Alternator question for techs...

Started by FoMoJo, January 02, 2013, 10:58:53 AM

Soup DeVille

Quote from: S204STi on January 05, 2013, 06:45:50 PM
They still have to pass the API tests and so forth.  It can't be junk, by default.

I'm not saying it is junk, I'm just noting that walmart has done things with other products to cheapen them, so that could be true for the oil too.

And, i think you might put a tad too much faith in API and other standardized industry tests. Lots of jiggering around can be done with regards to samples sizes, testing frequency, and equipment calibration. plus, those are minimum standards- not maximums.
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S204STi

Quote from: Soup DeVille on January 05, 2013, 06:55:57 PM
I'm not saying it is junk, I'm just noting that walmart has done things with other products to cheapen them, so that could be true for the oil too.

And, i think you might put a tad too much faith in API and other standardized industry tests. Lots of jiggering around can be done with regards to samples sizes, testing frequency, and equipment calibration. plus, those are minimum standards- not maximums.

Valid points.  That said, with oil I don't see it benefiting them to do so.

Soup DeVille

Quote from: S204STi on January 05, 2013, 09:01:34 PM
Valid points.  That said, with oil I don't see it benefiting them to do so.

Fair enough
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S204STi

Jesus, did a civil argument just take place on SPIN?!

Soup DeVille

Quote from: S204STi on January 05, 2013, 09:18:14 PM
Jesus, did a civil argument just take place on SPIN?!

I do try. Hell, even when I bitch out Klacky or cougs, I'm not being uncivil in my head.
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S204STi

Quick, one of us has to say something negative about the others' mother.

Soup DeVille

Quote from: S204STi on January 05, 2013, 09:27:37 PM
Quick, one of us has to say something negative about the others' mother.

Your mother's quiche has a mildly soggy crust, and she uses too much rosemary.
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Eye of the Tiger

Quote from: Soup DeVille on January 05, 2013, 09:43:27 PM
Your mother's quiche has a mildly soggy crust, and she uses too much rosemary.

Get those pine needles out of my damn quiche
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Soup DeVille

Quote from: Eye of the Tiger on January 05, 2013, 09:44:45 PM
Get those pine needles out of my damn quiche

Your mother cannot crochet in a round.
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S204STi

Quote from: Soup DeVille on January 05, 2013, 09:43:27 PM
Your mother's quiche has a mildly soggy crust, and she uses too much rosemary.

Oh, now's it's on.

Eye of the Tiger

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Soup DeVille

Quote from: Eye of the Tiger on January 05, 2013, 10:21:50 PM
No, but she can knit

Your mother's hydrangea is over watered and is getting too much sun.
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Soup DeVille

Quote from: S204STi on January 05, 2013, 10:15:28 PM
Oh, now's it's on.

Your mother has been known to burn more than one type of scented candle at the same time; and the result is less than complimentary.
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Eye of the Tiger

Quote from: Soup DeVille on January 05, 2013, 10:33:42 PM
Your mother's hydrangea is over watered and is getting too much sun.

I heard your mother enjoys watching American Horror Story: Asylum when she should be in the kitchen making me dinner.
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Soup DeVille

Quote from: Eye of the Tiger on January 05, 2013, 10:47:42 PM
I heard your mother enjoys watching American Horror Story: Asylum when she should be in the kitchen making me dinner.

Your mother does not always separate the white and the colored clothing as diligently as she could.
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2o6

Your mother's Mercury Villager has a transmission leak.

Soup DeVille

Your mother is mediocre at parrallel parking
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2o6

Quote from: Soup DeVille on January 05, 2013, 10:58:18 PM
Your mother is mediocre at parrallel parking

Your mother didn't teach you how to spell.

Soup DeVille

Quote from: 2o6 on January 05, 2013, 11:04:20 PM
Your mother didn't teach you how to spell.

OK, I'm done- that's just too far.
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Eye of the Tiger

Quote from: Soup DeVille on January 05, 2013, 10:49:49 PM
Your mother does not always separate the white and the colored clothing as diligently as she could.

I think all of these complaints you have are actually things your wife does.
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Soup DeVille

Quote from: Eye of the Tiger on January 05, 2013, 11:18:26 PM
I think all of these complaints you have are actually things your wife does.

Like my wife could bake a quiche...
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