This just gets more appalling. Is there any system to query all the dealerships about parts in stock?
Oh, I get it. You just don't like who did the rescuing, that's all. Wishin' I was your boyfriend what's-his-height. Oh wait, he's run off.
Spike ,'Potential'
Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Ginger - Aug 19, 2011 12:48:57 pm PDT #21168 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Maria - Aug 19, 2011 12:53:55 pm PDT #21169 of 30001
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
This just gets more appalling. Is there any system to query all the dealerships about parts in stock?
Unfortunately, this kind of stuff happens all the time. Parts suppliers go under without warning, and it takes a while to get someone else spooled up. New dies have to be cast, then they have to be approved by NHTSA, and then they have to make them and ship them.
There is a system to query all dealerships, but it's not always real-time inventory. It all depends on how often the dealership transmits the updated info back to central.
Allyson - Aug 19, 2011 12:54:32 pm PDT #21170 of 30001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
The service manager said he doesn't have much confidence in Detroit.
dcp - Aug 19, 2011 12:59:35 pm PDT #21171 of 30001
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
He just doesn't know how to stop digging his hole deeper, does he?
Allyson - Aug 19, 2011 1:03:04 pm PDT #21172 of 30001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Why? I mean, what am I going to do about it? I need a car, and mine is dead. They can't fix it, and if I was never born, that dealership would still exist. So why should he care?
Maria - Aug 19, 2011 1:04:56 pm PDT #21173 of 30001
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
I've worked with these guys for 10 years. They're fleet, not retail, and they've found stuff for me before. The service manager probably has little to no experience with the fleet side of things. I'm not making any promises, but if there is one to be found, they are the ones who can find it.
He may also be trying to cover his ass, especially if the dealership didn't do a thorough search when you first brought the car in.
Ginger - Aug 19, 2011 1:05:25 pm PDT #21174 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
You can tell everyone you know. You can start a Twitter campaign. You can call the consumer reporters at local stations.
Polter-Cow - Aug 19, 2011 1:32:11 pm PDT #21175 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I love these wedding pictures.
shrift - Aug 19, 2011 2:15:31 pm PDT #21176 of 30001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I totes just fixed the printer for a fellow coworker at work late while I was waiting for a perl script to finish running. It's good to have a nerd handy.
§ ita § - Aug 19, 2011 2:17:50 pm PDT #21177 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
They aren't wedding pictures, P-C, they're engagement pictures, and they've kind of been posted twice before.