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From: prophet@umcp-cs.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Muffler Static
Message-ID: <6104@umcp-cs.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 23-Mar-84 20:03:42 EST
Article-I.D.: umcp-cs.6104
Posted: Fri Mar 23 20:03:42 1984
Date-Received: Sun, 25-Mar-84 10:23:13 EST
Organization: Univ. of Maryland, Computer Science Dept.
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Late last year, I blew a hole in the tailpipe of my 1979 Datsun 310, and so I
took it to a local Midas Muffler shop to get it fixed. Please note that there
was nothing wrong with the muffler, just with the tailpipe.   Anyway,  I went
in there and they put my car up on a lift and told me that the muffler  would
also have to be replaced because it was an integral part of the tailpipe.   I
figured they were just trying to make some money off of me, but since the car
had 32,000 miles on it, I told them to go ahead and replace the muffler. This
they did, but then they called me in and pointed to my rear shocks and  said,
"My, those shocks are awfully small, you should replace them.   Those  shocks
aren't big enough to handle the weight of the rear end."  I  told  them,  "Of
course they are small! It's a Front wheel drive car!   It doesn't  need   big
shocks because there isn't that much weight back there!"  He kept persisting,
insisting that his $99.00 pair of shocks were "a bargain".  I wasn't about to
spend that kind of money on a pair of gas-filled  shocks  when  the originals
were in perfect shape, so I refused.

It's funny, but while I was in there, I saw a brand new  Buick  Century  that
was so new that it couldn't have had more than 5,000 miles on it.  An elderly
women was the owner, and the Midas shop apparently told her that  it   needed
new shocks, because it was up on the lift  getting  4  brand  new  shocks in-
stalled.  I just can't believe that a little old lady could drive her car  so
that it would need new shocks at 5,000 miles.

I have since come to the conclusion that Midas is overpriced, ( It  cost   me
$90.00 for a muffler and tailpipe) and that they will tell you anything  just
to make a big sale.  I don't think I will be visiting Midas ever again.

                                Dennis


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