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Re: DPO (was Help - Rostyle rim bent)

To: Jurgen Hartwig <gt0003a@prism.gatech.edu>
Subject: Re: DPO (was Help - Rostyle rim bent)
From: Eric Stephen <bk996@freenet.carleton.ca>
Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 16:57:52 -0500
Fair point, however, I'm still pis**d off!  Who would have thought?

Jurgen Hartwig wrote:

> Eric Stephen wrote:
> >
> > I took the rubber off the rims last fall and blasted and re-painted
> > them.  Went into the local tire shop (Ottawa, Ontario) to have the
> > rubber remounted and everything balanced.  Shi*!  Wouldn't you know it,
> > one of the Rostyles is somehow off centre (wobbles on the horizontal
> > when spun) and it was likely the spare tire rim since the shop guy said
> > there is no way I could have driven on that rim and not noticed
> > something.  Dam* PO!!
>
> Okay, so you had your wheels blasted and re-painted, and you didn't
> check them for straightness, and you blame it on the PO.  I understand
> your disdain, but it seems like you are blaming the PO, since it's most
> convenient.  What if you had never touched the spare, and then you sold
> the car?  The next owner bead blasts his wheels and finds the bent
> spare.  Now, you're the DPO.  Sound fair.
>
> Just defending SOME of the POs out there.
>
> Jay

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Nepean, Ontario
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