Mazda Parts Guy = T3h Dumb

Me: "I need a price on some spark plugs"
Guy: "What vehicle?"
Me: "A '03 Mazdaspeed Protege"
Guy: "A 6?"
Me: "No, a protege."
skip.. skip.. blah b lah

Guy: (after getting book) "What year?"
Me: "2003"
Guy: "It's not a protege5, right?"
Me: "No, a mazdaspeed protege"
Guy: "What motor?"
Me: "2L Turbo"
Guy: "I dont see any turbos"

15+ minutes to get price on plugs/wires

 

sheez that's gotta be frustrating. unless that guy was not originally a parts guy (filling in for someone), that's way below standard competence for a dealership parts guy (let alone just anyone else). he really had to get a book? cuz, uh, it's the compy age and if he was at the counter there's always one there to look stuff up and everything. bummer that you had to experience that awesomeness...

 

You actually wanted to buy oem plugs from a dealer?

just slap in some NGK ZFR6F-11 copper plugs and call it a day. It'll cost you eight dollars at any decent auto parts store

 

he's been there the 2-3 times i've been there.. and he tried the computer 1st..



yah.. figured i'd get the +P's

 

Kind of like the geniuses at my local dealer who gave me the timing belt/idler/tensioner for a 1.6 liter when I specifically asked for a 1.8 liter. Yes, they are different. One reason why I try to have part numbers when I go in, or at least get them to let me look at the computer screen. My mistake on that occasion.

 

Ain't nothing a moltov cocktail won't fix :-)

 

Haha, awesome!

 

lolol had some previous experience maybe?

 

lol again my street is canvassed with video surveillance, so unless they parked really far down the street (like 100 yard from my house as the end of the road) I wouldn't be able to pull it off.

Stupid community street security surveillance system! oh wait crap I helped design/implement that **** lol

 

lol, one of the guys at my dealership asked what an "axela" was when he looked at my painted badges....

im like, if you dont know the name of the car in Japan your selling, then just get out of the game.

 

Well that one you can't blame them. Why should they know about the JDM model at all? They are selling a model in the states, and the 3 isn't the only car they sell at all

 

True, but it would be nice to have a sales person who is enthusiastic about the brand he is selling once in a while.

 

A slogan mazda should adopt: Mazda, because drifting is for pussies.

 

my freind is gangsta he just told me that he banged his girl last night then told her it was over and to get out. LOL the thing is he is gangsta because she was a black chick.

 

wow....
that post definetely belongs here!! lmao