Brian Smith

"Knut" <econospeed@yahoo.nospam> wrote in message
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>
> Actually, I am admitting fault here, and I'm not blaming Honda for my
> problem. That's not the issue. The problem is they didn't even put a
> breath
> of effort into even attempting to help, and that makes me rather angry.

Considering that a security guard has no power what- so-ever, or even work
directly for Honda. You have no beef with Honda. The guard probably did as
much as she was permitted to do per the company procedures.

trestonklease@yahoo.com

Knut wrote:
> > Knut wrote:
> > <snip>
> >
> > translation: it's my own fault. i feel bad. i want to blame someone
> > else so i can feel better.
> >
> > you want sympathy? wait your turn.
> >
>
> Actually, I am admitting fault here, and I'm not blaming Honda for my
> problem. That's not the issue. The problem is they didn't even put a breath
> of effort into even attempting to help, and that makes me rather angry.

You didn't put a breath of effort into helping yourself.

You claim a piece of cardboard was the ONLY thing you could use to make
a makeshift oil cap and that's silly. On I 95 there are about a zillion
plastic soda bottles and other assorted types of discarded litter, very
simple to fashion a good makeshift oil cap from something discarded or
even something you had.

Then you drove 450 miles? Are you saying that in 450 miles there was
not one Wal-Mart or other store or service station where you could have
bought something to use for an oil cap? I don't get that part of the
story at all. I realize you were in a hurry, but it would have taken
maybe 10 minutes to stop. I'm sure you stopped to go to the bathroom,
get a bottle of soda or coffee, etc. You took the time to go to the
Honda factory, you could have taken the time to stop elsewhere.

trestonklease@yahoo.com

Brian Smith wrote:
> "Knut" <econospeed@yahoo.nospam> wrote in message
> news:Xns976E3F0DF774Ceconospeedyahoonospa@38.119.9 7.92...
> >
> > Actually, I am admitting fault here, and I'm not blaming Honda for my
> > problem. That's not the issue. The problem is they didn't even put a
> > breath
> > of effort into even attempting to help, and that makes me rather angry.
>
> Considering that a security guard has no power what- so-ever, or even work
> directly for Honda. You have no beef with Honda. The guard probably did as
> much as she was permitted to do per the company procedures.

But she was black!

I don't know what that has to do with anything, but the OP felt the
need to let everyone know the guard was an African-American.

I wonder what her version of the story is?

"Last night I was working my shift and some crazy dude shows up out of
nowhere at 1am wanting to buy an oil cap for his car". "Seriously, he
drives right up to the gate and asks me to sell him an oil cap, he
thinks because it's a Honda factory I can just run in and grab an oil
cap for him. Oh yeah, we got hundreds of oil caps, but ther're all
attached to engines! Bwahahaha! What does he think this is Autozone?
Come on, I told him to go to the Exxon station but he seemed kind of
pissed but that's all I could do since I'm just a security guard and
have strict orders. Now if it was Denzel Washington, I would have given
him the oil cap off of my own car, but since he looked more like Carrot
Top..."

Knut

trestonklease@yahoo.com wrote in
news:1140267575.997295.79280@g47g2000cwa.googlegro ups.com:

>
> Knut wrote:
>> > Knut wrote:
>> > <snip>
>> >
>> > translation: it's my own fault. i feel bad. i want to blame
>> > someone else so i can feel better.
>> >
>> > you want sympathy? wait your turn.
>> >
>>
>> Actually, I am admitting fault here, and I'm not blaming Honda for my
>> problem. That's not the issue. The problem is they didn't even put a
>> breath of effort into even attempting to help, and that makes me
>> rather angry.
>
> You didn't put a breath of effort into helping yourself.
>
> You claim a piece of cardboard was the ONLY thing you could use to
> make a makeshift oil cap and that's silly. On I 95 there are about a
> zillion plastic soda bottles and other assorted types of discarded
> litter, very simple to fashion a good makeshift oil cap from something
> discarded or even something you had.
>
> Then you drove 450 miles? Are you saying that in 450 miles there was
> not one Wal-Mart or other store or service station where you could
> have bought something to use for an oil cap? I don't get that part of
> the story at all. I realize you were in a hurry, but it would have
> taken maybe 10 minutes to stop. I'm sure you stopped to go to the
> bathroom, get a bottle of soda or coffee, etc. You took the time to go
> to the Honda factory, you could have taken the time to stop elsewhere.
>

Alright, dude. I can see you're a smart ***. I hope something similar
happens to you in the future. And no, a plastic bottle cap is not going
to work to plug the hole that is much larger. And what good is it going
to do to stop at a wal-mart? If they don't have a honda oil cap, what
good is it going to do? The cardboard I had worked as good as anything
else I could have bought and wasted my money on BESIDES an actual OIL
CAP. And I'm sure they have countless amounts of these at the factory
that aren't being used at the moment. You're a ing jerk, you know
that?

