tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6448652231201875288.post6362625058218233960..comments2024-02-11T16:17:56.310-05:00Comments on Karma Calling: RTFMSavanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13781198953037866788noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6448652231201875288.post-5944733395072109412008-02-29T04:51:00.000-05:002008-02-29T04:51:00.000-05:00I loved the Laxmi brand asafoetida - am trying not...I loved the Laxmi brand asafoetida - am trying not to laugh out loud in office! But dang these mechanic types - they always try to fleece us mechanically challenged women. Once I shelled out Rs. 3 K to have my car polished with some silicone polish which would never wear off...needless to say we were back to scrubbing the vehicle by end of the week.bird's eye viewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01338332150874851183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6448652231201875288.post-76674631512661181452008-02-28T02:36:00.000-05:002008-02-28T02:36:00.000-05:00uh oh...never mind, put it down to experience. Tha...uh oh...never mind, put it down to experience. That way it doesn't seem such a high price.<BR/>Would a hug help?Ushahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00179239922869639391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6448652231201875288.post-21422241996980065422008-02-27T13:42:00.000-05:002008-02-27T13:42:00.000-05:00Chris: That's some bill you got! We used to take o...Chris: That's some bill you got! We used to take our cars to Eurasian in Tysons. Very reliable. But they do only European and Asian cars. Also, they are a bit further than where we live now. Would highly recommend them though.Savanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13781198953037866788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6448652231201875288.post-984757805040064572008-02-27T09:22:00.000-05:002008-02-27T09:22:00.000-05:00I used to take my truck to Tyson's Dodge because i...I used to take my truck to Tyson's Dodge because it's close to work. Took it in once for an oil change. Wound up paying $700 for extraneous stuff. Ouch. 4000 miles later took it back for an oil change. $700 again plus they recommended that I rotate my less-than-a-week-old tires. Called 'em on that one. Still, I'm stubborn so I went back one more time for an oil change and transmission flush. TheyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6448652231201875288.post-63967382307155814312008-02-27T09:11:00.000-05:002008-02-27T09:11:00.000-05:00lacochran: Thanks for stopping by.. I shoud really...lacochran: Thanks for stopping by.. I shoud really trust those instincts, shouldn't I?<BR/><BR/>ddmom: YAY to you. you rock ddmom!<BR/><BR/>Mira's mom: Welcome new blogger :) I eventually got a kinetic and yeah it never broke down (it was a honda:) ) I am sure conning is rampant in India too. But with simpler engines and simpler vehicles and a teen who was sorta interested in them, it was hard toSavanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13781198953037866788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6448652231201875288.post-80580110499670329962008-02-27T08:20:00.000-05:002008-02-27T08:20:00.000-05:00Babe, you went to the station to get the car servi...Babe, you went to the station to get the car serviced???? I bow to thee...for me, I leave that mammoth task to the menfolk.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02528271916192411200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6448652231201875288.post-5156546122829927452008-02-26T22:24:00.000-05:002008-02-26T22:24:00.000-05:00Aww, it's ok. Once in a while, eh?Aww, it's ok. Once in a while, eh?Maggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07112924346592375925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6448652231201875288.post-34945344676223030922008-02-26T21:45:00.000-05:002008-02-26T21:45:00.000-05:00Hi,Mira's mom here - a new mommy to your blog. Wel...Hi,<BR/><BR/>Mira's mom here - a new mommy to your blog. Well, never drove a luna - but I had a lovely black colored kintetic which I cherish till date. On the conning bit think India would have been worse. No?Mira's momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12144201583235548117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6448652231201875288.post-91228216841264440222008-02-26T14:34:00.000-05:002008-02-26T14:34:00.000-05:00It took me a while to interpret RTFM. LOL!! LOL at...It took me a while to interpret RTFM. LOL!! LOL at your reply to Preethi's :) <BR/>Here the husband refuses to RTFM. Forget the manual, even the simple instruction sheet. We bought a glider when Dlittle was born. He installed it without reading the one page instruction sheet, installed the base on the back rest and the back rest on the chair. Both the pieces are cushioned and snap on types on theAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6448652231201875288.post-36450153373611029102008-02-26T14:19:00.000-05:002008-02-26T14:19:00.000-05:00Good post. I stopped going to JL because they *al...Good post. I stopped going to JL because they *always* had something beyond the basic service that they recommended. Your instincts were good, you just didn't go with them. Next time, buy and fill your own coolant and watch to make sure it's not leaking. You can do this. Take heart. And find a local mechanic you trust.lacochran's evil twinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00830374402474261699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6448652231201875288.post-11441999508433571492008-02-26T12:00:00.000-05:002008-02-26T12:00:00.000-05:00noon: WRTFM. I like that one! seriously.. you need...noon: WRTFM. I like that one! seriously.. you need to know your stuff about cars and such. Lesson learnt.<BR/><BR/>I love lucy: I think that's the problem with us. We always depend on that fallback. I am glad you plan to venture out solo.<BR/><BR/>orchid: sigh.. true, I guess.<BR/><BR/>GTN: the charges were posted on the board. Its not the charges.. I got stuff done I didn't need.<BR/><BR/>Mona: Savanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13781198953037866788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6448652231201875288.post-36134788799012707942008-02-26T11:50:00.000-05:002008-02-26T11:50:00.000-05:00What cheap tactics these people use! Maybe we shou...What cheap tactics these people use! Maybe we should get Fox News to investigate this!!???<BR/><BR/>Here's something we recently found out (fortunately not the hard way)! It's a long story with a happy ending...and, to make it short - <BR/>When these low-lives show us the colored stuff and scare us, it may not really be from our car!! They prolly just have this stuff lying around...