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In a previous article, car@repair.org () says:

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>aj923@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (P. J. Remner) wrote:
>>relaxed than the factory guide (ours shows less time needed to do work).
>>Many of the jobs I do aren't even done according to flat-rate, they're
>>done according to common sense; according to the book, a four wheel
>>alingment on a IRS Thunderbord should take 1.5 to 3 hours!  BS - 
>The IRS has a fancy Thunderbird?  Does every agent get a Tbird?  Or,
>is it part of an incentive program, based on property seizures?  Or,
>was the Tbird a seizure?

Independent Rear Suspension Thunderbird.  IMO one of , if not *the*,
easiest cars to align.  1.5 to 3 hours my *ass*.

>>I can and *have* done them in 45-minutes to a half hour, including two
>2 test drives, WHAT, in this day and age?  You must be one dumb sucka.
>Nobody, and I mean nobody, test drives a car after a repair job.  I
>can't remember the last time I saw a mechanic test drive a car.
>There's no profit in making sure the alignment is good.  If the
>customer bitches about a shitty repair, just let him grumble and bring
>it back another day.  

Hell, we test drive cars after *oil changes*.  Make sure everything's OK.
If the job's done right the first time, that equals a happy, *repeat*
customer, who recommends us to friends and relatives.  Don't say that
it happens that way because we are one of the largest independent
Goodyear retailers and #2 in the country for customer satisfaction.
That sort of thing doesn't happen with slick ad campaigns and putting
out shoddy work.


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