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DrPain posted:Well, I spoke too soon.  Can't wait for more service-related antics.
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Is the pay better than art gallery sales? I can't imagine the stress is lower.
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Mar 4, 2015 18:26
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I don't know man - I feel like you're too nice for a dealership position.
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Mar 4, 2015 19:02
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Holy shitballs your life never has a dull moment. Keep truckin on you crazy fucker 
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Mar 4, 2015 19:36
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Better pay, better hours, more benefits. Selling art is neat, but business isn't booming and hasn't been for a while. They gave me QuickBooks access to write up sales orders and I might have glanced at their check register, P&L, and balance sheet. I also know what the gently caress I'm looking at, unlike my coworkers. The gallery is hemorrhaging money. They couldn't pay rent one month so they traded art to the hotel in exchange. As the newest hire, I'll be the last one with a chair when the music stops. Management is also full of ego maniacs who are higher than a giraffes rear end. I agree that I'm a decent person, but I'm not above working at a dealership. It's where all the money is and if you're dumb enough to take your car there for service then I have no sympathy for your bill. I'm sick of driving a lovely old truck, I'm sick of restarting my career over and over again, I'm sick of not being further along in life. I don't give a poo poo anymore. I'll be a nice person off the clock when I'm driving my supercharged 2015 Tacoma home. DrPain fucked around with this message at 20:12 on Mar 4, 2015 |
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Mar 4, 2015 20:08
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You're a bad man. I can't wait to read the posts about it.
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Mar 4, 2015 20:27
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Post pics. And actually a dealership doesn't have to be a bad choice for service. It just more than likely is :P
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Mar 4, 2015 20:37
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Hmm, water leaking when you have the A/C running? That's unfortunately quite serious, we'll have to tear everything apart to clean out a few sensors and do some diagnostics. This can get really costly once we have to start changing sensors. Please sign on the dotted line. It's a good thing you have a Toyota because once it's fixed it'll run forever. Shift ends, does a rolling burnout in a 2015 Supercharged Tacoma, plate "SERVICE"
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Mar 4, 2015 20:51
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My buddy has a supercharged off-road 2015 and it is awesome. I can't see paying that much for one myself though...
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Mar 4, 2015 21:35
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Bajaha posted:Shift ends, does a rolling burnout in a 2015 Supercharged Tacoma, plate "SERVICE" http://m.caranddriver.com/reviews/2015-toyota-tacoma-trd-pro-first-drive-review I'll take one of these with the supercharger and manual, in batman black, please and thank you.
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Mar 5, 2015 01:37
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you -need- to get that truck.
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Mar 5, 2015 01:58
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DrPain posted:I'm sick of driving a lovely old truck, I'm sick of restarting my career over and over again, I'm sick of not being further along in life. I don't give a poo poo anymore. I'll be a nice person off the clock when I'm driving my supercharged 2015 Tacoma home. Aw, man, but we love that truck! Also, Toyota really could have done a better job naming than combining an acronym with an abbreviation. That makes it either "T-R-D-P-R-O" or "Turd Pro". I certainly know which I'll be calling any I see!
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Mar 5, 2015 02:25
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Get the Tundra with the S/C. The Tacoma is a great truck but the 6 speed isn't great and the V6 is a gas hog. If you're gonna go all out on a Toyota truck the Tundra is way more badass
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Mar 5, 2015 02:38
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Advent Horizon posted:Aw, man, but we love that truck! Taco Turd Pro? That looks like a badass truck, though. I wouldn't mind having one as my next truck.
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Mar 5, 2015 02:39
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Maksimus54 posted:Get the Tundra with the S/C. The Tacoma is a great truck but the 6 speed isn't great and the V6 is a gas hog. If you're gonna go all out on a Toyota truck the Tundra is way more badass I hear you, but, the Tundra is so goddamn big though. Also, the name conjures thoughts of that one crazy Green Bay Packers fan.  This guy. DrPain fucked around with this message at 02:50 on Mar 5, 2015 |
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Mar 5, 2015 02:48
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Wait I thought you needed an art degree to sell art Edit: \/ Holy poo poo lol. Preoptopus fucked around with this message at 03:33 on Mar 5, 2015 |
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Mar 5, 2015 03:11
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Preoptopus posted:Wait I thought you needed an art degree to sell art. He said sell art not work at Starbucks.
