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10-02-2006, 07:49 AM
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Anyone else find this rediculous?
So I went to my mechanic to have my car aligned and have my dipstick thrown back in all the way (long story). So He says you can come at 1 and my friend drops me off at 12. Much to my delight he says that its almost done and they just need to throw your dipstick in he block all the way. I sit there and watch it get throw on the lift and say o this will take 10mins. So an hour later he comes to me and says we couldnt get your dipstick in because your starter is in the way. I asked him why he didnt just drop the start and he tells me that my 3" Y is in the way of the starter dropping all the way. I say alright dont worry about it right now and have him write the charge up.
Ok now to finish
He comes back and says I have to charge you something for them trying to do this dipstick. My point is that it takes 10mins to throw a car up on a lift and realise you cant get the starter out. I'm basically pissed because instead of telling me after they did it they waited pretty much exactly an hour staring at it before they told me. It just doesnt seem right that you run into a problem and for some reason wait an hour to tell the person who is sitting right there. If I had known it was going to take dropping the Ypipe i would have said forget it... Plus this is the same shop that gave me a $250 quote to put a gas guage sender in and charged me $500. Long story short they took an hour to do something that should take 10mins and it just seems fishy, almost like they did it on purpose so they could charge me.
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10-02-2006, 08:18 AM
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 what part of it is ridiculous?
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10-02-2006, 09:38 AM
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sounds reasonable to me i mean they were working on it! wouldnt you wanna be paid for doing something that you spent part of your work day on?
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10-02-2006, 10:16 AM
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 They spent time (time=money) on your car
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10-02-2006, 10:21 AM
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No.
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10-02-2006, 10:24 AM
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10-02-2006, 10:31 AM
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Are you saying that it is rediculous that they charged you, or that they couldn't get it fixed?
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10-02-2006, 10:45 AM
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Are you saying that it is rediculous that they charged you, or that they couldn't get it fixed?
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I think he means both..
Its not redicoulous, the mechanic was wasting his time doing it, they loose money, when they cant perform a job within the time in the book..
Thats what i was told by two or three members...
which dip stick was it?
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10-02-2006, 10:53 AM
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I know he was wasting time thats my point. Its rediculous that because the guy took 10mins and realised if he asked me I would say forget it he blew an hour. He wasted my time and my money and its not the first time. Even my dad (its his "trusted" mechanic) agrees with me. I think anyone who knows a crank from a cam can say that it doesnt take an hour to figure out you can pull a starter out.
Its ******** is all it is.
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10-02-2006, 04:42 PM
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1. Welcome to having a modified car worked on by someone else. Ka-ching.
2. If it is so easy, do it yourself.
3. If you are not happy, find a new mechanic.
Honestly, if that was my shop, I would have stopped after 10 minutes and let you know - because I would at minimum have charged at least full book R&R time x1.5 for the starter - then you probably would have cried if it took me less time then I charged you.
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10-02-2006, 04:44 PM
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Bah I still dont think its right... I guess its time to go get some jackstands and say **** the mechanic. I still want my $60 back though!
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10-02-2006, 05:30 PM
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wow and hear i was thinking like in our shop he would have been charged a couple hundred and its like 60 bucks -- yep time to get a set of jack stands and a box of wrehches --- jz
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10-03-2006, 07:26 AM
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wow, your crying over losing $60 to the car gods!! I am sure EVERYONE here has lost more than that in the wash let alone to their car! Get used to it, this will be the first of many..
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10-03-2006, 07:33 AM
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wow, your crying over losing $60 to the car gods!! I am sure EVERYONE here has lost more than that in the wash let alone to their car! Get used to it, this will be the first of many..
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WOW shut up. Gotta be such an *******? Its not the first time this mechanic has dicked me over. I'm sure you didnt even read then entire post.
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10-03-2006, 07:39 AM
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WOW keyboard tuffguy! If this isnt the first time he "screwed" you than its your own fault for going back to him and you got what you desirved..
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10-03-2006, 07:41 AM
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Just as wayfast has seemed to have matured a little, someone steps right up to take his place..
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10-03-2006, 07:57 AM
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WOW keyboard tuffguy! If this isnt the first time he "screwed" you than its your own fault for going back to him and you got what you desirved..
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10-03-2006, 08:23 AM
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WOW keyboard tuffguy! If this isnt the first time he "screwed" you than its your own fault for going back to him and you got what you desirved..
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Just as wayfast has seemed to have matured a little, someone steps right up to take his place..
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on both counts... the scary part is, this one can actually drive... 
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10-03-2006, 10:56 AM
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Ha ha.
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The looser the waistband, the deeper the quicksand. Or so I have read.
Feather-light suspension, Konis just couldn't hold. I'm so glad I took a look inside your showroom doors.
Hey everybody, it's good to have you on the Baba-too-da-ba-too-ba-ba-buh-doo-ga-ga-bop-a-dop
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10-03-2006, 11:06 AM
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WOW keyboard tuffguy! If this isnt the first time he "screwed" you than its your own fault for going back to him and you got what you desirved..
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Yeah because I'm the one that just asked for the smart ass comment. Lemme tell ya... And I'm definatly stepping up right to wayfasts place because I go around begging to be made fun of all the time. Sorry that you dont agree with this thread and that $60 lost is a big deal for me. As far as my car going back to the mechanic that already did it to me my dad makes me go back to that mechanic sorry for that ass.
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10-03-2006, 11:43 AM
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If you are paying, you should choose where to go. Anything else is 'ridiculous'.
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The looser the waistband, the deeper the quicksand. Or so I have read.
Feather-light suspension, Konis just couldn't hold. I'm so glad I took a look inside your showroom doors.
Hey everybody, it's good to have you on the Baba-too-da-ba-too-ba-ba-buh-doo-ga-ga-bop-a-dop
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10-03-2006, 01:47 PM
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my dad makes me go back to that mechanic
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so, when you borrow your dads ultra fast 305 tbi car to go out a do fast and furious manuvers do you ask his permission or just sneak the keys?
  
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10-03-2006, 01:52 PM
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ok so basicly nobody agrees. you guys need to calm down a little. so what if he is mad he lost 60 bucks lets just leve it at that!
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10-03-2006, 01:54 PM
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melissa, how much do you spend on fuel in a weekend of racing? you may need to enlighten my friend about the costs of going fast and wasting cash..
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10-03-2006, 01:55 PM
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lets just leve it at that!
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ohh man do I have to stop? But I was having soo much fun!
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