Fluid MotorUnion: An Inside Look

[Oxer]

We have not built a motorcycle-engined open cockpit car...but the idea is certainly intriguing.

Our missile launch control area is actually getting painted right now, elsewise I would have included it in the photoshoot.

I can has wmd? just shoot it over, Ill catch it.

[NeedingAnAudi]

Definitely the cleanest independent shop I have seen in Chicagoland, and I have been to a lot looking for employment.

One thing though, I see no alignment rack anywhere....

[FluidMotorUnion]

Definitely the cleanest independent shop I have seen in Chicagoland, and I have been to a lot looking for employment.

One thing though, I see no alignment rack anywhere....

We actually don't have an alignment rack

[Kielan]

Going to have to come see this place in person this summer...

[famguy]

Nice!

where can I find more pics of the m3 sedan????

[SeanDub]

Hi Guys

[MikeG]

Wow very cool place you guys have there.

[4rings]

My buddy called there asking if you guys redrill wheels and the lady told him, "why would you redrill wheels, thats very dangerous and your wheels can fall off and you can die"
Really, is that how you guys talk to customers?

[AJ@Fluid MotorUnion]

Really, is that how you guys talk to customers?

No. We only talk in rhymes. Especially when it's a life or death situation.

[Kielan]

No. We only talk in rhymes. Especially when it's a life or death situation.

[Oxer]

No. We only talk in rhymes. Especially when it's a life or death situation.

Best fucking response EVER!

[4rings]

No. We only talk in rhymes. Especially when it's a life or death situation.

Having you mom answer the phones is like talking to a brick wall. Maybe she should get back to her "very successful" nursing job instead of trying to be hip and stay at the shop.

[M.Burroughs]

Having you mom answer the phones is like talking to a brick wall. Maybe she should get back to her "very successful" nursing job instead of trying to be hip and stay at the shop.

You're on a very quick path to being on my shit list. Stop while you're not too far behind.
First and final warning.

[FluidMotorUnion]

Having you mom answer the phones is like talking to a brick wall. Maybe she should get back to her "very successful" nursing job instead of trying to be hip and stay at the shop.

Actually, AJ is our head engineer in charge of design. You must be thinking of OJ, the owner, but that's okay, I understand the mishap. A and O are quite close, both in alphabetical order and phonetics. My mom is a preschool teacher, so I see this all the time. No need to feel ashamed.

And in regards to your specific ad hominem attack, Marilynn is actually the glue that holds together the backbone of Fluid. Somehow, one woman manages to run all the books for Fluid, keeping the service department running at 100% capacity, while ensuring that the shop itself is orderly and well maintained. On top of that, she knows more about cars than a lot of other people do, so there's not a constant running back-and-forth between techs and the phones; if you've got a question regarding your car's service, usually Marilynn can provide that answer. Along with all this, the phones ring almost constantly around here, and guess who's answering the majority of them? Yep.

And to address the completely baseless (and rather pointless) mention of her nursing business, hell yes it's successful. You know why? Because she's hardcore, she knows what she's doing and she knows that it takes a lot of ass-busting (as opposed to ass-kissing, which is what you seemed to want from that re-drilling phone call) to run a successful business.

And let us not forget to mention that there's two sides to every story. Marilynn is unafraid to tell it like it is, and I guess that's a good quality to have when you're explaining to people that their engine blew up because they drove their overheating car 150 miles on the highway in the red. Perhaps your call to this shop was a little less than friendly on the phone, maybe even combative. Were that the case, there's nothing wrong with how she responded, if this story is even true. We've been too busy rolling hard for me to find out the truthiness behind this story, not that it's more than an aborted afterthought in my head, because it's not.

[handbanana90]

Having you mom answer the phones is like talking to a brick wall. Maybe she should get back to her "very successful" nursing job instead of trying to be hip and stay at the shop.

There's always one bad banana