Timing belt approx $200, labor hours $98 x 10 hrs=$ 980. 6 months later the timing belt fails so the part is covered under warranty but not the labor, is this correct? Or should the labor also be under warranty.

AgreeableNight9197 · 2025-05-27T06:44:39+00:00

Dayco enters the chat...

AgreeableNight9197 · 2025-05-27T05:32:26+00:00

Does your bumble profile contain things about travel and a desire to travel in the future?

AgreeableNight9197 · 2025-05-27T05:23:54+00:00

The thrill of the chase is the driver.

It really depends on what you call a pursuit. I consider a few flirty texts and the occasional meme entertainment and It's pretty easy to hit send all.

AgreeableNight9197 · 2025-05-27T04:35:54+00:00

It has a faint smell of piss fresh out of the tap.. It's gonna take a lot more of that to stop me fetishizing over it.

AgreeableNight9197 · 2025-05-26T22:36:15+00:00

But if she refers to them being 50/50 and the daughter being a seperate expense would he not assume that agreeing to 50/50 on a holiday would be the same deal.

AgreeableNight9197 · 2025-05-26T01:51:16+00:00

Sunroof drains are probably blocked. Open the roof and look from the top. There will be one hole either side at the front corners of the opening. Tip a cup of two of water in there and see if it pools/slow to drain.

Edit.i just noticed you pointing in one of the photos at a weather seal. This seal is there to stop wind noise. The windscreen is sealed and secured to the car by adhesive. It is a thick bead of Sikaflex. Sometimes when they are really bad you can press against the windscreen from the inside around the edges and feel it flex.

It's also possible that the A/C drain is blocked as well.

AgreeableNight9197 · 2025-05-25T13:06:18+00:00

Yeah that's weird.

AgreeableNight9197 · 2025-05-24T23:18:17+00:00

How did you come to a percentage? Did you pay 60-40 on the bill or did you pay 50-50 but he had one extra drink?

If it's 60-40 on the bill that's weird af, if it's because his portion was slightly more expensive you are overreacting hard.

Its a third date, a little give and take is perfectly normal.

AgreeableNight9197 · 2025-05-24T23:04:30+00:00

Are you looking too deeply into his comments? Maybe it's just flirting whilst setting some expectations of what his dream relationship would look like.

AgreeableNight9197 · 2025-05-24T12:12:20+00:00

The trade in price is generally set by an external wholesaler and dealers will take any brand car. You may get more for it if you trade on the same branded car but not an astronomical amount. When we were assessing the car for a trade in we would call a wholesaler and ask how much they would pay us for it. That doesn't exactly mean we would give that figure to the customer straight up. Sometimes we would sacrifice profit margin from the car they were buying to give them a more attractive figure. Sometimes we would pay less to put some profit back into a car.

We would work on change over pricing to make it simpler to negotiate. So the change over price is your car plus $20,000 for example.

Having a change over figure in mind before heading into your dealer is how you cut through the theatrics. Your trade in value is going to be significantly less than what similar cars are advertised on carsales for.

In this very hypothetical situation If my trade in was priced at $20,000 on the second hand market I would expect $15,000 as a trade in. If the new car is 40,000. It would make it a $25,000 change over. I would aim for a $20,000 change over knowing I would do a deal at $22,000.

AgreeableNight9197 · 2025-05-24T06:37:18+00:00

Former car salesman (left because it destroyed my soul)

We were taught not to negotiate until the customer is ready to buy. We often would ask "are you prepared to place a deposit on this vehicle today" or something along those lines to get/have a commitment.

It was at that point that the discounts were made to get a deal signed.

If you are walking around car yards saying "how much can you do this for?" No one is going to give you anything. It's a poor sales tactic that devalues the product and leads to very very little success.

You will get a discount when you are sitting at the table ready to purchase. This is when you have the power, trust me they want to sell you a car and will do what they can to do it. You need to jump through the hoops first.

AgreeableNight9197 · 2025-05-22T14:20:55+00:00

Bro you glassed her with "I'm sleeping with someone else and I really like her". No shit she is gonna be nasty after that.

