11-25-2004, 01:55 PM
Sick joke indeed...
First telltale sign that this wasn't going to work: the Ford insignia.
Second telltale sign that this wasn't going to work: when I said to myself "My rear brake caliper has a piston that big? Cool!"
Third telltale sign that this wasn't going to work: the e-brake mechanism is on the bottom of the caliper, not the top.
Fourth telltale sign this wasn't going to work: the brake line bolt doesn't thread in to the caliper.
Fifth telltale sign this wasn't going to work: my luck.
Sixth and final telltale sign it wasn't going to work: got the caliper at Advance.
As you can guess, the caliper isn't the right one, despite being in a box whose number matches up with 92-95 Civic Si and 94-00 Integras (the brakes I have on my car)... Grrrrrr!
I love Advance and I love the people that work there... My convo with the "salesman":
Me: Hey, I need 191557 and 191556.
Him: Ok, let me look that up.
...give car info, find numbers match...
Him: You sure you don't want loaded?
Me: No, I have pads already.
Him: How much did you pay for them?
Me: I don't know, 50 or 60 bucks.
Him: We have cheaper pads.
Me: They're racing pads, I track my car.
Him: Oh ok, what do you run?
Me: NASA HPDE, autocrossing.
Him: Right. I have a buddy that runs 10s.
Me: Cool.
Him: Yeah, what do you drive?
Me: A Civic.
Him: Haha I sold my POS Civic to a friend of mine it ran likes 18s.
Me: Cool (trying to be y0 with him), mine would run low 15s or high 14s, but not much sense in drag racing a Civic, physics aren't on your side.
Him: Haha you should race my buddy who runs 10s, he'd whoop you.
Me: Uh yes, he would, but I prefer turns.
Him: Yeah I just picked up a Mustang. I don't know what I want to do with it. I'll probably soup it up and run it at the track.
Me: Cool, can I have my part now?
Him: Oh yeah, what was it again?
...tell him part, he gets it, sold, done...
Same guy does the same shit everytime. It has to have been over a year ago that he sold his Civic and got the Mustang... Still nothing done to it? Yeah...
First telltale sign that this wasn't going to work: the Ford insignia.
Second telltale sign that this wasn't going to work: when I said to myself "My rear brake caliper has a piston that big? Cool!"
Third telltale sign that this wasn't going to work: the e-brake mechanism is on the bottom of the caliper, not the top.
Fourth telltale sign this wasn't going to work: the brake line bolt doesn't thread in to the caliper.
Fifth telltale sign this wasn't going to work: my luck.
Sixth and final telltale sign it wasn't going to work: got the caliper at Advance.
As you can guess, the caliper isn't the right one, despite being in a box whose number matches up with 92-95 Civic Si and 94-00 Integras (the brakes I have on my car)... Grrrrrr!
I love Advance and I love the people that work there... My convo with the "salesman":
Me: Hey, I need 191557 and 191556.
Him: Ok, let me look that up.
...give car info, find numbers match...
Him: You sure you don't want loaded?
Me: No, I have pads already.
Him: How much did you pay for them?
Me: I don't know, 50 or 60 bucks.
Him: We have cheaper pads.
Me: They're racing pads, I track my car.
Him: Oh ok, what do you run?
Me: NASA HPDE, autocrossing.
Him: Right. I have a buddy that runs 10s.
Me: Cool.
Him: Yeah, what do you drive?
Me: A Civic.
Him: Haha I sold my POS Civic to a friend of mine it ran likes 18s.
Me: Cool (trying to be y0 with him), mine would run low 15s or high 14s, but not much sense in drag racing a Civic, physics aren't on your side.
Him: Haha you should race my buddy who runs 10s, he'd whoop you.
Me: Uh yes, he would, but I prefer turns.
Him: Yeah I just picked up a Mustang. I don't know what I want to do with it. I'll probably soup it up and run it at the track.
Me: Cool, can I have my part now?
Him: Oh yeah, what was it again?
...tell him part, he gets it, sold, done...
Same guy does the same shit everytime. It has to have been over a year ago that he sold his Civic and got the Mustang... Still nothing done to it? Yeah...
I Am Mike
4 wheels: '01 RAV4 (Formerly '93 Civic CX, '01 S2000, '10 GTI, '09 A4 Avant)
2 wheels: '12 Surly Cross-Check Custom | '14 Trek Madone 2.1 105 | '17 Norco Threshold SL Force 1 | '17 Norco Revolver 9.2 FS | '18 BMC Roadmachine 02 Two | '19 Norco Search XR Steel (Formerly '97 Honda VFR750F, '05 Giant TCR 2, '15 WeThePeople Atlas 24, '10 Scott Scale 29er XT, '11 Cervelo R3 Rival, '12 Ridley X-Fire Red)
No longer onyachin.
4 wheels: '01 RAV4 (Formerly '93 Civic CX, '01 S2000, '10 GTI, '09 A4 Avant)
2 wheels: '12 Surly Cross-Check Custom | '14 Trek Madone 2.1 105 | '17 Norco Threshold SL Force 1 | '17 Norco Revolver 9.2 FS | '18 BMC Roadmachine 02 Two | '19 Norco Search XR Steel (Formerly '97 Honda VFR750F, '05 Giant TCR 2, '15 WeThePeople Atlas 24, '10 Scott Scale 29er XT, '11 Cervelo R3 Rival, '12 Ridley X-Fire Red)
No longer onyachin.