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[Lenie]

Deleted, I shouldn't be making such a big deal out of it. Movin' on

[youthpastor]

Sorry for the frustration Lenie. We have ALL been there. Your car is bitchin' and those last details drive you nuts. You WILL get it on the road!!! Turn the lights off to the shop and take a break. Walk away for a few days.

What can I do to help? Give me a shout 253-640-2659 cell#

[Ron in SoCal]

Originally Posted by youthpastor

Sorry for the frustration Lenie. We have ALL been there. Your car is bitchin' and those last details drive you nuts. You WILL get it on the road!!! Turn the lights off to the shop and take a break. Walk away for a few days.

What can I do to help? Give me a shout 253-640-2659 cell#

Great advice and very cool of you Chris.

Lenie, I feel you man. The only words of experoence I can offer is that sometimes it looks like it's done till you discover it's not. The last 10 percent takes 90% effort.

Take a deep breath and smile Bro. You've got a killer car and all the effort will be worth it in the end.

[Sieg]

Lenie - I totally understand where you're coming from. It doesn't seem to matter if it's cars, plumbing, electrical, sprinklers, HVAC, janitorial, landscaping, fencing, etc. I think part of the issue may be that time is so fragmented/interrupted with recreational electronics and social networking by those doing specialty work that they can't drill-down and focus on a task for 8 hours a day four or five days a week like in decades past.

I've been running into issues with less than desirable repair work that was done on my Camaro, truck, and wife's vehicle.........all by longtime high quality reputation companies in the town I've lived my entire life.

It's not just effecting the blue-collar worker, the managers and owners are guilty too.

That slice of 24 hours we refer to as a day is getting sliced into way too many pieces.

Sadly, I've gotten to the point that I just plan on thoroughly inspecting everything I have worked on to insure it's correct. Usually I can do the necessary work myself easier/quicker than I can reschedule the call-back work. I do make an effort to advise the company of the issues so they can address them internally.

[Lenie]

Originally Posted by youthpastor

Sorry for the frustration Lenie. We have ALL been there. Your car is bitchin' and those last details drive you nuts. You WILL get it on the road!!! Turn the lights off to the shop and take a break. Walk away for a few days.

Thanks Chris, was just venting. I'll get er' done.

Originally Posted by Ron in SoCal

Great advice and very cool of you Chris.

Lenie, I feel you man. The only words of experoence I can offer is that sometimes it looks like it's done till you discover it's not. The last 10 percent takes 90% effort.

Take a deep breath and smile Bro. You've got a killer car and all the effort will be worth it in the end.

Thanks Ron, yeah I was holding my breath to long.

Originally Posted by ratman67

i hear you man, over the years i had enough of that crap. it's not rocket science tho, so i bought tools and a welder and compressor and learned to do all this stuff myself... i get a lot more out of it building my own stuff.. if my stuff over the top.. no! im not in this ot wim shows. im in it to have a seriouly fast car that will handle like its on rails. not overly trick or cutting edge, but everything works as it should, and i saved a gazzilion bucks...rm

Thanks, yeah best way to go.

Originally Posted by Sieg

Lenie - I totally understand where you're coming from. It doesn't seem to matter if it's cars, plumbing, electrical, sprinklers, HVAC, janitorial, landscaping, fencing, etc. I think part of the issue may be that time is so fragmented/interrupted with recreational electronics and social networking by those doing specialty work that they can't drill-down and focus on a task for 8 hours a day four or five days a week like in decades past.

I've been running into issues with less than desirable repair work that was done on my Camaro, truck, and wife's vehicle.........all by longtime high quality reputation companies in the town I've lived my entire life.

It's not just effecting the blue-collar worker, the managers and owners are guilty too.

That slice of 24 hours we refer to as a day is getting sliced into way too many pieces.

Sadly, I've gotten to the point that I just plan on thoroughly inspecting everything I have worked on to insure it's correct. Usually I can do the necessary work myself easier/quicker than I can reschedule the call-back work. I do make an effort to advise the company of the issues so they can address them internally.

Sieg, very well put, you write what in my head, thanks.

[Sieg]

I was going to tell you to go get a burger and fries to go with your whine........but realized it might push you off the edge when you opened the bag and found chicken nuggets and an apple pie.

Sadly the level of quality isn't going to improve until the school systems bring back woodworking, welding, and automotive shops back into existence. The fundamentals learned in those classes of what is right, wrong, and so-so is invaluable in so many aspects of life.

The patience, persistence, and attention to detail I learned in junior high (71'-73') woodworking shop has stayed with me to this day. I'm forever in debt to that teacher. Same goes for my high school automotive shop teacher who I saw at the car show this weekend.