Oops - forgot the Valet Switch...

[jwdeeming]

So I take my truck (reluctantly) to the brake shop last week. I'm in a hurry to get back to work so I forget to kill the Comp - it's on 4x3. It drives sporty but keeps me from belching accidental black clouds at intersections.



When I come to pick it up, it's out for a "test drive". The guy comes back unable to contain himself. "Man, that thing is a BEAST!", he says. I look at him with a what-did-you-do expression and he mumbles some story about how nicely it pulled on a nearby hill.



Right.



So this week, I'm back in the same shop with my wife's truck. One tech points me out to another, who says, "You're the guy with The Diesel? I heard all about that truck!"



Sheesh.



Then my wife calls. She's taken my truck to work so I can go get her's fixed. She of the V-10 religion says, "You know, I hate to admit it but your truck is FUN to drive. It goes from 50 to, like, 80 in an instant!"



Give me back my truck. Nobody gets to drive it now.

Mine. Got it? MINE. Give me back my keys.

 

[Got Smoke?]

I'm gonna need one once I get my #10 and injectors in



Not to mention a dummy switch for the exhaust brake, so nobody plays with the switch I'll have on the gear shift.

 

[snowracer69]

Man, I know just how you feel... .



Two other guys are allowed to drive my truck... my two best friends... funny enough, they both own 2500's w/ Cummins thereselves. NOBODY TOUCHES MY TRUCK W/O MY PERMISSION!!! No tech, no guy, no lazy little crack head at the dealer that doesn't know what happens when you turn the key to the start position and leave it there for 10 seconds... . ARRRGGGHHHHH... . getting higher blood pressure just thinking about that one. Anyone ever drug a guy outta your truck at the stealer infront of everyone? I came about this >||< close and then afterwards we had a little :-{} and he got to know just what I thought about him looking at my truck, let alone driving it ever again.



Later, Josh

 

[John Berger]

So the guy took it out for a little hill work, huh? Did you talk to the manager about it or just pretty much let it go? I'll tell you of a similar observation relative to new cars. The body shop that repaired my truck also does repairs to new vehicles that are damaged when received at the Port of Brunswick. I saw this gal drop one off for some fender damage. There happened to be an SUV in the parking lot that had just been repaired that she had to pick up. She tore out of that parking lot like she was trying to set a 1/4 mile record. Some people are just idiots. I think there is a corollary here to why service departments treat us like we're stupid. That's all they are used to seeing. It also probably explains some of the blank looks or dumb responses TDR members have described when they tell a mech or service manager what the problem with the truck is.

 

[Briar Hopper]

That kind of a valet switch seems to have it's limitations... . We need a speed sensor hooked up to a dog zapper(the kind you fasten around 'Ol Roy's neck when he won't stop biting Granny)

with the dog zapper prongs facing up and just barely protruding through the driver's seat material. Three power levels, "Stun", "Neuter", and "Kill"... .

As for the real valet switches, Piers needs to go back to the drawing board, his truck in valet mode is still fast enough to outrun the cops.