RE: Non related rant

[bruce buntain <bbuntain@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ah, a bad situation all around. Legally, I'm not sure that you have enough of a solid case to proceed with any kind of action against the offending (and offensive) parts palace. Part of your problem, from a legal point of view, is the fact that your girlfriend drove the car with the "Hot" light on (I'm assuming the light was still on after the coolant was added). 
However, you have nothing to lose by talking to the store manager and/or district manager. At the very least you might be able to arrange something whereby they would supply free parts for the rebuild or parts at cost - that sort of thing. Talking with them would also give you some idea about the nature of this company and how willing they are to make things right. Don't hold your breath, though.
In a court of law, including small claims court, the 'defense' will point out that your girlfriend should have known better than to drive the car with an 'idiot' light on and/or you should have taught her about such situations. They do, of course, have a point. However, like most people, we automatically assume that nothing will go wrong. Car enthusiasts all too often assume that other people driving their cars know more than they actually do.
My girlfriend was driving my car when the car coasted to a stop right in a rotary. She called me and said that the "car had died" (sound familiar?), so I hopped on my motorcycle and zipped out to where she was stranded. Unfortunately, thinking that she should put on the 4-way flashers (good thinking!), she assumed that you had to have the ignition on "on" (bad thinking!) for the flashers to work and didn't test them out otherwise. It turned out that she had run out of gas, and with the empty tank and an electric fuel pump located in the gas tank, she burnt out the fuel pump, turning a minor problem into one much more complicated.
The moral of my story (if there is one) is that I should have explained things to her in a little more detail, but I was guilty of a little too much "assumption", forgetting that she wasn't a 'car person' and just didn't realize.
Sorry to hear about your misfortune and I hope that things work out.

Bruce
'64 Chrysler

> To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
> From: micher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Non related rant
> Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2010 13:49:12 -0600
> 
> 
> Dodger............  I doubt it will get you anywhere, but I would at least 
> tell management what happened. This is a prime example of someone wrongfully 
> thinling they know what they are talking about, stating it as fact and 
> giving bad advice which leads to trouble for someone eles.  Happens to 
> often- that is why I am a cynic.............................MO
> {Steve Mick}
> http://stevemick.shutterfly.com/pictures#Part%202
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "William Harrison" <bbjt3@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2010 9:08 AM
> Subject: Re: Non related rant
> 
> 
> Indeed; talk to the store manager but while telling him that the store is 
> responsible for the damage, also inform him that you need the number for the 
> district manager.
> The store manager will have to go through him anyway, so if the store 
> manager does not get back to you, then call the district manager.
> It will be a difficult thing to get the company to fix the damage but it can 
> be done.
> Later
> Bill Harrison
> 65 Coronet 2 dr post
> 
> --- On Thu, 12/9/10, doug daniel <dougdaniel50@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > From: doug daniel <dougdaniel50@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: Re: Non related rant
> > To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
> > Date: Thursday, December 9, 2010, 9:26 AM
> > maybe but they are there too
> > sell parts,and most where bag boys before they got
> > that job,no offence too anyone in that line of bussiness,but
> > there are only a few wise counter people these days
> >
> > --- On Thu, 12/9/10, Roger Pettigrew <dodger7998@xxxxxxx>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > From: Roger Pettigrew <dodger7998@xxxxxxx>
> > > Subject: Re: Non related rant
> > > To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
> > > Date: Thursday, December 9, 2010, 9:09 AM
> > >
> > >
> > > I'm sorry, but anyone that tells someone that it is
> > okay to
> > > drive a car
> > > with warning lights on, and that it will take care of
> > > itself is in the wrong
> > > line of business
> > >
> > >
> > > In a message dated 12/9/2010 8:03:58 A.M. Central
> > Standard
> > > Time,
> > > dougdaniel50@xxxxxxxxx
> > > writes:
> > >
> > > what good what it do ya they only did what was
> > asked
> > > of them,
> > >
> > > --- On Thu, 12/9/10, Roger Pettigrew <dodger7998@xxxxxxx>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > From: Roger Pettigrew <dodger7998@xxxxxxx>
> > > > Subject: Non related rant
> > > > To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
> > > > Date: Thursday, December 9, 2010, 8:53 AM
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Sorry People, this did not happen to a
> > > 62-65,
> > > > but could have just as well
> > > > been, my question is should I be as P.O'ed as
> > > I am??
> > > >
> > > > Tuesday afternoon my girlfriend had
> > > one of my cars
> > > > in town, and she
> > > > called and said that the Hot light had come
> > > on,,,,,,
> > > > She told me where she was,
> > > > and it happened to be across the street from a
> > > major
> > > > brand parts store,,,,,
> > > > I told her to go to the store and get some
> > > > anti-freeze, and ask them to
> > > > install it,,,,,, I heard nothing back until
> > > about an
> > > > hour later when she
> > > > called and said that the car had quit on
> > > her.
> > > > Come to find out that the parts store filled
> > the
> > >
> > > > overflow cannister and
> > > > sent her on her way while the car was still
> > hot,
> > > and
> > > > told her that it would
> > > > take care of itself,,,,, needless to say,
> > there
> > > is now
> > > > major damage to the
> > > > car, guess my question is, should I notify the
> > > store
> > > > manager of the incident
> > > > and complain,,,,,,,,,,
> > > >
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Please address private mail -- mail of interest to only one person -- directly to that person.  I.e., send parts/car transactions and negotiations as well as other personal messages only to the intended recipient, not to the Clubhouse public address. This practice will protect your privacy, reduce the total volume of mail and fine tune the content signal to Mopar topic.  Thanks!

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