Re: [DML] Local tire shop

["supermattthehero" <supermatty@xxxxxxx>]

Perhaps I'm being a little paranoid here, but you could consider it
somewhat of a safety issue.  No, I don't mean if they install the
wrong tire sizes.  For example, if I was a big bad car thief, I think
I would probably stand around the counter in auto parts and tire
stores.  Then, when someone walks up and says "Hi, I need 4 tires for
my Lamborghini Diablo," I would promptly follow them home and see
where I could come back later to "pick it up."  

Along those same lines, when I go to a car audio shop, many times when
I make purchases they ask me for my address, what kind of vehicle I
drive, and what kind of equipment I have.  If you want to know DUMB,
then just go ahead and give them that information.  When some jerky
applies there for a job and starts prodding around in the customer
database, suddenly he knows that you have a plasma display and 15"
subwoofers in your DeLorean on 123 West Main St.  

I stopped telling people what kind of car I ACTUALLY have a few months
ago when someone at a shop told me that the PRV-6 was used in boats,
not cars.  So, now every shop I deal with gets to hear how I have a
1980 Volvo 262 with the 2.85L B28F.  Much less hassle.  :)


Matt
#1604


--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Andrew Prentis <aprentis@xxxx> wrote:
> Mark,
> I haven't run into this problem since if someone asks
> me what car a part is for I tell them!
> Why didn't you want to tell them it was for a
> DeLorean?
> They probably wanted to make sure you had the right
> sizes for the car.
> 
> Andrew
> VIN 2883
> Sydney
> 
> --- DMCVIN6683 <dmcvin6683@xxxx> wrote:
> > I was looking for a set of used rear tires at a
> > local tire shop and 
> > they would not even tell me if they had any
> > P235/60HR15 tires unless i 
> > told them what they were for, i just said "they were
> > for my car" and he 
> > insisted i tell him what kind of car it was for
> > before he would bother 
> > to look for them. Anybody ever run into this problem
> > with their car 
> > before?






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