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Mar 5, 2015 03:28
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Preoptopus posted:Wait I thought you needed an art degree to sell art. Nope, just the ability to bullshit. It's kind of funny, all through the art sales training process they kept making mention of how "this is not a car lot, don't sell art like cars" but then a paragraph later will state "these art collectors will sometimes take cues from you to build an emotional connection to the art"... Which is exactly how you sell a car. Instead of "feel that power under the hood at your command!" you say "this piece really elicits a calm, serene mood wherever it is hung." or whatever. It doesn't matter that you're driving a 2.0 Mazda crap can or looking at some lovely over saturated landscape. People feel what you tell them to feel. Then they give you their money to feel that at home.
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Mar 5, 2015 03:35
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Ha thats so amazing. When going to art school for graphic design, I met multiple people that went to (a very expensive) college for a bfa or art history major because they wanted to work in fancy galleries. Then again I dropped out and now wrench on rusty poo poo piles under a freezing salt waterfall in a damp shop for a living.
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Mar 5, 2015 03:42
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Preoptopus posted:Wait I thought you needed an art degree to sell art Even art galleries want people with real degrees.
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Mar 5, 2015 05:02
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DrPain posted:I hear you, but, the Tundra is so goddamn big though. Also, the name conjures thoughts of that one crazy Green Bay Packers fan. Wow, that is a pretty well done costume
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Mar 5, 2015 05:48
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You Am I posted:Wow, that is a pretty well done costume It's really that cold there. Maybe the costume keeps him insulated and warm?
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Mar 5, 2015 06:00
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DrPain posted:Better pay, better hours, more benefits. I just hope that your one of the service writers who knows to actually listen to the mechanic. And actively try to sell the work they recommend. From working at a dealership those are the two things that will make a service writer loved by all the techs. Or don't do them and have people cut your fuel lines, stab your tires or threaten to murder you in a busy showroom. Sometimes I miss working at that dealership.
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Mar 5, 2015 15:43
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DrPain posted:I hear you, but, the Tundra is so goddamn big though. Also, the name conjures thoughts of that one crazy Green Bay Packers fan. A) Glad to have you back posting B) As someone who went from a Taco to a Tundra, holy gently caress the Tundra is a better truck. If the Tacoma got significantly better mileage, I'd be a fan. But the Tundra is a goddamn amazing machine, and I could never go back. Its huge, almost obnoxiously so, but so comfortable to drive.
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Mar 5, 2015 17:21
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 Best news I've had all day. Welcome back.
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Mar 5, 2015 21:25
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Good to hear from you again DrPain!
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Mar 7, 2015 18:40
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I got a 2015 tacoma, with the TRD package in a manual. I tried to buy in las vegas but they couldnt get me what i wanted. next month I am sending it to Texas to have the toyota D4D diesel engine put it. It drive very well but in heavy traffic I loving hate having a stick.
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Mar 7, 2015 21:23
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max4me posted:I got a 2015 tacoma, with the TRD package in a manual. I tried to buy in las vegas but they couldnt get me what i wanted.  why?
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Mar 7, 2015 21:48
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max4me posted:I got a 2015 tacoma, with the TRD package in a manual. I tried to buy in las vegas but they couldnt get me what i wanted. These spambots are getting weirder all the time.
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Mar 8, 2015 03:21
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Here's my buddy's 2015 Supercharged Tacoma with off-road package. He came to the desert with us this weekend and only had to take a few bypasses. Those things are loooooong compared to a short wheel base Jeep, but they do what you ask 'em to! He's been going pretty spendy on his - he got the supercharger, bumper, wheels and tires, sliders are on the way, and he just had a 2.5" lift put on with control arms and king reservoir coilovers. It's stupid because he could've got a used one for like a third of the price, but he's having fun.
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Mar 9, 2015 16:32
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Astonishing Wang posted:Here's my buddy's 2015 Supercharged Tacoma with off-road package. He came to the desert with us this weekend and only had to take a few bypasses. Those things are loooooong compared to a short wheel base Jeep, but they do what you ask 'em to! He's been going pretty spendy on his - he got the supercharger, bumper, wheels and tires, sliders are on the way, and he just had a 2.5" lift put on with control arms and king reservoir coilovers. It's stupid because he could've got a used one for like a third of the price, but he's having fun. Nice. I hope to one day be in the position where I could do something to save money, but gently caress it I want to go new because I can. Hopefully, tomorrow marks the first day of that chapter in my life at Toyota Service. Seeing as I will no longer be working at a pretty small indie shop, I feel that my posting career is also ready for a new thread. DrPain fucked around with this message at 00:06 on Mar 10, 2015 |
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Mar 9, 2015 23:40
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It's a pretty big shop, you've probably heard of it 
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