Re: 4000SQ starting probolem: Fuel pump relay for $400? Hmm..?

[quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne)]

In message <361BF879.9E710D0C@nh.ultranet.com> Huw Powell writes:

> well, this why we learn how (and ask how) to fix our cars ourselves...
>
> they have a legitimate labor charge there, they spent the time, anyone
> might have - or longer.  Too bad about the relay, would have been
> cheaper elsewhere, but the dealer is where the job was done.  You also
> got some smoked wires replaced, that's a Good Thing.
>
> You can't expect them to be able to instantly pinpoint an electrical
> problem, and unfortunately you also can't expect to just pay for the
> thing that finally fixes the car.

David Adams is in an even more extreme position.  His car stopped three
weeks ago, spent a week at the dealer's and two weeks at an electrical
specialist.  I know from talking to the specialist that he's put in
massive hours - he claims 50 and that doesn't seem over the top.

I found the problem (with David watching) ten seconds after finding the
car.  The 'specialist' insisted on giving me GBP30 'for my trouble'
right in front of David, who will of course have it added to his bill.
When I tried to give David the money back later, saying it would come
through on his bill in any case, he refused.  Then he bought me a beer
and a steak.

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