why you don't go to the quick-lube place

[kzildjian at home.com]

And for anyone in the Monmouth County Area of New Jersey, I will change
your oil for free (Audi Only) if you provide the oil and filter.  I
promise no Apple Pie in the linkage.  I hate seeing people go to Jiffy
Lube, or any other Fast Food type of oil change place.  It breaks my
heart!  

                 Tim


Brett Dikeman wrote:
> 
> Cartalk this morning...a woman has a '98 subaru.  All of the sudden,
> on a back road, it starts accelerating.
> 
> Her first thought: "Wow, this car accelerates well!" :-)
> 
> So, it hits some absurd speeds, she really starts to freak out,
> brakes the car down to a slow speed, then shuts it off and coasts in
> neutral.  TUrns it back on, RPMs jump up high again, so she has it
> towed to the dealer.
> 
> Less than a few weeks before, the car had been serviced(oil  change)
> at a quick-lube type place.  They were "the last people in the engine
> compartment."
> 
> By now, you're thinking, "how could a oil change place screw up the
> throttle?  Bump a cable or something?"
> 
> So what did the dealership find, but one Hostess Apple Pie, "the kind
> that comes in the green and red paper bag."  The filling leaked out
> over time, coated various parts of the throttle&cable, and of course,
> we all know how sticky apple -anything- can be.
> 
> Quick-lube place's response: "we're not responsible because there is
> -no- way that something like that would happen."
> 
> response from one of the cartalk guys: "Well, DUUUUUH, it did!"
> 
> Ahh, I have yet another quick-lube-place story :-)
> 
> Moral of the story?  Don't take your car(Audi or not) to a quick-lube
> place. The only reason it is "cheaper" than a case of mobil one and
> an Audi filter is that the quick lube places use cheap oil and cheap
> filters.  Ask for synthetic and watch the price skyrocket.
> 
> B
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Tim Meritzis         
TCM Productions 
1990 Audi CQ 20V
1984 Subaru Brat D/L 
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