Recent content by MDChick

It may not exactly be apples-to-apples, but it gives you a good frame of reference to see what their approximate mark-up is. I understand they need to make a profit, but if a website lists the part for $80-$100 by 14 different manufacturers and the shop is charging $582, I'd find a different shop.

How much does the part sell for online? www.rockauto.com

Why is it okay when you're alone but not when your son is in the car? Clearly you recognize the danger. Do you not understand that you share the road with other people and their little children?

Couldn't agree more.

I don't think you're doing much to help your cause...

I wouldn't blame the owner at all for feeling that way. I simply think he could've handled his response a little better. A knee-jerk reaction is rarely helpful in these situations. If he took a moment to come down, he might realize that no one ever said that HE was a DieselDouche.

Business owner should've slept on it and replied with a cooler head...

For one, they could sweep off the damn stones after stripping the old asphalt... :doh:

Almost 50 years of warning labels didn't clue you in? It never ceases to amaze me how smokers can just shrug off the consequences... until they or someone they love is lying in their death bed. \soapbox

Gernerally I would agree with you. But around here that just seems to invite somebody stopped further back in the next lane over to jump in front of the slow-stopper at the last second, causing them to jam on the brakes. It's much safer to let them over during acceleration, if they actually...

Okay, Bikers: Is it really the worst thing ever to have to put a foot down in traffic? I constantly see idiots on motorcycles ride the line between cars, ride up the shoulder, and brake waaaaay in advance when traffic slows just to avoid coming to a stop. Are there special privileges granted...

Sounds a bit like stereotyping to me. Better be careful what you're teaching that girl, Pops...

They have excellent flied lice.

I see the same peckerhead pull these maneuvers almost every single morning and evening on rt 4 and 235. Dude is too important to stop or slow down so he uses all the turn lanes, bypasses stoplights, tailgates, cut people off, cuts to the front of the 235-to-4N turn lane, etc. He drives a black...

The only way around bikes when there's no shoulder and a double yellow line is to wait until the coast is clear and LEO isn't looking, than pass over the line. But if I'm going to break a law, I'd much rather stay on my side of the road and brush the biker. It's the 21st century - get...