Colin: Good day Mr. Dealer, as you can see, my rear wheel developed a crack.
Dealer: Hello Mr. Colin, what a nice car! Glad to see you here. Lets have a look at that. We've replaced a couple cracked rims this year.
Colin: Really? Interesting. I will have to tell the awesome people on the forum I am with to check their wheels.
Dealer: Well, you can't believe everything you read on a forum. (popping the hood)
Colin: Don't worry, this forum is awesome, especially the moderator, total class act. How's everything look? Do you see the crack on the wheel?
Dealer: (looking under the hood) Yah, I heard that moderator was awesome, but he's kind of a jerk when he writes about dealers....we'll get that wheel ordered soon...hmmm...but we'll need your credit card first.
Colin: Excuse me?
Dealer: Yep! It looks like this soup can looking thing in your engine bay caused your wheel to develop a crack.
Colin: How's that?
Dealer: Well, you see, without the extra oil getting into your intake, you're not properly lubing your engine valves, and as we all know, the engine is ultimately connected to the back tires, so we can't replace your wheel under warranty.
Colin: What!? That sounds obtuse and I don't feel like I am being treated with respect. I am going to tell the people on the forum about this.
Dealer: Oh, please Mr. Colin, we'll replace that wheel under warranty, just don't tell the people on the forum how we like to make money off Corvette owners.
Colin: Ok then, How about I show you how awesome we are and I invite you to Manny's for a lesson in courtesy in how to treat people.
Dealer: No problem, but only if we get a ride in the Nasty 1. We'll be nice to people from now on.
Colin: Deal.
Dealer: Deal.
And everyone drove happily ever after.
btw, these events never happened and all the names are made up. Any similarities between people and events is totally coincidental.
