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CrusaderPi · 10-17-2009, 03:45 PM

Except Hoot is a ######. But that's besides the point.

HOOT · 10-17-2009, 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by cKy

Just because someone on the internet disagrees with you, or says you are a moron, doesn't mean they are a ######.

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Originally Posted by CrusaderPi

Except Hoot is a ######. But that's besides the point.

Agreed! When will people just realize that?

TheU · 10-17-2009, 05:12 PM

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Originally Posted by cKy

You come on here, saying you took your car to wal-mart. My first question is a) are you ######ed? and b) did you not expect any criticism.

I have a 2003 Protege 5, so maybe a $8,000 car, and there isnt a chance in hell it would ever be in a Wal-Mart garage while I own it.

Just because someone on the internet disagrees with you, or says you are a moron, doesn't mean they are a ######.

No but saying someones car is cheap is unnecessary ###### baggery

Claeren · 10-17-2009, 05:23 PM

I have had great luck at the Southland Walmart shop.

I have also had HORRIBLE HORRIBLE experiences at Crowfoot Honda, T&T Honda, Charlesglen Toyota (<legendarily bad experience), Sunridge MAzda and a number of small Kaltire/Certiguard type places.

I am pretty sure you can get screwed anywhere, and have good experiences anywhere.

Claeren.

Temporary_User · 10-17-2009, 05:33 PM

I tried to take my car to a wallmart for a simple tire rotation a couple years ago. They were going to take it in and work on it until they saw what kind of car it was.

"We don't work on those types of cars" the guy tells me.
"why not? I ask
"If something goes wrong, they're too expensive to fix" the guy states

I think I ended up taking it to Canadian tire. haha

burn_this_city · 10-17-2009, 05:59 PM

I surprised I wasnt labelled the ######.. autotrader.ca has an average price of 13-17 for those cars so I dont see how Hoot was being a jerk.. I sure as hell hope you didnt pay 20 for a car that costs roughly that brand new.

HOOT · 10-17-2009, 06:03 PM

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Originally Posted by burn_this_city

I surprised I wasnt labelled the ######.. autotrader.ca has an average price of 13-17 for those cars so I dont see how Hoot was being a jerk.. I sure as hell hope you didnt pay 20 for a car that costs roughly that brand new.

Okay so I was about right saying $13-16K. I wasn't meaning anything by it but truly in the big picture that is not an expensive car.

TheU · 10-17-2009, 06:04 PM

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Originally Posted by burn_this_city

I surprised I wasnt labelled the ######.. autotrader.ca has an average price of 13-17 for those cars so I dont see how Hoot was being a jerk.. I sure as hell hope you didnt pay 20 for a car that costs roughly that brand new.

thats what i meant, it was around 20 or so new and i paid 14 for it, regardless, saying someones car is cheap is being a ######.

HOOT · 10-17-2009, 06:09 PM

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Originally Posted by TheU

thats what i meant, it was around 20 or so new and i paid 14 for it, regardless, saying someones car is cheap is being a ######.

I think you are taking the word cheap a little to heart. I was talking big picture, it's not like I called it a beater.

TheU · 10-17-2009, 06:11 PM

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Originally Posted by HOOT

Okay so I was about right saying $13-16K. I wasn't meaning anything by it but truly in the big picture that is not an expensive car.

yeah ok i gotcha no offense taken either as i acknowledged its no bmw.. ive just been driving beaters and hand me down cars all my life, so to a 14,000 $ car was a really nice step up for me and its been great so far

HOOT · 10-17-2009, 06:17 PM

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Originally Posted by TheU

yeah ok i gotcha no offense taken either as i acknowledged its no bmw.. ive just been driving beaters and hand me down cars all my life, so to a 14,000 $ car was a really nice step up for me and its been great so far

And it is a nice car I wasn't ever saying it wasn't. I guess this is a learning experience for you to book somewhere good before the snow falls next year.

TheU · 10-17-2009, 06:26 PM

im considering getting myself the nokian wr 2's... they're 900 freaking dollars at kal tire tho

Temporary_User · 10-17-2009, 09:21 PM

A mazda 3 is an inexpensive car.
Cutting your own hair, now that is cheap.

Dynamic · 10-17-2009, 09:47 PM

My wife had a 04 Mazda and at about 90k the bearings went on the front driver side. Might be a mazda thing.

EDBTZ12 · 10-17-2009, 10:07 PM

Wal-Mart screwed me over and raped my mother.

krazycanuck · 10-18-2009, 12:56 AM

a couple years back I took my old piece of crap car to get an oil change at Wal-mart. How do you screw up an Oil Change in the simplest way possible...don't put the Oil cap back on at the end.

nothing is better than driving down the road when the oil starts to come out of the top and the hood starts puffing out black smoke. For months afterward anywhere I went it was with the smell of burning oil on the engine.

EDBTZ12 · 10-18-2009, 02:02 AM

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Originally Posted by krazycanuck

a couple years back I took my old piece of crap car to get an oil change at Wal-mart. How do you screw up an Oil Change in the simplest way possible...don't put the Oil cap back on at the end.

nothing is better than driving down the road when the oil starts to come out of the top and the hood starts puffing out black smoke. For months afterward anywhere I went it was with the smell of burning oil on the engine.

You do know that you could have sued them right?

My friend had a oil change done at Mr. Lube and they forgot to put his capp back on and the engine blew and they were responsible for all damages.

The Special One · 10-18-2009, 07:52 AM

A Mazda 3 is definitely a cheap car, sorry.

Shazam · 10-18-2009, 08:03 AM

What's a Chevy Aveo then?

Sliver · 10-18-2009, 08:07 AM

Okay he gets it, it's not a BMW.