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1. the passing of american mechanics (score: 1): Author: "Diane S." <cessna@speakeasy.org>; Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2000 09:43:34 -0700; I have to relate this story, it' something my therapist has told me to do. I was out and about, and I noticed a quick change oil change place and decided that after I get my nails done to have the oi; /html/mgs/2000-07/msg00078.html (10,102 bytes)
2. Re: the passing of american mechanics (score: 1): Author: "Mike Barron" <jmikebarron@hotmail.com>; Date: Tue, 04 Jul 2000 17:20:26 GMT; I am sure that many of us on the list know exactly how you feel. When I was growing up, there was a gas station on every corner, usually with a repair bay or two where budding mechanics learned how t; /html/mgs/2000-07/msg00080.html (9,246 bytes)
3. RE: the passing of American mechanics (score: 1): Author: "Don Collins" <decolins@flash.net>; Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2000 12:21:17 -0500; This sounds like last week for me. I took the 70B to get inspected after being down for 9 months down to a engine rebuild. I went to my usual place but the inspector was off for the day. I went down; /html/mgs/2000-07/msg00082.html (12,228 bytes)
4. Re: the passing of american mechanics (score: 1): Author: "Diane S." <cessna@speakeasy.org>; Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2000 10:33:19 -0700; thanks for the responses, I forgot to say that in a large number of places I go for things, outside of my favorite foreign auto parts store, they look at the car and say "what make is it ?" I tell th; /html/mgs/2000-07/msg00084.html (11,936 bytes)
5. Re: the passing of american mechanics (score: 1): Author: "Steve Conley" <swconley@foxinternet.net>; Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2000 10:42:47 -0700; This is another example of what I call the "McDonald's Effect." Everybody expects things to be fast and cheap. It's happening everywhere. Places that are cheap and have crappy service do better sale; /html/mgs/2000-07/msg00086.html (12,217 bytes)
6. Re: the passing of american mechanics (score: 1): Author: David Councill <dcouncil@imt.net>; Date: Tue, 04 Jul 2000 11:52:00 -0600; I don't think so. American mechanics may fade away but old cars will live forever. I've been living in remote areas too long although I now live in the large metropolis of Billings, Montana, which st; /html/mgs/2000-07/msg00087.html (10,622 bytes)
7. Re:the passing of american mechanics (score: 1): Author: WSpohn4@aol.com; Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2000 15:29:37 EDT; Yeah - that would be sure to 'humber' them! I get this all the time, but am surprised that it happens with MGs. Many times when using my TVR or one of my Jensens, some idiot comes up with the old 'Wh; /html/mgs/2000-07/msg00093.html (9,262 bytes)
8. Re: the passing of american mechanics (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2000 12:41:15 -0700; Pretty scarey, all right. But a few thoughts... One, I suppose that the employees at those places aren't really mechanics, and are probably getting paid half of what a union mechanic would (this is a; /html/mgs/2000-07/msg00095.html (12,694 bytes)
9. Re: the passing of american mechanics (score: 1): Author: Barrie Robinson <barrier@bconnex.net>; Date: Tue, 04 Jul 2000 19:47:28 -0400; My experience is different. I took my MGB GT to a "chain"oil change place. They looked at it and said "Wow we'll treat you right".. They made sure they had the right filter and lordy lordy they did!!; /html/mgs/2000-07/msg00104.html (12,628 bytes)
10. Re: the passing of american mechanics (score: 1): Author: Ajhsys@aol.com; Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2000 10:12:00 EDT; << My experience is different. I took my MGB GT to a "chain"oil change place. They looked at it and said "Wow we'll treat you right".. They made sure they had the right filter and lordy lordy they di; /html/mgs/2000-07/msg00117.html (10,363 bytes)
11. Re: the passing of american mechanics (score: 1): Author: Ajhsys@aol.com; Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2000 10:11:57 EDT; << Sadly, the irony and sarcasm is often lost on them, clueless bunch that they are. I sometimes wonder if the local homes for the terminally gormless use local car shows as outings for their charges; /html/mgs/2000-07/msg00118.html (10,465 bytes)
12. Re: the passing of american mechanics (score: 1): Author: WSpohn4@aol.com; Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2000 10:24:02 EDT; I didn't mean to imply that I sit at car shows as some automotive curmudgeon, spouting venom to all! I do indeed have many interesting conversations with people at shows; I was simply citing a few of; /html/mgs/2000-07/msg00119.html (9,059 bytes)
13. Re: the passing of american mechanics (score: 1): Author: Gonaj@aol.com; Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2000 10:33:26 EDT; I have to disagree with Steve with regard to "cheap", that's the other reason I don't go to the "chain oil changers". I can get my oil changed for less $$$ by a real mechanic, not an LBC specialist,; /html/mgs/2000-07/msg00121.html (9,097 bytes)
14. Re: the passing of american mechanics (score: 1): Author: "Mike Razor" <mrazor@mis.net>; Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2000 10:39:54 -0400; Took the MGA once to a quick change place, gave them the filter and o ring came back later for the car, (don't know why I left it, was just busy that day). Some time later I changed the oil myself an; /html/mgs/2000-07/msg00122.html (9,791 bytes)
15. Re: the passing of american mechanics (score: 1): Author: Dan DiBiase <d_dibiase@yahoo.com>; Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2000 08:16:20 -0700 (PDT); I have a shop similar to Allen's, an Exxon station in Clark, NJ, near my office, that I use for mostly everything for my Jetta. The owner is a young guy, about my age, and is customer- and service-or; /html/mgs/2000-07/msg00126.html (9,558 bytes)
16. Re: the passing of american mechanics (score: 1): Author: Gonaj@aol.com; Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2000 11:25:04 EDT; << Moral of the story. Some people are just plain slow. <G> Slow nothing, If people are dead they should have the decency to lay down and get out of the way, George; /html/mgs/2000-07/msg00128.html (8,898 bytes)
17. Re: the passing of american mechanics (score: 1): Author: "William M. Gilroy" <wmgilroy@lucent.com>; Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2000 00:20:20 -0400; If the people at Jiffy Lube are mechanics, then the burger flippers at McDonald's are chefs! Bill; /html/mgs/2000-07/msg00184.html (9,045 bytes)
18. Re: the passing of american mechanics (score: 1): Author: Charley & Peggy Robinson <ccrobins@ktc.com>; Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2000 19:10:43 -0500; When I was 20 years old I took a '57 Chevy (stick shift, OD and Corvette motor) into a Chevy dealership in my home town for a minor tune up. When I got it back it wouldn't get out of its own way. The; /html/mgs/2000-07/msg00201.html (9,361 bytes)
19. Re: the passing of american mechanics (score: 1): Author: "Kai M. Radicke" <kmr@pil.net>; Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2000 16:06:37 -0400; Allen Hefner wrote... them with rice boys, unless we show them the way.) If they knew that I completely disagree. Encouraging teens to purchase LBCs is like giving them a license to be your next DPO.; /html/mgs/2000-07/msg00232.html (9,927 bytes)
20. RE: the passing of american mechanics (score: 1): Author: Gordon Bird <gb@the-bdc.com>; Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2000 16:10:10 -0400; I gotta agree with Allen here. Frankly, when I was 15 and in Military school I really didn't know anything about MGs, but when I sold my reel to reel tape recorder and bought the old MGA junker I lea; /html/mgs/2000-07/msg00235.html (11,560 bytes)

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