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Originally Posted by White Shadow
Okay, but I think you missed my point. The odds of it happening to you are probably one in a million, so don't get too worried about bringing your car in for service.
And besides, do you really think that ANY dealership allows its employees to abuse cars? Or is it more likely that a dealership employee would be breaking the rules when he/she decides to abuse a customer's car? That can happen virtually anywhere. Posting specific information in this thread isn't going to change that. If the OP said, "hey, it happened at ACME Scion in Quahog" does that mean you'll avoid that particular dealership? Okay, great. So you bring your car into the next closest dealership and you think you've somehow increased your odds?  |
No, the odds AREN'T one in a million. If there is a lax attitude towards employees recklessly driving customer cars at a dealership, then that same employee will continue to do so. Did you ever get behind the wheel of a sports car, drive it fast one time, get out, and go, "Well, that was fun... guess I'll go buy me a minivan now." No. If the kid's doing this with one, he's doing it with others too. And I don't want to be one of the "others".
And while I have a sneaking suspicion this is all too common at dealership service centers, I'd rather do what I can to minimize the risk; and part of that is identifying which dealership has employees abusing cars, then avoiding them. If you don't want spit in your McDonald's, where do you go: the McDonald's two blocks over, or the McDonald's where last time your friend went he got a Quarter-Pound Spit w/ Cheese?