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Subject:Re: DISASTER AT JIFFY LUBE!!!!
From:Alan Bosch
Date:Thu, 1 Jul 1999 13:35:04 -0500

YIKES!!!

I've heard stories about places like this, where they stripped the oil drain or
the drain plug, or forgot to replace the dipstick, but your's is by far the most
horrific.  I ONCE took a '82 Rabbit LS I owned to a Quick-lube and after the oil
and filter were changed and everything paid for, I popped the hood to check the
oil level.  I found the oil fill cap on sitting on top of the engine and the
dipstick on top of the radiator.  Replaced both and went in to complain to the
manager.  I was told that this happens now and then, when they get busy, but
since the car was only driven from the ramp to the parking lot - maybe 100 ft. -
there was no harm done.  Essentially, he told me to bug off.  Never have been
back to one since.

Alan Bosch
& a bus named Phred ('88 Wolfsburg)