Monday 11am PDX , anyone Free?

[Matt-B]

I'm having my personal alignment I did checked at Pacific in PDX for free and Oil change done.

Any one wanna chill or grab lunch while I wait for an hour or 2?
Id rather not sit for 2 hours an have nothing to do...

I wont have a car so Ill buy someone Lunch that wants to hit up a food place or kick it in downtown?

Let me know.

-Matt

[daniel]

lol

[jhowell]

Wish I could make it Matt. I'm stuck in Tualatin at work. Damn - an oil change? Come on now. SEPDXGTG soon?

[Matt-B]

Well, I have a gift certificate through them, Might as well use it right?

Save me 25$ by having them change oil...

[sefb222]

thats pretty close to my workshop... and to a killer sandwich spot. i'll PM you my cell number. shoot me a text when you get to pacific, and if i'm able, i'll roll by and pick you up.

[4do E30]

Hahahahahahahaha im gonna be at my aunts house monday morning and she literally lives a block from there. Might wanna check your car for explosives when you get back from eating

[DeM3n]

LoL at the posts.

Pacific eh.....hmmm...... even with a free voucher not sure if I'd trust them. Heard HORROR stories about them. I've had personal experience with them over the phone and man are they dicks!

[4do E30]

For real they quoted me 1800 to get new motor mounts for my car

[Matt-B]

Do them yourselves. 30 min job

I also think 1800 is a made up quote from you. Not even the dealer charges that much.
-Figure 100$ for parts at maximum that 1700$ left
-Figure 120$ an hour for labor, that about 14.25 hours labor?

So try again

[sefb222]

ehh.. they tried to charge me over 450 for a radiator, (just for the part) which was just a regular old nissen aftermarket unit, that retails, ALL DAY for 140 bucks.

when i told Mark that i was going to go grab the radiator myself, he was like "well, if you can get it for 140 bucks, id love to know where, because i pay 450".. which is bullshit, because i drove to the same parts supplier that he uses.

i used to go there for anything i couldnt handle myself, but i realized a couple of months ago, that i'd been being raped all along.

there's a few REALLY good mechanics there, Terry, Brandon, and James, and if they go elsewhere, i'd love to employ their services, but i dont trust Mark, AT ALL.

[Matt-B]

I only have brandon (who we saw at harbor freight right?) work on my car. He owns and drives E30's

Like I said, its a gift certificate. If my car blows up the shop has insurance Not to worried.

Seth, Ill shoot you a text

[4do E30]

Do them yourselves. 30 min job

I also think 1800 is a made up quote from you. Not even the dealer charges that much.
-Figure 100$ for parts at maximum that 1700$ left
-Figure 120$ an hour for labor, that about 14.25 hours labor?

So try again

When i wrecked my e30 thats what they quoted me, and for that reason, the insurance company totalled my car.

[SiGmA_X]

PMS is a questionable shop at best. It took Brandon 3-4 attempts to align my friends 330. At the end, my friend went elsewhere and insisted on a refund, which Mark did not want to give. That was a bitch. Another friend spent over $5k on an M52 swap into his E30, and PMS was very .... unprofessional to say the least. Leaving the primary bellhousing bolts out? Returning the car with a major clutch problem, identified by them before installing everything? The use of zipties to secure the throttle cable, and everything else in the engine bay.. FFS. I personally like Mark and Brandon, but wouldn't have them work on my car after seeing how my friends car's were treated.

[Matt-B]

You mean Toms car, he should have swapped it like the rest of us here

I have heard about that. Like I said. Its free $, I cant afford an alignment check anywhere else... So I have no other options.


trying to save tire wear to picnic.

[SiGmA_X]

Yes, Tom should have swapped it the first time. Considering everything had to be re-done after the fact anyway. I am not sure why he didn't swap it himself to start with. Oh well, shit happens, and PMS 110% lost my respect with that. And then with how they treated my friends 330's alignment.. Did you know that you can't align a car with loose lug nuts? Thanks body shop + Brandon! At least Mark made good on that one, but it took a month or so.

I think its an excellent deal for you, and I wouldn't turn it down either. I'd just want to sit and watch them do the work. Loose/missing parts FTL!!