my local dealer sucks! (long rant)

[rplines at pacifier.com]

I've finally reached the end of my patience with Sunset Porsche/Audi in Portland,
OR.  The parts guys must be either complete idiots or on drugs.  They have repeatedly
screwed up on ordering parts, lost my orders, etc...
I realize that I don't order very many big ticket items, and I don't buy new cars,
but c'mon, I've spent quite a bit of money there over the years.
Today was the best yet.  I called to order a new rad. fan control relay for my '86
4kq.  I read the number off the relay in my hand.  "That's not a valid part number",
he tells me.  So I ask him to look it up.  He asks, "What's your VIN?"  So I tell
him, "WAUFB0859GA060834".  Then he tells me my car is a '85 model, not an '86.  When
I asks him why, he says the "85" in the VIN is the model year!  Good thing I don't
own a type 44.  It would be 57 years old!
After I explain that the "G" denotes an '86 model and "85" is the model designation,
he says "Uh, can you call back after lunch?"  Unbelieveable....  I don't know whether
to cry, or just kick myself for not learning my lesson sooner.

-Peter