Roy Witt wrote in a message to Roger Nelson:

 RW> I would have made him buy you a new muffler. Or pay for the
 RW> installation. 

I spoke to the Used car manager and she told me to go ahead and have the
muffler replaced and she would have her department absorb the cost.  I
thought that was very kind of her and refused the offer with a thank you. 
For me, there was a principle involved in that I was trying to get that
stonehead from GM to do the right thing, which we all know by now that at
that time, I was living in Fantasy Land.  (-:

 RW> I don't blame you. The man's word wasn't worth your time.

Those guys don't realize that their word is what a man lives by, IF they
have any honor in them at all.

[...]

When I saw that, I'll call it "gift certificate", I was dumbfounded.

 [...]

 RW> But there was a method to their madness. They didn't sell any
 RW> Chevrolets, they turned the entire place into a large garage to
 RW> service farm equipment and kept the dealership on the side for
 RW> parts purchasing at dealer cost. 

Ingenius!  (-:

 RW> They soon expanded the garage to include a Goodyear tire store,
 RW> Oliver farm equipment and they pumped DX gasoline. They made a
 RW> small fortune at it for years, then my uncle died. My dad didn't
 RW> want my aunt (my mothers sister) as his partner, so they agreed to
 RW> sell it. One of the guys who worked for them, bought it. It's still
 RW> going today.

That's amazing.

 RW>> Yes...it's an awesome performer. Corvette's are turning low 11s off
 RW>> the street. The 2009 Camaro will have the LS2, a 400hp, 400ft/lb
 RW>> torquer from 6L.

I feel cheated driving around in a car with about 250hp.

 RW> They out perform the Dodge Viper, which has 2 more cylinders. :o)
 RW> Vipers have huge brakes, but they don't stop the car like the
 RW> Corvette brakes do. 

I saw the engine compartment in a Viper and it impressed me, but I hasten
to add that I wouldn't want to work on one.

 RW> They say that you should match the ports, but that's not how I did
 RW> it. I put a radius on the into-port and made the out-port slightley
 RW> smaller. No obstructions.

We were unconcerned about matching ports.  We just wanted to get everything
as smooth as possible.

 RN> That's probably why the dealer wants over $500 to R&R it.

 RW> 6 hours to take it apart ($210), 24 minutes to R&R the core ($14)
 RW> and 6 hours to put it back together ($210), plus your cost for
 RW> parts. 

Is that the repair manual price?  I know you didn't pluck those figures out
of thin air.

 RN> Let's see... I did that when I was 17 and got back home after filling
 RN> up on Krystal burgers and seeing a movie which was followed by a
 RN> "sneak preview" midnite movie. I got back home about
02:00, but I had
 RN> a key to the house and I didn't hear a harsh word from my mother the
 RN> next morning.

 RW> My mother never said a word either. :o)

You're kidding me, right?  Maybe you heard a lot from your dad.

 RW>> The trailer being too warm, turn on the AC and save the gas.

No, no.  The trailer was cozy.  Who in their right mind would run the A/C
in twenty degree weather?  (-:

 RW> You said the trailer was too hot to sleep. :o)

No I didn't.  I said I couldn't go back to sleep after going outside in
twenty degee weather and switching propane tanks.  That is when I decided
to get into my car and drive shivering all the way to Shoney's.  The
thermostat in the trailer worked perfectly, whereas the car had no working
heater.
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 RW> Been there before. Anti-freeze is also very sticky when allowed to
 RW> dry on carpet.

I got 99% of it up by soaking it up with paper towels.  You can't tell it
was once there unless you look closely to spot the carpet stain, which is
very light.


Regards,

Roger 
--- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+