[DMCForum] Re: Humor - finding parts locally

[<just_louise@xxxxxxxxx>]

You get the grand prize! This was worth every moment I couldn't 
breathe for laughing so hard. Thanks!


--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Stragand, Dave" 
<dave.stragand@xxxx> wrote:
> 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.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Walter Coe [mailto:Whalt@xxxx]
> Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 2:55 PM
> To: DMCForum
> Subject: [DMCForum] Humor - finding parts locally
> 
> 
> I have this conversation every place I look for a part:


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