Free Installation F/I?!

burnrubber4.0 · 03-08-2009

so i took a college visit yesterday to Vincennes university in southern Indiana and decided I'm going there in the fall for my horticulture degree. while taking the tour of the campus, they mentioned the auto shop and how they will fix peoples cars free of charge, they just want experience for their students...you just have to pay for parts. well heck i thought this sounded pretty good, since ill be so far away from home, and away from my tool shop, if something goes wrong i wont be able to fix anything myself. well i got to thinkin about it and it struck me. what if i bought my supercharger, and had em install it for me? if they would, that would be a free install! BUT i dunno if i would trust em with my car, and i dunno if they even could do it. im sure if i had a weekend to myself and i had a few buddies with me i could do it myself, its a pretty straightforward install for the x. The thing is, if ill be in class i wont have time to do it, plus ill be a little closer to alabama and maybe i could shoot down sometime and see doug for a private tune in the summer. well that was just a thought...let me know what yall think...would it be wise to let college kids learn on my car, or not? im kinda on the fence about it, i would almost need some kind of guarantee i guess

05horse · 03-08-2009

id rather do it myself, 1 i know what im doing, and can better understand it
2 i know what i did
3 i did it myself

avery_012 · 03-08-2009

Would you let a med student do surgery on you if it was free?? Hopefully you answer no, so the same goes for the stang.

burnrubber4.0 · 03-08-2009

haha yea true. BUT if i really dont have the time, and i know a few of the guys in the shop (i know one of em works on sprint cars for armstrong racing) i still might consider if i get some kind of guarantee/warranty. that would be great...ill ask around n see what i find out

05horse · 03-08-2009

put a gun in the back seat

when you drop it off, tell the, this is your baby girl and nothing better happen to her. youll notice...

then walk away

then before u get far away turn around and say oh almost forgot. then reach in the window and pull her out and put it in ur pocket and walk away lol

well you cant do that at school.... but just express your concern and get the professers word in writeing

avery_012 · 03-08-2009

It wouldn't matter to me if I knew some guys in the shop or not. If I ever went to the doctor and it was somebody I went to high school with, I would change places.

Black05Pony · 03-08-2009

I wouldn't let students work on my car, but you could make use of their tools and the instructors knowledge if you were in the class yourself.

burnrubber4.0 · 03-09-2009

yea i thought about using their tools and stuff too, maybe i could rent them for a weekend and just have the ones i know help me out. 05horse....i like that idea, i dont think anyone would think i was jokin if i had a .357 hangin out of my belt haha

Black05Pony · 03-09-2009

I've thought of taking an auto shop class at one of our community colleges just to get access to their tools and a lift. Of course, having the instructor there to guide me would be a bonus as well.

texanfan392 · 03-09-2009

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Originally Posted by avery_012

Would you let a med student do surgery on you if it was free?? Hopefully you answer no, so the same goes for the stang.

not exactly, these are college auto tech kids, its not like they are in highschool, they know what their doing.

in his situation i say he should go for it

xchris · 03-09-2009

Bring it to me, i will install it for $300, but you have to pay the gas to drive to maryland

Rake · 03-09-2009

Have you asked the professors if they are willing to do it, and what specific class they would assign your project too? I would think that assembling and installing an entire supercharger system on an S197 Mustang would be a task for the best students in an advanced class, supervised from start to finish by the professors themselves. Under those circumstances, I'd say go for it.

If they plan on giving your car to either a beginning or intermediate group of students, or if they don't plan on looking over shoulders, though...

burnrubber4.0 · 03-09-2009

exactly....who doesnt want the best for their car? i haven't had time to talk to any of them, and as far as i understand its just to fix things that break. like i said i would only have to pay for parts, all they want is experience. im sure its not every day they get to work on a newer mustang so im sure not a lot of them are very familiar with it. with that in mind, i dont know if they would take on the job or not. of course ill be buying the system, i just wonder if they can install it. also i wont be goin to school there untill this fall. i planned on getting it installed this spring but a cant go blowing 6000$ with this economy. im sure by the end of summer ill have the money, but right now my goal is to just get an 8.8 take off this summer, and find someone in the fall to install the s/c. thats just why this deal would appeal to me, as of now though, i cant snap my fingers and have everything done. i know a lot of kids that go to school there now though, so il ask them and see where it gets me.

avery_012 · 03-10-2009

Well it sounds like you have it pretty well thought out so hopefully those guys are better than Jimmy Johnson's pit crew and they can get it on for you. Good Luck.

burnrubber4.0 · 03-10-2009

i do wish i would have the time to do it myself though, i know it feels great to know you did the install, for any kind of install really. just gotta get my stupid sct livwire tuner fixed this week, or sent out at least