1) My dad went to get the safety inspection sticker for the family boat trailer. The teenage gas station kid told my dad they had to verify the trailer brakes. "Take it out on the road in front of the station hit 30mph, and slam on the brakes. We need to see if the trailer brakes work". My dad looked over at the 6000# boat on the trailer, then back at the kid, and said, "No F@$^ing way kid" and he ended up giving him the sticker anyway. Nice try.
2) After installing my lift, I spent $100 at the local jeep dealer to get the alignment. They called me in to show me the castor was out. I asked him to adjust the lower control arms. Oh no, they don't touch aftermarket parts. So I said I'd do it at home, can I get at least a free re-check when I bring I bring it back to verify? Sadly, no. $100 every time, even though they never touched my jeep with a wrench. At least he told me to adjust the arms the wrong way to fix the castor (I pretended to go along with it).
3) My favorite is the fab shop near me- the owner thinks he knows everything from previous race experience. They do build cool stuff and neat looking rock buggies but he told me 1) teraflex makes a much better long arm kit than evo. (????) 2) Gives me a high speed test drive in a customers long arm/king coil over jeep (he called it the pre-runner package) and says my jeep could handle and ride like that too (including putting tires off the road at 60mph to show me how it handles). I thought it rode a little better than mine, so I said, "sure, gimme a quote for the kings and long arm kit". He came back 30 mins later and said "35". I was like, shoot, $3,500 is a deal, lets do it. He says, "no, $35,000.". I laugh and quickly pay the bill for my rear track bar bracket and got the hell out of there.
