Favorite Monkey Lad Tales?

[David]

ve warned him I was taking it to Merchants ahead of time. I take my $20 (cash) and walk out, never to return. I now bash his name every chance I get. So, if you're in Virginia...stay awayt from Dave's High Tech Auto in SE Virginia (noticed he's no longer in the same building, so he could be anywhere in SE Virginia, or hopefully eh went bankrupt)...

Dave
1987 CGT Special Build 2.3
SE Virginia
>
> From: "Al Powell" <apowell at gocougs.wsu.edu>
> Date: 2003/07/11 Fri PM 09:41:33 EDT
> To: <quattro at audifans.com>
> Subject: Favorite Monkey Lad Tales?
>
> This is a sad and stupid story, but at least I didn't get cheated...
>
> I was driving to work in my '83 280ZXT one day in TX. It could have been an
> Audi just as easily.
>
> I stopped at a stoplight, and when I raised my left foot to go the clutch
> pedal stayed on the floor.  I stuck my toe under it and pried it up, but
> when I stepped on it again it stopped halfway down - it had maxed out the
> travel in the master cylinder.
>
> The clutch would not engage.  I got out with the gearshift lever sitting in
> first gear and could push the car forward and back.  I realized the clutch
> was either blown or the slave cylinder was stuck, but either way the clutch
> wasn't going to engage. Fortunately I was next to a left-turn lane so I
> pushed the car in there with the 4-way flashers on....and set the brake.
> Good reason to have a working parking brake at all times!
>
> I called the local Nissan dealer (Douglas Nissan, Bryan, TX) and told him to
> send a tow truck, take it to the shop and check it out.  I TOLD HIM CLEARLY:
> if it's a stuck slave cylinder (which is what I thought it was) then replace
> it this afternoon and I'll be there at 5 to get it.  If the clutch disc
> blew, then park it and I'll tow it home. I'll replace the clutch myself.
>
> An hour later I got a call from the service Monkey-Lad (ML) saying the
> clutch disc was shot. I told him to park it so I could tow it home. ML,
> obviously disbelieving, asks if I'm serious.  YES, I told him again, I will
> fix it myself. This was not going well. Obviously they weren't paying
> attention.
>
> So - my wife and I show up at 5:0.  My car is parked nose in, where I can't
> get at it to tow it.  Great. she and I push it out (no offer of help from
> the ML's) so we can get a tow strap on it, we pay the bill, and we tow it
> home.
>
> Next day I get it on jackstands all around - slide under it - took one look
> at the slave cylinder and saw the rod was fully extended. Asked my wife for
> a hammer, gave it ONE tap and it slid back into place. This diagnosis
> literally took less than 10 seconds once I was under the car!! Then I tried
> the clutch and it worked fine. I replaced the slave cylinder for $18 (good
> old NAPA) and had the car running in an hour.
>
> HOW STUPID do you have to be to try to cheat someone out of $1000 for a
> clutch job when they've already TOLD you they will replace the clutch
> themselves????????? These ML's were absolute MORONS!!!!
>
> These idiot Monkey-Lads could have made a few bucks and a friend by
> replacing the slave cylinder and having the car ready. I would have spent
> probably $75-$100 and been happy.  Instead, they tried to cheat me and
> earned an enemy for LIFE.  That's why I used their name: Douglas Nissan,
> Bryan, TX.  And I have bad-mouthed them every time I've had the chance for
> the past 10 years. I don't care if all those people have been fired.
> They're on my black list FOREVER.
>
> And you can just imagine the letters I sent to Nissan and to the owner of
> the dealership. Of course, they never offered to do anything for me in
> response. They ignored me.
>
> ************************
> Al Powell
> Fort Collins, CO
> apowell at gocougs.wsu.edu
> ************************
>
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