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Originally Posted by tech4pdx
These gentlemen in here talking about "lawyering up" as being some pseudo crime is ridiculous. I'm not a democrat, nor a republican, nor affiliated to any political or religious organization. I'm just a man who has learned that the system wants to f*ck you at every opportunity, even if you are not at fault. Protect yourself. Be defensive. I'm not talking about getting rich quick here. There is a reason I don't trust dealers and if you do, you probably don't have much life experience. The tools are in place to protect yourself.. Use them. Sorry for the pun. (;
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Working for three different dealership, I can see both sides.. I've seen some shady shit happen.. Ive seen people that really care about their work.. I believe you should really research your dealership and get to know your techs.. I've made mistakes for sure.. Everyone does... I learned from said mistakes..
To this day, I swear that this guy used me to get out of his car payment.. He was recently unemployed, came in for just a tire rotation, we did it 3k before, his records show every 6k, but he claims there was a slight vibration and just wanted to make sure and even the tire wear.. I rotated the tire.. I use a impact to pull the lugs off, I have a small matco 3/8 battery powered impact set to about 30 ft lbs.. Set the car on the ground and use my torque wrench to finish righting lugs.. Alway have.. This guy calls the next day, claims while driving home the right rear wheel falls off.. Causes him to run into a ditch and damn near total the car.. Dealership paid off his car and gave him another car.. Free HD clear.. This was in 2001 before high def cameras, so you can see me working on the car.. You can see me tightening the lugs.. At each corner, you can't tell the tool.. But what I found was questionable, every lug on the car was loose... Every one.. I think this guy couldn't pay his payments, and used us to get out of it.. The same reason Walmart and other quick oil change places use paint pens on the filter and drain plug.. It used to be a easy way to get a new engine if yours was going bad..
Google insurance fraud cases.. It's amazing what people do to get out from under something for no reason but to get out from under that payment.. Not even getting paid.. I'm in NO WAY saying this is what the op did.. But I know things happen so people don't have a repo.. Now they have a criminal record lol