Want sell your car, cheap?
Phil
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Witt" <wittsend@jps.net>
To: <tigers@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 11:53 AM
Subject: Red Rubber Grease (HELP)
> I am going insane (yet again) in my search for red rubber grease. The
guy
> (make that idiot) at Land Rover said to just use moly grease. Volvo "said
"
> they had it, at $27.00 a tube (hum..., and Moss Motors wanted $1.95)! I
just
> refuse to be ripped off.
> So, I gave up trying to find it locally ( 2hr's wasted) and decided I
would
> order a tube (make that two tubes, just in case one ruptured in shipping)
at
> $1.95 ea. from Moss Motors in Goleta. After spending 15 minutes filling in
all
> the "required" information I was informed that the two tubes combined at
$3.90
> was below the $10 minimum order! Just on principle I refuse to order six
times
> more of an item I need just to get it.
> I can understand if this was some obscure body trim part for a 40 year
old
> car. However, this is a consumable item used on MANY British (and a few
other)
> cars, yet it is as hard to find or (as able to be purchased) as costly as
> precious metals. Neither of the two promenent Sunbeam parts suppliers
offer
> it. If you have a competent import auto store near you, you don't know how
> fortunate you are. What kills me is I'm 45 mile out of L.A. in a city of
> 125,000 and yet I live in the "Black Hole" of finding anything automotive.
> I've been on this list now for 3-1/2 years and it seems this guy has one
> problem, and that guy has another but I seem to have them ALL. And they
are
> stupid petty things like $2.00 narrow hose clamps for the steering rack or
red
> rubber grease! Things that SHOULD be readily found, yet I drive hundreds
of
> miles and spend days to procure this stuff. Sorry to be Witt the Whiner,
but
> it is getting to the point where I've had enough.
> Tom Witt (at least that's who I am until they lock me up, then I'll just
have
> a patient number)
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