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Seth

"Knut" <econospeed@yahoo.nospam> wrote in message
news:Xns976E5A438E09Deconospeedyahoonospa@38.119.1 00.144...
> trestonklease@yahoo.com wrote in
> news:1140267575.997295.79280@g47g2000cwa.googlegro ups.com:
>
>>
>> Knut wrote:
>>> > Knut wrote:
>>> > <snip>
>>> >
>>> > translation: it's my own fault. i feel bad. i want to blame
>>> > someone else so i can feel better.
>>> >
>>> > you want sympathy? wait your turn.
>>> >
>>>
>>> Actually, I am admitting fault here, and I'm not blaming Honda for my
>>> problem. That's not the issue. The problem is they didn't even put a
>>> breath of effort into even attempting to help, and that makes me
>>> rather angry.
>>
>> You didn't put a breath of effort into helping yourself.
>>
>> You claim a piece of cardboard was the ONLY thing you could use to
>> make a makeshift oil cap and that's silly. On I 95 there are about a
>> zillion plastic soda bottles and other assorted types of discarded
>> litter, very simple to fashion a good makeshift oil cap from something
>> discarded or even something you had.
>>
>> Then you drove 450 miles? Are you saying that in 450 miles there was
>> not one Wal-Mart or other store or service station where you could
>> have bought something to use for an oil cap? I don't get that part of
>> the story at all. I realize you were in a hurry, but it would have
>> taken maybe 10 minutes to stop. I'm sure you stopped to go to the
>> bathroom, get a bottle of soda or coffee, etc. You took the time to go
>> to the Honda factory, you could have taken the time to stop elsewhere.
>>
>
> Alright, dude. I can see you're a smart ***. I hope something similar
> happens to you in the future. And no, a plastic bottle cap is not going
> to work to plug the hole that is much larger. And what good is it going
> to do to stop at a wal-mart? If they don't have a honda oil cap, what
> good is it going to do? The cardboard I had worked as good as anything
> else I could have bought and wasted my money on BESIDES an actual OIL
> CAP. And I'm sure they have countless amounts of these at the factory
> that aren't being used at the moment. You're a ing jerk, you know
> that?

Yes, and with that attitude I'm just as surprised as the next guy that a
security guard that doesn't work for Honda, at 1am didn't go looking for one
to accommodate you.

trestonklease@yahoo.com

Knut wrote:
> trestonklease@yahoo.com wrote in
> news:1140267575.997295.79280@g47g2000cwa.googlegro ups.com:
>
> >
> > Knut wrote:
> >> > Knut wrote:
> >> > <snip>
> >> >
> >> > translation: it's my own fault. i feel bad. i want to blame
> >> > someone else so i can feel better.
> >> >
> >> > you want sympathy? wait your turn.
> >> >
> >>
> >> Actually, I am admitting fault here, and I'm not blaming Honda for my
> >> problem. That's not the issue. The problem is they didn't even put a
> >> breath of effort into even attempting to help, and that makes me
> >> rather angry.
> >
> > You didn't put a breath of effort into helping yourself.
> >
> > You claim a piece of cardboard was the ONLY thing you could use to
> > make a makeshift oil cap and that's silly. On I 95 there are about a
> > zillion plastic soda bottles and other assorted types of discarded
> > litter, very simple to fashion a good makeshift oil cap from something
> > discarded or even something you had.
> >
> > Then you drove 450 miles? Are you saying that in 450 miles there was
> > not one Wal-Mart or other store or service station where you could
> > have bought something to use for an oil cap? I don't get that part of
> > the story at all. I realize you were in a hurry, but it would have
> > taken maybe 10 minutes to stop. I'm sure you stopped to go to the
> > bathroom, get a bottle of soda or coffee, etc. You took the time to go
> > to the Honda factory, you could have taken the time to stop elsewhere.
> >
>
> Alright, dude. I can see you're a smart ***. I hope something similar
> happens to you in the future.

I hope so too, I won't do something stupid like you did. It's not
rocket science to plug a hole. With your attitude, I can see why the
Honda guard sent you on your way empty handed.


> And no, a plastic bottle cap is not going
> to work to plug the hole that is much larger. And what good is it going
> to do to stop at a wal-mart? If they don't have a honda oil cap, what
> good is it going to do?

You did check to see if a bottle cap wouldn't fit before shooting your
mouth off, right?

Anyhow, read what I wrote smart guy, I said a "bottle" not a "bottle
cap", but since you brought it up, I went and got a Pepsi bottle and
inverted it in my oil fill hole and guess what? Yeah, it's a perfect
fit. Have a look see:

http://tinypic.com/view/?pic=o08jev

I then cut off all but a few inches of the bottle and drove a total of
130 miles. Not a drop of oil leaked out. Have a look.

Actual photo after driving 130 miles:

http://tinypic.com/view/?pic=o08k74

The inverted cap by itself is a perfect fit, I left some of the bottle
on to prevent the cap from falling into the engine on the off chance
that heat caused it to shrink. It didn't.


In regards to Wal-Mart, I wrote "something to use for an oil cap" not a
"Honda oil cap". See, that's part of your problem, a narrow mind, not
able to see what's going on. For crying out loud, it's an opening that
needed plugged, how hard is it?

>The cardboard I had worked as good as anything
> else I could have bought and wasted my money on BESIDES an actual OIL
> CAP.

Oh sure it did, that's why you're worried your engine is full of
cardboard. A bottle is free and works great.

> And I'm sure they have countless amounts of these at the factory
> that aren't being used at the moment.

Oh really? How many auto assembly factories have you been in? I've been
in Marystown, Lordstown, Tarrytown, Baltimore truck/bus, and countless
others. I've seen many caps, all attached to engines.

BTW, Timmonsville SC is an assembly plant for Honda ATV's and
watercraft. Let me know which one of those oil caps will fit your car.

>You're a ing jerk, you know that?

Your attutude and crying tell me more about you than I ever wanted to
know. My advice would be to go get a Pepsi bottle and shove it up your
***!

John Horner

Hmmm, sounds like yet another guard shack genius "just following
policy". Nothing particular to Honda about that!

John