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Garage Tried it On!!! Caught Them Out
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Re: Garage Tried it On!!! Caught Them Out -
10-02-2005
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Put my Stilo 1.9 JTD in for a 36K service at a Fiat dealership close to where I work. When I collected the car they handed over my receipt and a list of operations carried out on which they ticked the relevant boxes for a 36K service. |
take a shit through the letterbox.
That's always a nice manoeuvre, if you can
pull it off.
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They then took the car back to the garage and returned it 5 hours later, with new bleed nipples, signs that the fluid had been changed and even valeted the car for me. The car was far more responsvie (so I guess they changed the air filter on the 2nd attempt). I guess some people would just hand the money over and assume that the work was done. |
before the indicator said it was due, but I don't trust those things and
hate the idea of going so long without changing the oil.
I was given the choice of the long life or regular oil; as the car is on
the variable intervals I wanted to keep it that way so wanted the oil.
Got the service done, paid, very expensive.
Checked the oil.
It was brown. Not even golden, but brown. God knows what the cheap oil
is they're using.
Anyway, took it back, was told "they'd have to analyse it to know if it
was the wrong oil", but did change it (and the filter) when I pointed
out that the long life oil is bright green and smells very different.
Sure enough, the second time, it had green oil.
Richard
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I had a catalogue of problems (in all fairness the majority were probably dealer inspired), and I got shut after 6 months as the stress was causing me health problems. |
Richard
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Andrew wrote: They then took the car back to the garage and returned it 5 hours later, with new bleed nipples, signs that the fluid had been changed and even valeted the car for me. The car was far more responsvie (so I guess they changed the air filter on the 2nd attempt). I guess some people would just hand the money over and assume that the work was done. I took my Beetle in for a service with 12,000 miles on the clock - before the indicator said it was due, but I don't trust those things and hate the idea of going so long without changing the oil. I was given the choice of the long life or regular oil; as the car is on the variable intervals I wanted to keep it that way so wanted the oil. Got the service done, paid, very expensive. Checked the oil. It was brown. Not even golden, but brown. God knows what the cheap oil is they're using. Anyway, took it back, was told "they'd have to analyse it to know if it was the wrong oil", but did change it (and the filter) when I pointed out that the long life oil is bright green and smells very different. Sure enough, the second time, it had green oil. Richard |
That's why I do oil/filter change myself.
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LOL, when you phone Fiat customer support you get through to Italy now, and they don't give a shit. I had a similar experience with Shitroen over a lemon AX, reg. L682TKD |
I had a similar problem with N764BKF
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I had a catalogue of problems (in all fairness the majority were probably dealer inspired), and I got shut after 6 months as the stress was causing me health problems. Christ. It's just a bloody car, and a cheap one at that. |
their disposal at the drop of a hat - I certainly don`t - and a few
years more down the line, i`m still living on my overdraft !
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I had a similar experience with Shitroen over a lemon AX, reg. L682TKD Heh, why do I suspect that was from Benhams in Aigburth. I had a similar problem with N764BKF |
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I had a catalogue of problems (in all fairness the majority were probably dealer inspired), and I got shut after 6 months as the stress was causing me health problems. Christ. It's just a bloody car, and a cheap one at that. It wasn`t cheap to me at the time. Not everyone has several grand at their disposal at the drop of a hat - I certainly don`t - and a few years more down the line, i`m still living on my overdraft ! |
on a brand new car that'd lose most of it's value immediately.
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Colin Wilson (void (AT) btinternet (DOT) com) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying : I had a catalogue of problems (in all fairness the majority were probably dealer inspired), and I got shut after 6 months as the stress was causing me health problems. Christ. It's just a bloody car, and a cheap one at that. It wasn`t cheap to me at the time. Not everyone has several grand at their disposal at the drop of a hat - I certainly don`t - and a few years more down the line, i`m still living on my overdraft ! Then you were a bit of a fool for spending far more than you could afford on a brand new car that'd lose most of it's value immediately. |
set things right that causes the health problems. I have problems with a
couple of main dealers and some large secondhand retailers so now I have a
deeply cynical and combatative attitude if I have to deal with the bugger.
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"Adrian" <toomany2cvs (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote in message news:Xns96E3DD72CEF9Dadrianachapmanfreeis (AT) 204 (DOT) 153.244.170... Colin Wilson (void (AT) btinternet (DOT) com) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying : I had a catalogue of problems (in all fairness the majority were probably dealer inspired), and I got shut after 6 months as the stress was causing me health problems. Christ. It's just a bloody car, and a cheap one at that. It wasn`t cheap to me at the time. Not everyone has several grand at their disposal at the drop of a hat - I certainly don`t - and a few years more down the line, i`m still living on my overdraft ! Then you were a bit of a fool for spending far more than you could afford on a brand new car that'd lose most of it's value immediately. That's not fair really is it. It's the strain of trying to get the dealer to set things right that causes the health problems. I have problems with a couple of main dealers and some large secondhand retailers so now I have a deeply cynical and combatative attitude if I have to deal with the bugger. |
Richard
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