Yea I've learned my lesson too with the Car DEALERS as they wanted $500+ to repair my ignition module in the steering column of my car. I had a new key made that has the ohm resistor (made in the key) for $28 and it worked perfect!! Trouble is... all this "Hocus pokus" bullshit that is "supposed" to deter thief only cause more problems. I'll try anyone but a DEALER before I get anything repaired!!
I was at Willows Springs doing run sessions (no race), my Viper had had $26,000 worth of warranty work done on it over the course of 3 years. 5 points out, Hoosiers on, fire extiguisher ect. I see the service manager from my Dodge dealer walking toward me and I'm like "oh shit, I'm busted". He comes up to me and asks for a ride along, lol I thought he was gonna give me shit. I took him for the fastest ride he'd ever been on "his words" and laughed off the fact I was tracking it
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Betamax will make a comeback!
Yes I do Shawn. It's now begun to take off finally. I sold my ex-partner's 50% of shares in April, and took on a managing partner who now runs the show. I'm now gonna look to sell my 1/2 and get back to being retired and buying more toys and do some traveling with my wife. Gonna sell the new home I have there too....I'll probably make it a package. Still interested?
My '06 Jag suddenly started to miss while going up hills last week, so I dropped it off at Bennett Jaguar Friday morning to have the problem corrected.
Later the same day, the service writer calls me, and says that they found a dead plug in the diagnostic data stream. He recommended replacing them all, so I said DO IT.
I picked it up after hours and the bill for 8 plugs installed was $893.47.....just a flat un-itemized figure. Of course, it was after hours and no one was there to talk to. So, instead of making a dog and pony show out of it....I just handed the young girl cashier my check and left with my car. I asked her to have the service writer call me on Monday morning.
Ha.....can't wait till they try to run the "UN-SIGNED" check thru that I gave them.
Am I wrong in bitching about the price....or just being cheeep? I figured an hour or two labor @ thier posted labor rate of $55.00per hour, plus maybe $50 for the 8 plugs....but not almost $900.00!!
Denny you are a shhhhheeeep Bastard !!!!! Just pay the bill.They are not taking advantage of you.
Maybe YOU go to the bathroom 10X a nite....I don't!!
I know I have inadvertently stumbled into an old geezer thread when the topic of conversation goes from cars to how many time per night you get up to take a leak.
I'm cashing out of this conversation before someone asks if it "starts and stops for you too?"
