Monkey Lads Score Again

[cobram@Channel1.Com (Cobram)]

 -=> Quoting Quattro@rogerswave.ca <=-


 Qu> I always tell people DO NOT TAKE your car to place other than the 
 Qu> dealership for repairs (if you can't do it yourself).

     Worse advice I've heard on the list so far....unless of
     course you enjoy paying $700 for tranny oil changes and
     $2000 for brake jobs.  Most people would rather have
     teeth pulled than take their cars to a dealer.  Independent
     shops are not quickie oil change places.  The stories
     you cite happening at quickie oil change places have nothing
     to do with reputable independent mechanics, and even
     equating independents with the Beavis's and Buttheads who
     Still work for the oil change places is totally misleading.

     I could quid pro quo you story for story about similar things
     and worse happening at dealerships, which tend to not give a
     damn about anything except "beating" book on jobs, or internal
     dealer BS politics.  I made the humungous mistake last year
     (post should be in the archives somewhere) of taking my
     V8Q to the dealer to have it painted. They broke my sunroof,
     told me it was already broken, and only admitted (kind of)
     that they had broken it when I pointed out the new sunroof
     gasket, and said that I would BUY a brand new A8Q to the
     Houdini who could have changed that gasket without opening
     the sunroof. After another week with my car they still hadn't
     been able to even open the damn thing, so I took my car to
     mechanic friend (NOT a dealer mechanic) and between the two
     of us got it open. I did break his cable tool in the process.

     "Take it to the dealer" if you hear me tell someone that, you
     can bet I don't like them too much. Once out of warranty the
     dealer is a last resort for a procedure that requires a
     dealer-only tool, computer, etc.

     BCNU




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