well, i got into a little arguement with a friend, he said his friend has an 86 iroc with a 3 speed 700r4?

did they ever make these? i thought the whole point of the 700r4 was to have overdrive? the way he counts gears is odd too, sometimes overdrive is a gear, sometimes its not..... i dunno, hes unique.... o yeah forgot to add he works at a trans shop

 

well, ALL Th700s are 4 speed automatics. With the shifter in "D" then the car will only use 3 gears, 4th (overdrive) will only be active when the shifter is in "OD". He might be talking about a TH350 or TH400 which are 3 speed autos (no OD), or really doesnt know what he is talking about.

 

What's his job at the tranny shop? I hope he's the janitor and not the guy working on the trannys.

 

a 3 spd 700r4? only if its broken...



i once had a 3 spd 700r4.... then it became a 2spd.... 4miles later it became a 1spd..... and then it stopped moving.

 

i guess hes thinking like the 4+3 trans? like over drive is just added on? the 700 is a 4spd thats for sure. He might think that the 0D is just something added? I have worked with mechanics... even though they work on cars.. most still dont know crap.

 

He's an idiot. Nod approvingly, suppress your laughter, and move on. There's no sense in arguing with somebody that uninformed.

"Never argue with an idiot.... they will drag you down to their level, and once you are there, beat you with their greater experience"

 

Oh.... and take your transmission to some other shop when you need it worked on.

 

Amen, never ever argue with idiots.

I once made the mistake of going to a Vauxhall dealer to try and find an oil cap that fitted my third gen. Not a bad assumption given that Vauxhalls are GM and I have found that things like fuel caps work.

Well, the guy at the shop first told me that Vauxhall never sold Camaros in the UK (they sold 4 gens for a few years) then proceeded to tell me that I should go to Jeep because Jeep was GM and Vauxhall wasn't... I just walked straight out of the dealership and left him there before he could finish telling me how he figured that DaimlerChrysler was General Motors.

PS: Yeah, I live in Europe.

 

thanx for the replies, i never like sayin im 100% percent right on things but in some cases....

ive let him work on my car with me, mainly cause he was the only one around and his dad has a crapload of tools. ive learned all u really need is common sense, the right knowledge and the right tools to fix a car, live and learn

im sellin my bird to my friend ive been talkin about, i call him r!ice, and he said he wants somethin to play around with and do it right, cause u know, y try and do it right when its mine?

sorry for the rant :lala:

 

yea....****.... hes so fuggin annoying.... ive had first hand contact with this ******* idiot...i will refer to him as R to conceal his identity...

R: Whoa whered you get those white face gauges...
Me: I made them
R: No you didnt!
Me: Um...yea, i did
R: No you didnt dont lie
Me: Dude! Yes i did.
R: Is it true Cy(pos)
C: Um...Yea...he did

Then theres the countless other encounters with this little twit....hes probably one of the most ignorant people ever claimed to work on cars.....seriously this kid will argue with you forever cause he think he is T3h C4r Guru!

***...headache...