Recent content by Vercingetorix

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    New TEKTON German Made Hammers

    Without a 40%? tariff these would be a good deal.
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    Best Non-Marring Sockets for Wheel Lug Nuts?

    My modified ones are best. Can’t believe nobody makes these, at least that I could find. Magnetic, extended and non marring. My factory wheels are super deep.
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    Am I the jerk?

    You are free to move on. I could care less what others think, just wanted some perspective. I have no moral qualms not paying someone for not doing a job.
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    Am I the jerk?

    Do you get your oil changes done at the dealer when the owners manual tells you where to go? I don’t and they can’t legally make you go to the dealer. The issue is the screen tells you when the next calibration is due, it tells you if the wrench has been overtorqued and how many activations...
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    Am I the jerk?

    I guess I expect to get what I thought I was paying for.
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    Am I the jerk?

    Let me ask you this. If you took your car in for an airbag light and they fixed the airbag problem but can’t clear the airbag light would you be happy?
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    Am I the jerk?

    I was the only one there.
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    Am I the jerk?

    They didn’t perform the service I asked of them and should have informed me they couldn’t before they began work.
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    Am I the jerk?

    They didn’t do what I asked them to do, that is clear the message. Calibration was incidental.
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    Am I the jerk?

    I asked them to clear the screen. If they couldn’t do that they should have been upfront.
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    Am I the jerk?

    I got it on sale. It was merely expensive, not overpriced.
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    Am I the jerk?

    I bought a 1/2” Milwaukee electric torque wrench. About six months into ownership the LCD screen tells me it needs to be calibrated. I took it to the Milwaukee tool place and they don’t do torque wrenches so they sent me to a torque wrench calibrator which I went to and I showed the lady at the...
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    VW Vanagon road tool box recommendations?

    German fuses and a rear axle nut. 46mm?
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    Where to get automotive paint cheapest?

    I tried some Amazon stuff in a rattle can and it wasn’t even close.
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