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Originally Posted by ICE BOY
I did free work for Soundy cause he's a lazy prick. Then his dog shat on my lawn.
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And I bet the grass came up nice and green in that spot too!
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Originally Posted by snails
last time i accepted an offer to help a friend i was amazed by the amount of unpredictable shit that went wrong.
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This is the thing: even if you're a pro, from time to time you'll run into something that completely befuddles you and what should be a simple job takes all frakkin' day. Doesn't matter if you're talking mechanical, electrical... or just about any other profession, not just automotive. Maybe something gets stuck and needs a bigger hammer, maybe something that's already weakened breaks off when it normally wouldn't... maybe you get a new model to work on and something subtle has changed and throws the whole process off, but not until you're deep into it.
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a co worker bought coil overs for his civic and asked me to help install, i said sure.. 100$ shouldnt be too hard ive done my suspension and friends many times.. so it turns out a bunch of my tools are stripped from doing previous LCAs, his sway bars were sized, he didnt have proper lug nuts for his new wheels, fenders were not rolled to handle the new wide wheels... long story short is that it was not worth the 100$ for me.. sometimes when offering to help people you win or lose, it cant always be perfect... especially when going into the job blind and unprepared..
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Oh yeah, I have similar kinds of stories... from my years in various IT jobs, from a couple years doing car audio, and plenty from my current decade or so doing CCTV and security systems. Pretty sure everyone who does any kind of professional, technical or hands-on work does. Dismissing it as "well a professional wouldn't have had that problem" is unfair and misleading.
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i hope everyone learns something from this
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If RS has taught me anything, it's that there's always room for funny cat pictures.
