Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site eosp1.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!harpo!ulysses!allegra!princeton!eosp1!molter From: molter@eosp1.UUCP (Larry Molter) Newsgroups: net.consumers Subject: RE: muffler static Message-ID: <723@eosp1.UUCP> Date: Thu, 22-Mar-84 08:24:31 EST Article-I.D.: eosp1.723 Posted: Thu Mar 22 08:24:31 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 23-Mar-84 08:06:17 EST Organization: Exxon Office Systems, Princeton, NJ Lines: 29 I've only been to a Midas shop twice and my experiences have been both good and not-so-good. - My '75 Toyota was making a racket from a leak in the custom exhaust system. I took it to Midas expecting to have a new system installed. When they put it on the lift, the mechanic discovered that the gasket assembly that connects the main pipe from the engine to the muffler was not bolted together tightly. He torqued the bolts, then welded them together, *for no charge*. - I took my '80 AMC Turkey to have its front shocks replaced (I KNEW that they were bad). Fine. They replaced the front shocks. But... I was informed by the mechanic that the REAR shocks were also bad. "They only last about 20,000 miles". Unfortunately, (gullible me) I took his word for it and had them replaced too. (They may or may not have been bad). I also asked to have the brakes inspected while the car was up (they advertised a free brake inspection). First of all, I *assumed* that the inspection was for front and rear brakes. Not quite. Front only. And... they inspected the brake pads WITHOUT REMOVING THE WHEELS! Larry