Good for you Kate! Dealerships are another bit of real estate I keep my cars
out of. 8^)
--David C.
"Those who matter don't judge me ... those who judge me don't matter." --
Anonymous
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From: Kathryn Bales <kgb@frontiernet.net>
> I had a similar experience a number of years ago. My ex (Thank God!!!)
> husband had bought me a 1976, 6 cylinder, fuel injected Datsun as part
> of our pending divorce agreement, which he didn't yet know about. We
> took it to the Datsun dealer, clearly explaining that it wouldn't start
> in the morning, and left it there all day while I went to work. $300 and
> eight hours later, they claimed to have given it a complete tuneup, and
> all was now fine. The next morning it wouldn't start, so I took it
> back. They again had the car all day. I picked it up after work and
> was assured that the same mechanic had checked the car again, and
> everything was exactly as it should be. The next morning it still
> wouldn't start, so I opened the hood and took good look. There was a
> crack right on the top of the coil wire boot that was over an inch long
> and plainly visible to anyone who had looked. All the spark plug wires
> were arcing like Mt. St. Helens on her better days. I went back to the
> Datsun dealer, and the service manager very condescendingly said, "Mrs.
> Brady (Not for long, Roach!), my best technician has done a complete
> tuneup on your car, and at the very least it needs some serious
> carburetor work, probably a new carburetor. I drew myself up to the
> full extent allowed by my four inch stilettos, and roared back, "You
> simple SOB! you've had my car for three whole days and claim to have
> worked on it, but you don't even know that it doesn't HAVE a
> carburetor? Secondly, there is no way your so called technician could
> have given it a tuneup. If he had gotten close enough to it with a
> screwdriver to try to adjust the timing, he would have been knocked
> through the back wall. Every one of the ignition wires is completely
> shot. I want my money back, and I want it back NOW!" Three other
> customers who were waiting in line left when I did. The most
> satisfaction I got out of the entire incident was having both my future
> ex, who had thus far handled everything, and the condescending service
> manager look like they wanted to crawl into a hole in the floor. I then
> fully alienated the ex by parking right in front of the office and,
> dressed in a business suit and heels, proceeded to do a tuneup right on
> Main Street. Surprisingly, it started the next morning.
>
> Kate
> > He then, after he claimed to have fixed the car, quoted her a $500 charge
> for fixing it,
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