I do agree with you, but just for the record this is a shop that has always
bragged about working on these types of cars, which is why I mentioned the Lotus
Europa (an old LBC) I had seen in there. He had to think about it (a very
audible pause) before he said no and then he came up with his excuse. He was
just an a*rse, either that, or just not very tactful.
adrian
"Steve,Laurie & Eric Day" wrote:
> Adrian told us about the grouchy trans mechanic,since my job puts me in
> daily contact with repair shops, perhaps this view might help.
> Repairing todays computer controlled cars is a lot different than repairing
> our LBC`s. Not easier, but different to be sure. It requires a different
> investment in time , equiptment and technitions to work on the cars of the
> 90`s. We don`t have computors, air bags, antilock brakes or ride sensors,
> they don`t have laycock overdrives, king pins, knee action shocks or tach
> drive generators.
> The shop you ran into has obviously chosen the cars of the 90`s, and put
> their time and money in that direction. He`s laid out the cash for the
> specialized tools and testers, hired and trained his tech`s and moved away
> from LBC`s. He may not even know what a gudeon pin or spigot bush is
> anymore, if he did before.
> With this in mind, he knows it would be unprofitable for him, and unfair to
> you to work on your trans. and bill you for the time it would take his tech
> to do an unfamiliar job, with questionable results, AND have to give you a
> warranty, when you could get the job done quicker, (less $ ) and better in a
> shop that specialized in LBC`s.
> He certainly should`ve done a better job informing you, but maybe this might
> be one explanation.
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http://www.ravineware.com
"When there was no meat, we ate
fowl. When there was no fowl we
ate crawdads. When there were no
crawdads we ate sand."
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