=
 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0_______</span><br style=3D=
"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style=3D"font-family:=
&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0 (______ \____1959 BN=
4____/ _______)</span><br style=3D"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,=
serif"><span style=3D"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">=C2=A0=
 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0 (_________________________)</span></div><div>=
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 BT7 engine and disk brakes</div><div><br=
></div><div><br></div><div>1Some of you may recall my battles with Midas ov=
er the last year and a half. Why Midas? Well 47 years ago there were not a =
lot of options to get a new muffler installed in my 59 100-6. Midas ran and=
 ad showing an old guy in a model T getting his muffler replaced with his l=
ifetime muffler warranty. I figured what the hell? I am going to own this c=
ar for a lifetime. I still have it. They have replaced the muffler 4-5 time=
s over the decades. When I was driving down to Conclave I blew out the insi=
de baffles. So when I got home I calle dup the shop that had replaced the m=
ufffler before. They are now called Midas, no muffler and they did not have=
 a muffler guy anymore, nor did any shop withng 50 miles of my house.</div>=
The local shop got a new manager who was sure he could take care of me. I s=
howed un and he backed away from his offer. Today I got a buyout check for =
my warranty. I paid $45 then they sent me $350.00 today. They put me throug=
h 1.5 years of shit and I still had to hound them after I agreed to be boug=
ht out three months ago.=C2=A0 Now I;ll have the headers I bought installed=
 and glass packs. Here in Oregon it&#39;s still rainy and very cold, but I =
should be back on the road this spring.<br><div>Cheers967 MGB =C2=A0<img sr=
c=3D"http://www.britishcarspecialists.com/assets/images/MG_emblem.jpg"; alt=
=3D"MG"></div><div><br></div><div><span style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,51);font-f=
amily:&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"=
>A racing car is an animal with a thousand adjustments. Mario Andretti</spa=
n><br></div><div>Please excuse random auto corrects and misspelled words<br=
></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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