Jdon's Cuban Cars Activities

[Jdon]

RolePlay : #N13

Date : 02/02/2022
Participant(s) : @Judyes
Story : A few months back, in the middle of a busy day, a man came in with his car, a classic rock music was blasting on the radio, got out leaving his can of Coke in the cupholder, and then he approached me complaining from a very foul odor coming from interior.

Mind you, this was the peak of summer, about a 90deg fahrenheit day.

i sat next to the car thinking, 'hmmm , defective catalytic converter...?' Nope. The smell began to woft through the entire garage. It smelled like death. The car was otherwise clean inside. I continued to look around but to no avail

Looked under the middle row seat and found a POUND OF HAMBURGER?! jammed underneath, with an expiration date of about 3 months prior. With live maggots protruding out of the packaging.

The guy looked extremely embarassed and couldn't even gave a word , he was speechless but then one word came out from his mouth " I'm really sorry".

I couldn't eat a hamburger for like 6 months after that."

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[Jdon]

RolePlay : #N14

Date : 04/02/2022
Participant(s) : @TITCH
Story :

~[Friday 27/11/2017 : 13.30 PM..]~(red)

I had a man in his early forties came in complaining of a severe vibration and clunking coming from the front of his car. During the walk around I noticed that his driver's side front wheel was a full-size spare, only being held on by ONE lug nut, and was missing 3 of the five studs. I asked him about it and he told me that he'd had a flat 2 months earlier on that wheel and that his son had changed it for him. I told him that this was most likely his problem, but that it would need to be addressed even if there was something else causing the vibration. I asked him if he wanted the flat repaired while were at it and he said "sure."

So after cheking out , i fount out that 3 of the studs were sheared off at the outside of the wheel and the only one with a nut was cross-threaded and would need to be replaced as well. On top of that the lower ball joint was shot, probably contributing to the problem. The flat tire was nowhere to be found in the car.

I did a full evaluation on the car and there were a few other issues, but nothing that would render the car undriveable. It was OUR GARAGE's policy to bring all known issues to the customer's attention and provide them with a rundown of the associated costs. I went through everything with the guy, who had waited patiently at the garage, explaining VERY clearly that the 4 lug nuts absolutely needed to be replaced, the ball joint should be addressed, everything else should be taken care of as soon as possible.

Completely straight-faced ,he looked at me dead in the eye and asks "So when do you think you'll have to fix it?" I'm sure my face showed a mixture of horror and confusion at this question, but I calmly replied "Today.

And when i was done fixing all the car's issues i made sure to test if everything is okay and undoubtly the car is absolutely fine.
So i waited for the guy to thank me for my work and pay me the costs ,And unexpectedly he took a loaded gun from his pocket and put him in front of my face , took all money i gained today from the garage's coffer and ran away with his car.

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[Jdon]

Patrolling : #N9

Date : 14/02/2022
CubanCars Member(s) : @beauty
Duration : 35 mins
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[Jdon]

RolePlay : #N15

Date : 14/02/2022
Participant(s) : @Judyes
Story : Once upon a time i had customer who had a " Bullet" . He was passing by to our garage at least once a month with slow leaks because he bought the awful and cheap Chinese wheels and never avoided potholes (skinny 30-series tires, + weak aluminum = square wheels with bent rims).

i was constantly repairing his rims trying to get them to stop leaking (they weighed at least 80 lbs by the way and NOBODY wanted to work on them. Removing and mounting skinny tires is the absolute worst. It usually takes two or three people just to get them mounted). To make these massive rims fit i had to use a lift kit, but was too cheap to buy the extended shocks and just bought the springs.

One day i was jacking up the front of his car to repair a wheel when BANG something broke. After our hearts started beating again i looked under the car...the shock shaft had sheared in half. After however many miles of being stretched way past its limits, the stock strut had snapped.

Luckily it was the front, which is a factory coilover, so the spring kept the shock from flying out and killing someone. Lucky for him it happened when i was working on it instead of when he hit another pothole. Otherwise he'd probably have won a Darwin Award."

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[Jdon]

Patrolling : #N10

Date : 07/03/2022
CubanCars Member(s) : @Judyes
Duration : 30 min
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