RE: [DMCForum] Humor - finding parts locally

["timnagin" <timnagin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

That is just too funny.  I read the entire post without realizing you had
"AZ" instead of the "counter guy" or "CG" and thought to myself that you
must have been talking to someone at Auto Zone.

Dave, may I suggest you start a comedy list for things such as this.

Greg



-----Original Message-----
From: Stragand, Dave [mailto:dave.stragand@xxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 4:42 PM
To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [DMCForum] Humor - finding parts locally


Similar with -every- car I own... See the quotes of the week on my
www.projectvixen.com site.

For instance, On Tue, 16 Jun 1998, Dave Stragand wrote:

This exchange took place between me and an AutoZone employee this
evening...

ME: "I need front and rear transmission seals for a 1958 Plymouth with a
Torqueflite."
AZ: "Hmmm... The computer says there weren't any Plymouths built before
1962."
ME: "The computer is wrong.  Do you have a -book- that shows the seals?
I can look it up myself, if you'd like."
AZ: "Are you sure it's not a '62?"
ME: "Yes. Very sure."
AZ: "Then it's not a Plymouth. They didn't make them until 1962.  What
model is it again?"
ME: "A Savoy. A PLYMOUTH Savoy. 1958."
AZ: "I thought you said it was a 'Witchy Tork Fly' or something..."
ME: "WITH A TORQUEFLITE.  The transmission is a Torqueflite.
Torqueflite. 3 speed. PLYMOUTH. The model is a Savoy. 1958."
AZ: "Hmmm... 58... 58... Oh!  It's an Oldsmobile, not a Plymouth."
ME: "No, I'm very sure it's a Plymouth."
AZ: "Well, it's an Oldsmobile, actually. Like the Ninety-Eight."
ME: "Do you have a manager around here somewhere? Anywhere? Please?"
AZ: "Hmmm.. The computer isn't showing any 3 speed transmissions for a
1998 Oldsmobile... and they don't list that model, either..."
ME: "1958... PLYMOUTH... SAVOY... WITH... A... 3... SPEED...
TORQUEFLITE... TRANSMISSION..."
AZ: "I'm sorry, sir, they didn't make the Plymouth until 1962..."
ME: "LISTEN CAREFULLY. Do you have a manager around here somewhere?"
AZ: "Why?  Is there something wrong?"

The manager laughed his butt off for a while, and then helped me look
through the seals one by one, until we found the correct ones -- about
five minutes later.


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