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Re: The Curto rebuild?

To: "Brad Fornal" <tequila.brad@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: The Curto rebuild?
From: "Jim Johnson" <bmwwxman@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 17:04:09 -0500
True, Bradster!  And as my old Dad taught me, It's okay to be
ignorant. That only means that you don't know something. Stupid, on
the other hand, means you're never going to!

Cheers!!
Jim - 68 Midget in Dodge City

On 5/24/06, Brad Fornal <tequila.brad@gmail.com> wrote:
> Just like the guys buying gas at the station where I live for $2.89,
> thinking it is a good deal. I drive 5 miles farther, and pay $2.59.
> Ignorance really IS bliss.........
>
> On 5/24/06, Jim Johnson <bmwwxman@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 5/24/06, Greg Higgins <higgs6@cogeco.ca> wrote:
> > <snip>
> > > If you think Billy's Z. carb rebuild (and vice marks) was ok for $400.00,
> > I
> > > guess you don't mind paying for substandard work.
> > <snip>
> >
> > That's kinda brutal, Greg.  There is going to be a wide range of
> > experience in this group. For starters, I wouldn't have had someone
> > else rebuild my carbs. For better or for worse I would have done them
> > myself (No need to at the moment as my HIF44 daily driver runs
> > beautifully even though it isn't clean or polished).
> >
> > It's kind of unfair of you to insinuate that because we found the
> > condition of Billy's carbs acceptable (within our range of experience)
> > we are happy paying for substandard work.
> > What some of us were saying, albeit not very well, is that we were
> > unaware of a higher standard of work being available for the money. It
> > doesn't mean we are happy being gouged for poor work as you imply.




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