[V8] A rant about getting work done at a national auto chain storeon my A8 & V8

[kneale at knitknacks.com]

Your tale of woe reinforces my approach:  I take the wheels in to have them
balanced.  Nobody gets to use a big impact to tighten my wheel bolts.  I
inspect my own brake parts while the wheels are off.

Original Message:
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From: D Morralee superdaveski at hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2010 09:18:10 -0400
To: v8 at audifans.com
Subject: [V8] A rant about getting work done at a national auto chain
storeon my A8 & V8




CT stands for Canadian Tire store / its a big Automotive , house and
general items sort of place  





I will never be a good writer like Roger , but here goes. 



  On friday I got my 97 A8 quattro on the road but it had a nasty
vibration, so on Monday I took it in to CT to have the wheels balanced. How
can they mess that up right. The counter guy asked me all these question
about , how do I know that is the problem ? blaa blaa blaa. I finally said
well I personally replaced every steering component in the front end ( 10
items ) so I have a good idea what needs to be done. (+ Had an alignment )
The guys says to me "you obviously know more about cars than I do." So I
continue , please use only sticky weights none of those weights that clamp
onto the outer/inner edge of the rim. ( causes dissimilar metal corrosion
and makes the rim look like shi% ) I told him the last time I was here to
get the job done on my 93 Audi V8 (new rims) they used three sticky weights
and one clamp on weight ... boy I was mad. I caught it a few weeks later
when inspecting something else. Did go back to CT and asked them what the
fuc8 are you tiring to pull here, maybe 90% of customers wouldn't pick up
on this , but I did. So A8 goes in to shop , get phone call it's ready for
pick up. I live right by a CT so I just dropped the car off before dinner
and picked it up after dinner , very convenient. Pay for the bill 50.00 not
bad , I look at the bottom to see what sort of comment they have written on
my bill. CT always tries to scare you into something that you don't need
..right. On the bottom of the bill there is a comment , oh you will love
this. "Back brakes are Rotten" what the fuc* is that ! I'm not going to
trust a guy who balances my rim/tires to give me some global observation
about my brakes.  These guys at CT want you to come back right, why not say
something intelligent like your brake pads are ready to be replaced, or
your rotors are not within safety limits or the brake lines have cracks in
them . Hmm wonder what would look "rusty" sorry "rotten" on an all
aluminums body ,frame and suspension components ... ah maybe the iron ore
rotors and caliper ha ha . This  is all just a rant anyhow. 
I've ordered new rotors and pads for the car as I know this was on my list
of to do. 23 dollars a rotor and 40 dollars for the pads ..not bad eh. 
 
well that is my rant of the day . oh yes it drives like a dream now, but I
smell something rotting . 
 
superDave 



 		 	   		  
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