[Spridgets] No LBC - Honda Dealer Service Ripoff

[Chris King]

That's similar to how I stumbled into my current mechanic. A few years
ago the local Ford dealer (who up to this point had been fairly
reasonable) quoted me $800 to fix the pinion bearing on the rear that
his shop had ruined by over tightening the pinion yoke after replacing a
leaky seal.

The mechanic I took it to is very local (about a 1/2 mile from my
house), and does good work. There was even one point where he had
dropped my truck off at my house before a snowstorm, even though I had
not paid the bill yet.

He does good work, and the fact that I can drop the truck off, walk
home, and drive my spare car to work is a big plus.

-=Chris

Chris King
http://home.comcast.net/~kvcbk/

<-----Original Message-----> 
>From: Kathryn Bales [kgb at frontiernet.net]
>Sent: 4/5/2010 5:22:24 PM
>To: 
>Cc: spridgets at autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: [Spridgets] No LBC - Honda Dealer Service Ripoff
>

>
>I began searching for a new shop. The one I selected was one that I 
>needed to use for the first time in an emergency, My Cherokee lost its 
>mind (brain) when I went to start it on my way home from work. I called
>the shop and he arranged for a tow, already suspecting the reason my
car 
>wouldn't start. The nearest brain was three days away, so he pulled one
>out of his own car, installed it in mine, and said I could use it until
>mine came in. When I went back, I paid the cost of the part plus $30
for 
>about 30 seconds labor. Since then, I have learned that his shop rate
is 
>$20 less than everybody else in town. Also, if a job takes less than an
>hour, he doesn't charge for a full hour. 
>
>The fact that his parents owned the business before him might have 
>something to do with his practice of customer service, but whatever the
>reason, I plan to steer as much business his way as he is able to
handle.
>
>Kate