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So what ended up happening? I just spent the last 45 minutes reading these posts and yet I didnt read what dealer or what the outcome was. One thing not mentioned was try asking for nothing in return. Just let him know your trust has been betrayed and something like trust can't be bought or bartered for. Show the video to a manager and say this is the type of staff you employ and I nor will any relatives or friends of mine ever use this dealer for service again. I think more than monetary compensation you should be satisfied in knowing that here we are talking about this versus never knowing at all.
And a side note about the camaro story, those clutches blow when you sneeze on the petal to hard. My friend had a GTO the 2006 model and 30,000 miles he was getting trans parts replaced. Said his syncros we goin in 3rd and 4th the clutch had less bite etc. IMO the guy got lucky. Cars can be a tickin time bomb sometimes and all you can do is hope you're not the one driving when it goes Boom! Not to say the techs weren't being abusive but who buys an SS camaro to drive the speed limit? Thats what the V-6 is for. |
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BTW, I worked for many years as a tech at a Toyota dealership. During those years, I got to know lots of other techs (from my dealership and other dealerships in my area) and I'd say that 99.9% of them were always respectful with customers' cars. If you think that someone posting the name of one particular dealer where one particular employee abused one particular car will somehow help you minimize risk, well, then I can only laugh and tell you "good luck". Do your best to "beat the odds", bud. |
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Also, please explain to me how it is that this can be a "one in a million" circumstance, yet you don't feel I can do anything to minimize risk? So is it incredibly common, or incredibly rare... you're getting your argument confused. But really... why the fuck do you care what bad publicity gets published about this dealership? You work there? Do you suspect this was your dealership you used to work at? My question was aimed at the OP and his wife; YOU have contributed nothing to this except scorn, unjustified arrogance, and complete lack of knowledge of statistics (or how to phrase an argument, for that matter) So how about you piss off and leave my questions to be answered by the OP and his wife, okay? And speaking of, I'm still curious about your last post, shotizzle. Would love for you two to fill us in better on what's going on/ what happened. |
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My point from the very beginning is that people shouldn't be scared of bringing their car in for service simply because someone posted a thread on a message forum that the tech working on his/her car redlined it a few times. LOL Is that disappointing? Sure. Is the car ruined? Absolutely not. Quote:
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What I might do is go ahead take it to your dealer and let the service manager know about this incident that happened and that you're a little concerned. While this won't be 100% full-proof I believe that could somewhat minimize the risk by just being cool with him.
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There was a thread on yahoo. That a dealership was taking care of a guys camaro. So the person had a camera in there car. (like yours) And it raised concern and the maintenance people who worked for the dealership were reving and burning throught the clutch and ever said stating "that they were going to blame the driver for the burned clutch" this person took the video to a lawyer and brough the case to the dealership and reinbursed him with a new car. He said no. He wanted his money back..So if i was you..i would definately do something about it.
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Stories are stories and the best way for a positive outcome is to be upfront and honest about everything. Allow the dealership to explain their side of the story, ask the tech why he drove the car the way he did, and yes, driving through 20 stoplights redlining the entire way isnt typically testing nature. Sometimes a tech has to drive the car fairly aggressively in order to find the fault, however if the fault is something minor, then redlining isnt necessary.
My personal suggestion, if the dealership blows you off and takes the video of the tech and throws it out the window and says everything was ok, however, you the owner of the vehicle dont think it's ok, take the footage and your story to a public news agency. Dealerships will blow off customers left and right and when you put yourself in their shoes, the service manager gets complaints everyday from customers about service, so they add you to the list of customers that are pissed off for the day. Though once you get public attention, then they'll probably take you a little more seriously. It is a bit harsh to go this route, though lawyering up is very expensive and dealerships have their own lawyers that are going to blow you off as well. |
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I wrote the contact above before...a few posts up. News agency is an effective way to get a public message across, but they are also operating in the interest of SELLING the news, so things often gets very misguided at times, and outcome might not favor either party, but the agency itself. Not to mention there are a whole can of worms these days on what moves public media, its interests, ties with 3rd parties and their interests...so on and so forth.
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