So did I. It was pretty rough stuff, and I tried a sip, didn’t like it, and refused the rest. It was almost as if the distiller (some cousin of a friend of mine) was trying to get it as strong as possible. Let’s just say that you had to wait 15 minutes after drinking before you dared light a smoke.
As for nitrogen in tires, it’s a real thing. The last time I got a set of tires, the cost (tires and installation) included inflation of the tires. The tire dealer told me that they inflated all tires with nitrogen as a matter of course; and if, over time, the tires needed a top-up, ordinary air from any gas station was just fine. I never noticed a difference between the ride provided by those tires, and the previous ones that were filled with air.
I was a fleet manager at the time and my wife’s car was dying. She knew exactly what she wanted so I called my contact at the dealership and we did a deal where he put it through as a trade sale and I paid in full upfront.
A couple of weeks later he called me up and told me that the car was ready and the following day I took my excited wife (she had never had a brand new car before) to collect it.
We went into the showroom and I spotted my guy talking to a couple of suits. When he saw me, he called out and lobbed some keys in my direction. “It’s parked outside,” he said and that was it.
My wife was really disappointed. I think she was expecting a ceremonial handover like Mercedes used to do.
I once helped a friend buy a car. While we were in The Room and looking over the itemized charges, I pointed out the $200 for mud guards. The salescritter said they were already installed, so I said to take them off as that was too much. He said they could not since no one was available to do that. I stood up and motioned my friend to go and he backed down by immediately saying they’d be included at no charge. It did not make a big difference in the overall price but felt like a small victory.
We had a dealership here who was tacking on VIN etching on the windshield and windows. Charging something like $1,000 (even though it only cost them $25.00 to do). And in some cases, they claimed it was required by insurance companies. They got sued and had to reimburse a lot of people.
It’s a “real thing”; somehow, my buddy miraculously ended up with a bottle after he got a ticket for failure to use his turn signal. I still haven’t owned up to being the one to send it to him.
If you’re headlights aren’t so bright, you can top them off with headlight fluid, too.
Unfortunately, both come empty & you have to break the soda bottle-like seal to untwist/remove the plastic cap & fill it with the liquid of your choice before giving/sending it to someone.
