DAT MISALIGNMENT

"Nibby" (nibby68) 04/24/2017 at 11:42 • Filed to: None

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EL_ULY > Nibby 04/24/2017 at 11:44

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Nibby > EL_ULY 04/24/2017 at 11:45

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RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Nibby 04/24/2017 at 11:47

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Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > Nibby 04/24/2017 at 11:47

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They’re all this way, it’s infuriating.

EL_ULY > Nibby 04/24/2017 at 11:49

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MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Nibby 04/24/2017 at 11:50

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Thanks for something I’ll never unsee

you bastard

Nibby > EL_ULY 04/24/2017 at 11:54

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I love how eventually all our conversations end up in a Beavis and Butthead GIF

fhrblig > Nibby 04/24/2017 at 11:55

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That’s standard on all Fords. You should have seen my Ranger. Misaligned panels everywhere inside and out.

Nibby > fhrblig 04/24/2017 at 11:55

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Rust and Dust - Oppositelock Forever > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 04/24/2017 at 12:02

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Actually, what’s infuriating is being the guy at the bodyshop tasked with repairing one of these fuckers. After the repair, the customer climbs all over the goddamned car with a micrometer and a magnifying glass, completely ignoring the fact that the flaws they’re pointing out have existed since the day they test drove the motherfucker.

Sorry, rant over. It’s Monday.

Mercedes Streeter > Nibby 04/24/2017 at 12:06

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Tesla: Hold my beer.

Nibby > Mercedes Streeter 04/24/2017 at 12:08

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Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > Rust and Dust - Oppositelock Forever 04/24/2017 at 12:08

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That sounds like someone who planned on getting that shop to fix other shit from the beginning.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > Nibby 04/24/2017 at 12:09

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Driver’s side doors on my wife’s car don’t line up either. Affects nothing and she hasn’t noticed, but it screams at me every waking moment

Vicente Esteve > Nibby 04/24/2017 at 12:12

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Every Challenger suffered from misalignment as well due to the lack of a proper trunk handle.

Rust and Dust - Oppositelock Forever > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 04/24/2017 at 13:31

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We see a bit of that, too.

Had a guy pull in to pick up his car (08 Camry, we put a drivers side fender, headlight, and bumper cover on it, minor repair), walk right past the repair area without so much as paying it a glance, and directly to the passenger side quarter panel to spot a “new dent”. Marches into the office, and immediately starts making a scene about how we put a dent in his car. I proceeded to show him the photos from the day I wrote the estimate, taken within five minutes of his arrival on our lot, weeks before the repair even occurred, plainly showing that dent in the quarter panel. He immediately back-pedaled into “well gosh, I’ve owned this car for three years, wash it every week, and I’ve never seen that dent before this afternoon...”

The panel fitment is a bit different. It’s somewhat human nature to take for granted that your “new” car is “new”, and thus, must be perfect. Everything is perfect when it’s new, isn’t it? When Toyota came out with the 2007 model Camry, they incorporated an odd roll (almost a compound curve at the edge of the panel) on the hood and trunk lid, near where they bolt to the hinges, that usually has a deviation in both gap and flushness to the fenders and quarter panels, respectively. It’s not bad, it’s well within factory tolerances, but it’s noticable, especially if you’re used to measuring and reading panel gaps all day. Had a customer express some concern over that fitment on a decklid we’d replaced for him. We drove over to the Toyota dealer and looked at the Camry decklids (and Corollas, they mimicked the same line), and found they all had the same issue, in the same spot, within a millimeter of one another, including our repair. The customer apologized profusely for questioning our work, and thanked me for taking the time to show him a bit about his car. I told him not to worry about it, a car now costs what a house did 30 years ago, and he was trying just to protect his investment. He’s been a loyal customer since that day.

Nibby > Rust and Dust - Oppositelock Forever 04/24/2017 at 15:51

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marry that customer

IAN_Z > Nibby 04/24/2017 at 16:19

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wow every single panel is wrong

Rust and Dust - Oppositelock Forever > Nibby 04/24/2017 at 16:49

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Tell me about it.

For every one of him, I’ve got ten of the 80 year old lady who swears I stole the button tuck velour interior out of her 2008 Accord, and put the “cheap seats” back in it. (True story, she even went to the dealer to ask them if we’d tried to sell them back the interior we stole out of her car.)

NJAnon > Nibby 04/24/2017 at 19:58

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according to the computer, its within manufacturing acceptances. *fart noise*

(Maybe Ford needs some serious recalibration done on its software)