<BR/><BR/>Yet Another Mother Runnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01590619021049889904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6448652231201875288.post-5221622251791355582008-02-26T11:27:00.000-05:002008-02-26T11:27:00.000-05:00@Desigirl: Oh NO!! I disagree with you. Your comme...@Desigirl: Oh NO!! I disagree with you. Your comment reeks of sexism :D We women can handle these situations just as well as any man would. We just need to be prepared. One trick is to NOT make any instant decisions. Tell the mechanic that you will think over it and come back for the service. I took my car for an oil change one day and the mechanic gave me a big list of "to-do" items. I just toldCee Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04337348099202456358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6448652231201875288.post-71194861639333375072008-02-26T11:17:00.000-05:002008-02-26T11:17:00.000-05:00$200?? I think you got off easy!! At least he didn...$200?? I think you got off easy!! At least he didn't say you have to change the whole car!!! Let's face it, we've got the wrong equipment to walk into these places and come out unscathed. No amount of RTFM-ing can change biology!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6448652231201875288.post-66804298623078260412008-02-26T07:05:00.000-05:002008-02-26T07:05:00.000-05:00That's why I married V, innit? So he could RTFM wh...That's why I married V, innit? So he could RTFM while I blamed him for whatever went wrong.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, garages are his business. The men at the garage don't like dealing with me either. :)Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10819608939555247317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6448652231201875288.post-84368920243544239672008-02-26T02:46:00.000-05:002008-02-26T02:46:00.000-05:00LOL at RTFM.I doubt if I' have resisted the con ev...LOL at RTFM.<BR/>I doubt if I' have resisted the con even if I had. Am hopeless at all these things.<BR/>I can figure if the car's out of petrol, yeah, and can fill it on my own!Just Like Thathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04156108159461377932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6448652231201875288.post-7634502073352930592008-02-25T23:48:00.000-05:002008-02-25T23:48:00.000-05:00Poor you, Dottie. I guess we learn what we gotta l...Poor you, Dottie. I guess we learn what we gotta learn:)dipalihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01070862196307376073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6448652231201875288.post-87509968610639504182008-02-25T23:32:00.000-05:002008-02-25T23:32:00.000-05:00you know i done tried that, RingTFM and haha, it d...you know i done tried that, RingTFM and haha, it didn't make much sense to me.<BR/>only go to get these chores done when you know you can call the husbandman and check stuff with him - that's the lesson i learned.Monahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08097031636514238324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6448652231201875288.post-60776472630046979562008-02-25T23:27:00.000-05:002008-02-25T23:27:00.000-05:00He he he! I am TFM reader in this house :) But ser...He he he! I am TFM reader in this house :) But seriously - can you go back and fight them about the charges? Tell them you will give them enough bad press if they don't reduce the charges to something reasonable. Or something.Cee Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04337348099202456358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6448652231201875288.post-74082344931545255402008-02-25T21:44:00.000-05:002008-02-25T21:44:00.000-05:00:)...u are not alone girl friend :):)...u are not alone girl friend :)By Deepa and Supriyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07747804542943614606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6448652231201875288.post-56795253284215017232008-02-25T20:16:00.000-05:002008-02-25T20:16:00.000-05:00I have never ever read TFM as I have a living one ...I have never ever read TFM as I have a living one in the form of M.But guess what,I need to go get an oil change and the state inspection done like yesterday.I am going to ask M to go along with me this time,learn the ropes and the lingo and then venture out solo the next around I guess!I love Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07657087361315399102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6448652231201875288.post-38431039348060931692008-02-25T19:14:00.000-05:002008-02-25T19:14:00.000-05:00Oh man, that's too bad. I feel so bad for you...Go...Oh man, that's too bad. I feel so bad for you...Gosh really too bad...<BR/>Those wolves...can eat you alive if you look away for a second!<BR/>Funny about RTFM - I had no idea what that acronym meant when B first told me - I told him to read the manual before assembling KB's some toy - don't remember which one - he said jokingly, "Come on, WRTFM" or some such thing - I had no idea what he meant -noonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03844071708334559013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6448652231201875288.post-7365140453328885042008-02-25T18:59:00.000-05:002008-02-25T18:59:00.000-05:00preethi: I shuld stop wearing makeup when I go the...preethi: I shuld stop wearing makeup when I go these places. That's what it is.<BR/><BR/>kodi's mom: Hey I thought so too :) A quasi one atleast. But BigGeek is the resident manual reader. And Chip is getting there. Butseriously, I have tostop being lazy and alteast do these things right!<BR/><BR/>rayshma: hahahhaSavanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13781198953037866788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6448652231201875288.post-34641143845329311492008-02-25T17:41:00.000-05:002008-02-25T17:41:00.000-05:00i'm as daft as they come on this one! also, tho i'...i'm as daft as they come on this one! also, tho i'm geeky enuf to RTFM... i can bet u that i'll still get conned...!rayshmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09702175811120928581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6448652231201875288.post-41749010406848720562008-02-25T17:20:00.000-05:002008-02-25T17:20:00.000-05:00but I thought you were a geek too?! :) I've been t...but I thought you were a geek too?! :) I've been there, done that more times than I want to admit. for me, it has always been the damn tires. oh well, at least you tried to take good care of your car. with a 250 mi drive, cant have it breaking down :)Anushahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03887052887207435095noreply@blogger.com