[Shotimes] I hate RS Strauss

[ianf@eden.rutgers.edu]

Awesome-I am going to make a trip up there with my coilovers. I am 
olive skinned if left in the sun too long; we'll see what they have to 
say about $1400 coilovers with more adjustability than you can shake a 
stick at...

Ian- I already have my alingment shop picked out" Fisher


> Strauss is a chain that we have here in NJ, possibly other states too.
> They are a step below Pepboys as far as parts they sell and the 
brands.
> Store is setup just like a Pepboys though.  They're one mechanic told 
me
> that, "All the white boys with $1200 suspensions on their civics come
> here for an alignment."  I didn't understand his point though, since
> neither Kevin or I have civics, or 1200 coilover suspensions.  The 
only
> thing that was relevant was the white boy part, but that didn't have
> anything to do with aligning a Taurus.  As soon as we got there they
> asked if Kevin's car had a camber kit already on it, and that they've
> done so many Taurus's before and they're hard to do.  Does any company
> even make any camber plates for the rears?  He already has the 
eccentric
> bushings, and as far as I know thats all there is available.  These
> guys were just being lazy and thought the crazy "white boys" with 
their
> Taurus's didn't know anything.
> 
> Bill Murray
> I have a rather long shit list for only being 23.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ron Porter [mailto:ronporter@prodigy.net] 
> Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2003 6:43 PM
> To: 'Kevin Galuska'; shotimes@autox.team.net
> Subject: RE: [Shotimes] I hate RS Strauss
> 
> Who the hell is RS Strauss??
> 
> I have come across a few decent alignment shops, and my current 
favorite
> does SCCA cars to whatever setting they want.
> 
> These Strauss characters sound like a Wal-Mart-type center that just
> does
> the transportation appliance cars.
> 
> Ron Porter 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
> [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of Kevin Galuska
> Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2003 5:41 PM
> To: shotimes@autox.team.net
> Subject: [Shotimes] I hate RS Strauss
> 
> 
> So I finally got all of my tokicos and eibachs in with little problem.
> That 
> is until I went to have the car aligned. I took it to RS Strauss, I
> didnt 
> like them to start but they were the only place around that had an
> alignment
> 
> machine that wasnt broken, and they refused to align it. They said,
> "whats
> 
> the point of getting an alignment if you've lowered the car." I and
> another 
> SHO owner were arguing with the mechanics, but I realized that it was 
> fruitless and left. Has this ever happened to anyone before, have a 
shop
> 
> refuse to align a car after putting suspension on?
> 
> Kevin "Never felt the need to have a Sh*t list before but Strauss 
just 
> started mine." Galuska
> 
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