Remember, this is a cow town in Texas. Legal action is for my revorery. Personal impact and scaring the shit out of the crook is for the safety of the community.
On 1/23/08, Gary Hurst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > burly bikers, cops and marines might make an impact. legal action might > make an impact. > > different things intimidate different people. > > 2008/1/23 Hans Neureiter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > I have to make a salute to the hereo mechanics. > > When I wrecked my engine (Yes I did) my good buddy, mechanick par > > exelanće, > > got kicked out of his shop, moved 50 miles and, lowen behold, got that > old > > diesel running, smoking and klackering again. > > The recent aquaintance is full of shit, took a too big bite of his piza > > and > > is now in defense mode. > > I bet my bottom $ there is no tranny in the car when my snoop goes by > > there > > tomorrow. > > The M16 was just a noble thought. > > Would you not shoot the lame horse that caried you so far, just to put > him > > out of his missery. > > Right, the bastard does not deserve this noble sction. > > Boy, I will be bussy to get him out of bussiness after I drive again. > > Remember, I have bunches of burly biker, cop and USMC friends. > > > > > > > > > > On 1/22/08, Gary Hurst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > the M16 just never works out in this modern age. you just get dragged > > off > > > to jail and/or the looney bin. people you don't even remember ever > > > meeting > > > come of of the woodwork and tell the news how they knew hans would > snap > > > long > > > ago. the shop still keeps your car. > > > > > > due to the bimby business, i have had some contact with mechanics of > the > > > sort who do not actually practice their trade as a professional > > business. > > > as they have no tax id number, most wholesale houses will not sell to > > > them. > > > or perhaps they buy in such small volume that they can still buy > cheaper > > > from us than from the wholesaler. > > > > > > i've had the following conversation on more than one occassion. > > > > > > "yeah, i need a fuel distributor for that car i've been working on" > > > "why do you think that?" > > > "well, i replaced a, b and c and that didn't fix it, so it has to be > the > > > fuel distributor" > > > "no it doesn't, but i'll send you one anyway" > > > > > > ok, so then he installs the fuel distributor and it doesn't help. but > > he > > > has 500 in that part and his customer has 800 in it. so he actually > does > > > the > > > work and really figures out what the problem is. costs $3 to > fix. car > > > runs > > > great. customer has spend $1500 for a part requiring a $3 part and 2 > > > hours > > > of real diagnostics and thinks his mechanic is a genius. > > > > > > i cant tell you a one of stories like this. > > > > > > auto repair is a pretty crooked enterprise. know who you are dealing > > with > > > and pay attention. > > > > > > On Jan 23, 2008 12:31 AM, Hans Neureiter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > Gary; you are right. > > > > This kind of thing happened to me some 20 years ago. > > > > Alfa Romeo Giulia sprint GT Veloce (what a machine). > > > > Rebuilt the motor, but I could not get the damned thing to run > right. > > > Took > > > > it to Forristalls. Drove it there. > > > > They insisted it need s a rebuild. 2 weeks later I had to pay their > > > labor > > > > and expenses, some $ 2500 (in 1986, mind you) and had to get a tow > > truck > > > > to > > > > get it home. They broke the front cover by standing on the > alternator. > > > > After I replaced the front engine cover a buddy of mine made a small > > > > adyustmet to the IP rack and the thing took off like a rocket. > > > > I sued. The Court notified me that the Constable could not serve the > > > > papers. > > > > "No body here with this name". > > > > I think it's time to load the M16 > > > > > > > > > > > > On 1/22/08, Gary Hurst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > we all know, hans, that you are being robbed. you have been the > > > victim > > > > of > > > > > a > > > > > con and will probably need legal help to thwart their attempts to > > > > > successfully extort from you. > > > > > > > > > > On Jan 22, 2008 9:47 PM, Hans Neureiter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > One of the items that alarmed me. > > > > > > I asked for the used parts last Thursday: "but they are no > longer > > > > > > accessible. Discarded. Should have asked me earlier". > > > > > > Texas law requires the shop to have the parts available on > demand. > > > > > > Time for a lawyer and a rental car. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 1/22/08, Mitch Haley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Allan Streib wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Possession is 9/10 of the law. Then negotiate payment for > the > > > > parts > > > > > > > > they actually installed. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I'd sure want to see proof of the MBZ total rebuild kit that > was > > > > > > delivered > > > > > > > to them while they had Han's car. I'd also like to see the > > totally > > > > > > toasted > > > > > > > bands/clutch disks that came out of the car. The latter would > be > > > his > > > > > > right > > > > > > > in Michigan, but I think TX is a bit less strict. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The moral of the story is take it to another shop for a 2nd > > > opinion > > > > > any > > > > > > > time somebody wants to rebuild your tranny. Corrolary to that > > > > theorem > > > > > is > > > > > > > that there a lot more people who think they can build a Benz > > > engine > > > > or > > > > > > > tranny than there are people who can actually get it right. > > Seems > > > > like > > > > > > > if they did the bench work right they wouldn't be messing with > > the > > > > > > > valve body after they put it in the car. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > In this case, the tranny apparently worked until a control > cable > > > > fell > > > > > > off. > > > > > > > 99% chance it would have worked as well as before once the > cable > > > was > > > > > > > fixed. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Mitch. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > > > > > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > > > > For new parts see official list sponsor: > > > http://www.buymbparts.com/ > > > > > > > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > > > > > > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Hans Neureiter, Houston, TX > > > > > > '82 300SD, '95 E300D > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > > > > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > > > For new parts see official list sponsor: > > http://www.buymbparts.com/ > > > > > > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > > > > > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > > > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > > For new parts see official list sponsor: > http://www.buymbparts.com/ > > > > > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > > > > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Hans Neureiter, Houston, TX > > > > '82 300SD, '95 E300D > > > > _______________________________________ > > > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > > > > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > > > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > > > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Hans Neureiter, Houston, TX > > '82 300SD, '95 E300D > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > -- Hans Neureiter, Houston, TX '82 300SD, '95 E300D _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com