[DML] Re: Service with a Frown

["Gus Schlachter" <gus@xxxx>]

I'm sure you're right, Joe, but I had that discussion with them, and they
didn't care how easy or difficult it was...they simply weren't going to
touch it. They said they wouldn't work on Porsches, either, which is saying
a lot. Thanks to Michael Dell, there are quite a few Porsches-per-capita
here in Austin.

This oil-change place wouldn't even work on the new VW Bugs! So I don't
feel like I have an "orphaned" car.

Gus

> -----Original Message-----
> From: DMC Joe [mailto:DMCJOE@xxxx]
> Sent: Sunday, November 28, 1999 12:13 AM
> To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [DML] Re: Service with a Frown
>
>
> Gus,
>
> You will find that most quick oil change places will change your oil once
> you tell them that the engine is the same as a Volvo 760 V-6.
>
> DMC Joe / DeLorean Services / <dmcjoe@xxxx>
> Web Site: <http://www.deloreanservices.com>
>
> ----------
> > From: Gus Schlachter <gus@xxxx>
> >
> > I understand that the Delorean is an unusual vehicle and that
> others have
> > had problems getting service, but I never knew it would be difficult to
> get
> > an oil change. My local "Kwik Lube" absolutely refused to touch my car
> > today, even for a state inspection. Why? "They're too expensive if
> > something goes wrong." They were unimpressed when I told them that the
> DMC
> > was actually cheaper than the other cars of mine that they've worked on,
> and
> > equally unimpressed when I informed them that those other cars would not
> be
> > returning.
> >
> > Fortunately, I found a Texaco down the street that was more
> than happy to
> > work on it. They thought my being there was odd since they'd
> had another
> > Delorean in a few weeks ago (anyone here?) for service. I was a little
> > concerned at first ("Sure we'll work on a Delorean, it's just a
> > Chrysler...") but the service manager assured me that they knew
> what they
> > were doing. In fact, they knew about the female oil-drain plug and
> offered
> > to drill it and replace it with a standard one, but I opted not. Of
> course,
> > the tech doing the inspection looked in my trunk for the engine....
> >
> > Gus Schlachter
> > Austin, TX
> > VIN# 4695
>
>
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