BAD dealer service

[Drew Boyd]

there are several holes in this story... need more details including
previous service records.  rears wear far less than fronts, I dont
care what you are told.


On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 21:32:08 -0500, Steve R <srosen at starxray.com> wrote:
> I should have mentioned in my original post that my dealer has a program
> that if you buy the car there, all service is covered.
> 
> The mechanic I trust. Has a nice Porsche shop and he once worked at the that
> dealership. I'll take a measurement tomorrow but from a visual, they were
> LOW. I doubt any of them will be over 1.5 mils
> 
> Not sure what the mins are here in NY but I would have to think something in
> the area of 2mil and I think each wheel has to be checked. I'll have to
> check that.
> 
> Let me put a few facts out here for further study.
> 02 Allroad 17k miles dealer serviced according to schedule.Neither front or
> rear pads ever replaced. But the rears were bad. The fronts I'm assuming
> were fine. I'll find out tomorrow as I picked up the cars after hours. The
> front tires were below limits and the rears were at least 1/2 tread. Which
> in itself does not seem right All this at 17k miles.
> 
> Technically, this car shouldn't have passed inspection. It was also in for a
> faulty signal flasher. Question-- do you think that the mechanic, looking at
> the mileage just assumed everything was ok and just passed it?
> 
> On the subject of brake pads. In this day and age, when a car might not be
> in the shop for 6 months or more and sometimes only once a year for an
> inspection, don't you think the dealer should at least notify the customer
> about possibly changing pads. I'm upset because the car was already in the
> dealership. I gave it up for the day.
> 
> I'd also like to add that the reason I got this car is so I can just drive
> it and not have to worry. As long as I wouldn't be in serious jeopardy, let
> the thing break. Timing chain, transmission breakage, engine seize, I don't
> care. It's leased, under warranty, maintained. It's their car.
> 
> Just replaced the stock tires with a set of Yoko H4Ss. Let's see how they
> are for this car.
> 
> Steve
> 
> no more cars now except for the above
> an unfinished URQ
> an unfinished 62 356 cab
> an undriven 76 911
> and a hardly used Kawasaki Voyager
> 
> 
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