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Originally Posted by FBODS4EVER
i dont like either one. they are just one of them franchise places you goto. and you want 1 thing fixed. then they come back with a list of 20 other things wrong. just so they can make an extra buck.  |
See that's not what I'm worried about. Here's a little story. My girlfriends mom had a C230; the brake light came on, so she took it to a "repair" place and told them that the light was on. They said it was no problem and they will fix it. Break job is a pretty easy thing after all right? Few days later she picks it up and everything is fine, woohooo no more light right. Well kinda. She ended up passing the car down to her daughter as she got the new car. Well the car starter squealing like a pig.
First thing I said, it's time to change your break pads, most likely scenario. I've done quite a few pad swaps and usually that solves it. Well she told her mom and mom said that she just had new break pads put in, so that can't be true. Anyways the noise got annoying and she eventually took her car in for a break job.
It turns out that the previous "repair" shop, instead of doing a break job did a little snip job on the sensors... Pardon my electrical system knowledge -> he snipped the sensors and than connected the snipped wires together so that somehow got rid of the light in the car. Once again I'm not good with electrical stuff so I'm not sure how it's done, but it was in fact done.
So now they had to buy the sensors from MB in addtition to all the break parts, yuppiieeee!!
That's what I'm trying to avoid, when looking for a respectable place to take my car. If he gives me a list of repairs, great I'll pass it along to the next owner. As long as they don't F with my car I'll be happy.
Ok that was a little long...