Dealership Joyrides

[chenshuo]

Originally Posted by Clembo

Been having my service done there for years with our Corollas and it's always been fine. And as a regular buyer and service customer for years they treat me like part of the family.

OF COURSE your Corolla has been fine. No one is going to joy ride a Corolla.

[shawnperolis]

Originally Posted by chenshuo

OF COURSE your Corolla has been fine. No one is going to joy ride a Corolla.

Well... It depends on the Corolla.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aR5XyHtI9Ew"]Bunta Fujiwara - The Drift King (Initial D) - YouTube[/ame]

[jmaryt]

Originally Posted by frsinpa

I noticed the mileage once I got in the car after I already signed the paperwork, so I couldn't address it at the time.

However, I did call back and voiced my complaints to the service manager. He said that the car should not have been driven more than 1 mile and that he was unaware it was driven 14 miles.

Of course dealerships are always going to give you a bullshit answer for why it was joyridden. From the sales side to the service side, it seems like it's all one big racket.

it is! once money changes hands,you are basically on your own!
if it was me,i would "break their f**kin' backs.if they give me a ration of s**t,
i would get the regional rep' involved,no joy there?,get corporate involved!
this is just wrong! f**k 'em! go after 'em!

[jmaryt]

Originally Posted by frsinpa

I noticed the mileage once I got in the car after I already signed the paperwork, so I couldn't address it at the time.

However, I did call back and voiced my complaints to the service manager. He said that the car should not have been driven more than 1 mile and that he was unaware it was driven 14 miles.

Of course dealerships are always going to give you a bullshit answer for why it was joyridden. From the sales side to the service side, it seems like it's all one big racket.

Originally Posted by marky

yup dont trust dealers...

i still have to get my alarm done/set up and re work my tint.. but the dealer at poway san diego are stupid... called to get my alarm to set it up they said just to come down no need appointment will have you in out quick.. when i got there they said i need a appointment was of time and gas.. my car chirps sometimes but eh i have my music on all the time..

im hesitating to go to the dealer and get my alarm/tint done by them they even offer me 5 free detail/rental car i said nope not touching my car...

my first oil change will be done by me.... i hate dealers.. to them a car is just another car to make money no customer satisfaction what so ever...


sucks you car has been joyriding..must of been a new kid that wanted to look cool in your car if i were you i would call customer relation..matbe not..i called that and i got the same BS excuse that all the workers at that dealer.. its like they all cover each other A$$ and team up

their a$$es all smell the same! "nasty!"

[wbradley]

Originally Posted by shawnperolis

Well... It depends on the Corolla.

I must say, that happens to be one of the best Initial D sequences IMHO. Always makes me laugh out loud. It shows the writers of the show know how to inject a bit of macho humour in the story.

Sure beats the Beyblade anime my son watches every single night on the iPad.

Bunta is like the John Wayne of the touge.

[Gixxersixxerman]

They put 15 miles on my car swapping out the ECU... I could care less how they drove it, unless they stopped by a local track they didn't drive it no harder then I've drove it.. On one hand I think people need to do what they did back in the day.. Get to know their mechanic, then you know it's done right.. I always took better care of the customers that took the time out to get to know me, and I take the time out to stop by my dealership when I'm around the area.. At valley hi Toyota I know my dealership, I had the check engine light come on, I live in Vegas, I still called valley hi, 3 hours away to make a appointment.. In the end, one of the guys in the club works at the local dealership, so me and some club members went down and I started to get to know them..

On the other hand.. You should've seen me joy ride some of my customers cars.. I've tested out the top speed of a c6 vette, a M5, and saw how hard a S4 Audi would launch.. Ran the piss out of a fully built EVO 9 so.. Yeah, it doesn't always work.. But like I said, I don't really care how anyone else drives my car, they are not driving harder then me, and if they mess it up I know I'm getting a new one if its bad, or getting it fixed and compensated if its not bad..

[FT-86-]

I told the service adviser that I didn't want anybody driving the car out (not even 1 mile). He wrote it down and they only did oil change. Check your oil level before you leave though because sometimes they forget to actually put the oil in. lol

[shawnperolis]

Originally Posted by wbradley

I must say, that happens to be one of the best Initial D sequences IMHO. Always makes me laugh out loud. It shows the writers of the show know how to inject a bit of macho humour in the story.

Sure beats the Beyblade anime my son watches every single night on the iPad.

Bunta is like the John Wayne of the touge.

haha time to make your kid watch some Initial D! The Funimation translated one is on Netflix!

[wbradley]

Originally Posted by shawnperolis

haha time to make your kid watch some Initial D! The Funimation translated one is on Netflix!

I'm searching for it right now! Nothing under the anime category...and I have US Netflix.

Oh...found Initial D Special Edition feature film non animated! Probably a stinker but what the heck...

[idreamofdrifting]

Originally Posted by shawnperolis

Well... It depends on the Corolla.

+1

[baldolera]

Originally Posted by wbradley

I'm searching for it right now! Nothing under the anime category...and I have US Netflix.

Oh...found Initial D Special Edition feature film non animated! Probably a stinker but what the heck...

On youtube Funimation has a channel and they have all the episodes from Stages 1-4.

[shawnperolis]

Originally Posted by wbradley

I'm searching for it right now! Nothing under the anime category...and I have US Netflix.

Crap... Good thing I watched it all before. They must have gotten rid of it.

Originally Posted by baldolera

On youtube Funimation has a channel and they have all the episodes from Stages 1-4.

And all is well in the universe!

[LeeMaster]

Originally Posted by shawnperolis

haha time to make your kid watch some Initial D! The Funimation translated one is on Netflix!

not no more, they removed it after Stage 5 was released

Originally Posted by Gixxersixxerman

They put 15 miles on my car swapping out the ECU... I could care less how they drove it, unless they stopped by a local track they didn't drive it no harder then I've drove it..

On the other hand.. You should've seen me joy ride some of my customers cars.. I've tested out the top speed of a c6 vette, a M5, and saw how hard a S4 Audi would launch.. Ran the piss out of a fully built EVO 9 so.. Yeah, it doesn't always work.. But like I said, I don't really care how anyone else drives my car, they are not driving harder then me, and if they mess it up I know I'm getting a new one if its bad, or getting it fixed and compensated if its not bad..

sigh.... easy for you to say since you are a mechanic. Most of the guys in here like myself dont know how to work our ways inside an engine block/transmission/diff. So if said mechanic broke something and knows it, he will do whatever he can to mask it up. Amateur guys like myself wont know it until after we have driven for a couple days and by that time when we take our cars in for service the mechanic will blame it on us being negligent.

[KSC]

Originally Posted by baldolera

On youtube Funimation has a channel and they have all the episodes from Stages 1-4.

Yup. And anyone looking to get into it, do yourself a favor and watch the SUBBED version.