gjohnsoniv

Semi PSA, semi angry me. Moderators, if this doesn't conform to the rules let me know and I'll delete or you can. I'm just putting this out there because of my most recent (frustrating) experience. Long story short I bought this car new in 2010 from the Grayson dealership. At about 30k miles I had some carbon develop on the valves. Took the car in under warranty, they cleaned everything out, no charge. Fast forward to 64k miles as of last month and I have to take the car back in for exhibiting signs of the carbon build up again. It is in fact carbon build up again and the plugs, coils, and timing belt housing and crush washer have to be replaced. $1,859.00 repair bill out the door. Frustrating, but I paid it and went on my way. Since that point I had been feeling like something was off in the car, but I couldn't figure out what was off. Finally I decided to open the hood up last night and see if I could see if anything was visibly detached or broken. Much to my surprise the plug cover was not there. At first this really didn't bother me because it's a cosmetic piece and I understand that mistakes are made, even though this should not have happened. [URL=http://s1246.photobucket.com/user/gjohnsoniv/media/0417142346_zps8565d5af.jpg.html][/URL] So after I finished up with my morning conflicts I drove over to the dealership to see if they still had my cover and to see why it hadn't been put back on during the service. Went inside to get a manager to come look at what the problem was. At first the manager didn't believe that it was possible for the cover to be missing. So we went out to the car so I could show him that it was, in fact, actually missing. Open the hood up and he looks at it and confirms that the cover is missing, along with one of the air filter housings. Something I had completely missed last night from being so focused on the plug cover. [URL=http://s1246.photobucket.com/user/gjohnsoniv/media/0418141100_zps524a775f.jpg.html][/URL] Seeing that there is a problem there he pulled the car back around to the shop. They still had my parts that had been omitted in the reassembly somewhere in the shop apparently and they stuck them back on within ten minutes. What frustrated me was after everything was back in they just dismissed it with a "sorry for the inconvenience, have a nice day." One would think that there would have been a little more concern with why they had left out two major parts, but no, nothing. Case and point, I should have looked under the hood when first picking up the car after the service visit. My fault for being trusting of the dealership on that. Second, if you do buy from Grayson and have your car serviced, check the technicians work.

It's all fun and games until the engineer comes in and brings real numbers up.

Those look really nice from your picture.  Might have to order a set myself now.  I'm really tempted by the surf and turf set.

I'm in for serial #4, with a big thanks to Willis.

Well that was fast.

If it wouldn't be over-reaching, I would like #4 due to my name, but honestly I'd be happy with anything.

Even better.  That was the one along with the TR 3 I was going to suggest.

I do like the shape of the Godfather, I have a particular fondness for daggers and knives of that shape.

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I like the crew served weapons part.

That's the truth.

Says they secured a patent so maybe that will keep some competitors away for a little while longer.

http://www.breachbangclear.com/site/10-blog/696-arrow-cards.html   Arrow heads that break off from the sheet.  Couple different sizes and styles.  Seems like a pretty cool idea personally.

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Flying, scuba, leather, blacksmithing, occasional wood work/carving.  Couple other things as well.   Collect drafting sets as well.

I got a Sog.  Guess I'm a heathen/hooligan too.

"Confidence building drill."

So close to being a Darwin Award...   What I want to know is what is the front guy doing?  He's just standing there with his arm out like he was going to drop one as well.

Not even I know.   Expanding horizons, skills, and capabilities I suppose.

$6.95 per yard.  3 feet by 5 feet.

Beretta M9 with gold bullets and a spare with some hollow points. [URL=http://s1246.photobucket.com/user/gjohnsoniv/media/0407141904_zps1996772c.jpg.html][/URL]

It was Spots.  Spoke with him yesterday.  He's been busy lately.

That was my first question as well.

I checked with them but it's still twice what I can buy it for right now.  It's an issue of pay more for a total or pay more per unit.  They also don't have the color I'm looking for.

I'm considering placing an order for some coyote cordura for a couple projects of mine but don't need the required minimum order of a 55 yard x 60" roll.  I would be more then glad to sell off portions of the roll for anyone who might need some for personal projects.  It's way more material then I could go through in any amount of time but it's either this way or pay 4x the price to buy it in one yard sections.