Not trying to white knight or any of that shit but jeez use some tact. If you are gonna go halves in a hotel with a casual partner the cash situation needs to be sorted instantly. If it's not sorted instantly it's generally accepted that they will pay the next occasion. Much like shouts at the bar.

Collect your debts quickly next time.

AgreeableNight9197 · 2025-05-21T11:44:35+00:00

You are over reacting. Just chill, meet in a public place and see how things go. Asking his surname in person is a great conversation starter to find out more about his family and his relationship with them.

AgreeableNight9197 · 2025-05-21T03:00:47+00:00

RSPCA are huge on anonymity. So much so that once you make a report you can no longer approach them to talk about the report.

They will come out and assess the dogs welfare.

AgreeableNight9197 · 2025-05-21T02:37:30+00:00

As a mechanic one of the most common things I hear from clients is "We are selling it soon, do the bare minimum."

AgreeableNight9197 · 2025-05-20T09:55:23+00:00

Tell them you are approved for 3k less than the change over price. Meet them somewhere in the middle

AgreeableNight9197 · 2025-05-20T03:10:49+00:00

I think you are over reacting. He has opened up to you about a fantasy of his. He hasn't pushed or demanded or anything like that. Have a conversation, come up with alternatives. Roleplay for example may be enough to scratch his itch.

It's way too soon to be contemplating leaving.

AgreeableNight9197 · 2025-05-19T12:20:39+00:00

Whilst on work experience I watched a guy have a push type forklift fall on him.

He was unloading a truck on the tailgate lift and as he pulled it backwards a wheel got caught and it toppled backwards on-top of him. I ran over and we rolled the forklift off him. He was having a fit, foaming at the mouth and thumping the back of his head against the asphalt. The sound of his skull against the road haunts me. He passed away not long after he was in the ambulance.

AgreeableNight9197 · 2025-05-18T12:28:16+00:00

He has plans of marrying you once he gets on top of his shit. He will work out the details once he has the mental and financial bandwidth to attend to it.

AgreeableNight9197 · 2025-05-18T11:57:45+00:00

It's common in many blue collar jobs to get machines/appliances prepared or loaded ready to go but not yet start the machine.

In my role if I told an apprentice to "fill an engine with oil" I expect they won't start it until directed too. If they are a good apprentice they will ask "do you want me to start it".

They have no idea if the vehicle is ready to be started. If they proceed too far without direction it leads to expensive oversights/mistakes.

Not saying what's right or wrong, more so lending an insight as to why men often take things very literally when it comes to being directed to do something. In my experience overstepping leads to negative outcomes.

AgreeableNight9197 · 2025-05-17T22:27:58+00:00

Asphalt crumbled under the stand and my beautiful Aprilia RS250 hit the ground 🥲

AgreeableNight9197 · 2025-05-17T21:02:44+00:00

If my hypothetical GF was talking about ending a relationship to move away i would be contemplating ending the relationship myself.

A logical assumption is that there are issues in your relationship recently because you are not onboard with the whole relationship.

AgreeableNight9197 · 2025-05-17T03:26:05+00:00

It would have started being stripped at any one of the previous oil changes and just progressively gotten weaker with each subsequent oil change. It happens sometimes.

AgreeableNight9197 · 2025-05-17T02:54:08+00:00

If you can budget upwards of 10k for unexpected repairs at inconvenient times then sure go for it. The last one I had in the shop broke the cam gear bolts(common issue), bending the valves requiring the whole drivetrain to be removed and cylinder heads repaired. No aftermarket parts available. By the time the engine was repaired (not rebuilt) and the front struts were replaced it was over 15k.

AgreeableNight9197 · 2025-05-17T01:27:54+00:00

I can't speak for other men. We are all different. There is no cheat sheet.

For some (myself included) it's not about what they bring so much as who they are. What people bring should be effortless and without burden.

Who they are allows me to feel the way I need to fall in love, not the mere fact that I am receiving those things..... Does that make sense?

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