first of all, i recommended jeb. did you visit with him and juanita? as for carlos, he is a nice man , an old school seat of his pants mechanic who time has passed by. you can get him to work super cheap on your car, but he will get in trouble with more modern electronic systems
a lot of guys will build super nice customer oriented facilities, but that place proves none of that is necessary or even desirable. jono has twice as much work as he can handle out of that appalling place! On Sat, Sep 7, 2013 at 4:05 PM, Jon Agne <jonag...@gwi.net> wrote: > Thank you again to Gary and Jaime for the recommendation to Jonathan! He > managed to get me in right away and out the door for the weekend. > > He completely flushed the system twice, and installed a used condenser, > new drier, expansion valve and compressor. Not having ES-12, he installed > R-12, and it cools perfectly. While working on the condenser, he noticed > that my radiator was showing signs of extreme wear and imminent failure. > So new radiator and flush job. Under the car he noticed a small > transmission fluid leak and that the driveshaft bearing was shot. Those > were fixed, as were the bed idler arms. He finished off with a power wash > of the engine. It's very clean. > > I have nothing to worry about on the way home now! > > He laughed when I told him about Carlos. > > > On Sep 3, 2013, at 9:59 PM, Gary Hurst wrote: > > > just tell him that juanita will be very angry that he stole this job from > > jeb > > > > juanita is jeb's wife. she is the brains, brawn and bitch of the > > operation. jeb just likes to turn a wrench. if you walked in and said > > "jeb, can you put these brake pads on for me. i'll give you a can of > > sardines" jeb would just say "oh, i rike sahdine. thank you!" whereas > > juanita will scream "so sahdine, you asshoe! 50 dollah!" and then curses > > would fly at you in some asian language > > > > despite being good friends with jono, i'd always use jeb for any sort of > > work as either $50 or a can of sardines is a lot cheaper than that $105 > an > > hour jono charges for labor (and this makes him cheap by atlanta mercedes > > standards. sheesh!) > > > > alternatively, whatever price he quotes you, exclaim "carlos is half of > > that!!" and see how long it takes him to figure out you've been coached > > > > > > > > On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 9:29 PM, Jon Agne <jonag...@gwi.net> wrote: > > > >> HaHa! I'll mention that tomorrow morning... > >> > >> > >> On Sep 3, 2013, at 9:18 PM, Gary Hurst wrote: > >> > >>> i told him that i sent you to jeb but jaime got you all confused on the > >>> matter > >>> > >>> > >>> On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 9:02 PM, Jon Agne <jonag...@gwi.net> wrote: > >>> > >>>> Thanks Gary and Jaime. > >>>> > >>>> I'll keep you posted. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> On Sep 3, 2013, at 8:38 PM, Gary Hurst wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> he says he's got a 300CD with known good climate control and has some > >>>> plan > >>>>> regarding that. we didn't get into many details beyond that. i do > >> like > >>>>> that line filter idea, though, and mentioned he ought to look into > that > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 8:20 PM, Jon Agne <jonag...@gwi.net> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>>> I spoke with Jonathan yesterday evening and we agreed to speak today > >> to > >>>>>> iron out details. As of 10 minutes ago, he had all of the required > >>>> parts > >>>>>> either in hand, or arriving tomorrow. 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