What have you done to your car today?
- Thread starter Patrick
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they tried to charge me for my free oil change.
that's when I started talking about buying another car, and it was free again.
sundaydoug
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Sadly, no access to that garage. Landlord has a bunch of crap in there. Man, do I miss having a garage.
ekuhn
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This weekend I stopped at Malouf GMC to look for a Denali to upgrade the Wife's Acadia. I really was looking for an SLT, but I called over just before Memorial Day to see the price on it as it wasn't listed. Its a 23' Denali 46,500 miles and was still available. Took it for a drive all the bells and whistles. Nice car, wouldn't budge on the price. Mind you, Saturday, 2PM I was the only in the dealer looking at anything. No CPO, only remaining warranty was 60k drivetrain. 7-8% interest, but expected better if we ran it. No incentive on even a new one, unless I wanted to buy the 4 Cylinder Turbo 1500 Sierra.
Following that we went down to Freehold GMC, where they had a CPO 21' Denali, similar mileage but it just wasn't the one. They apparently only order in Denali's there cause no one is interested in the lesser packages. The search continues.
Following that we went down to Freehold GMC, where they had a CPO 21' Denali, similar mileage but it just wasn't the one. They apparently only order in Denali's there cause no one is interested in the lesser packages. The search continues.
My easiest purchase ever was from Malouf GMC. I walked in looking for a Yukon XL and the sales manager handed me a contract and said how's this one? Said a customer beat him down already and they wrote it up without ever checking the guys credit. Said it's yours if your credit checks out. Good deal, no blood spilled.
Zaskar
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Needed new tires for our Explorer, order them from Costco, scheduled an appointment and all ready to go. Showed up on the wrong day so rescheduled for next day. Shop strips one of the lug nuts and can’t replace the fourth tire, they tell me to bring to another shop to resolve. Call Ford cause I need an oil change any as well. Tell them the situation they say no problem they can fix it, great head over to Ford...oil changed, lug nut removed/replaced and they swap out the 4th tire. All ready for summer travels.. This morning I notice a gas smell when driving, open the hood and find the oil cap is missing.
The service manager was beyond apologetic to the point it was starting to annoy me. They cleaned the engine gave me the next oil change on the house.
The service manager was beyond apologetic to the point it was starting to annoy me. They cleaned the engine gave me the next oil change on the house.
not sure i would trust them with anything at this point . . . .
Oof, and I thought my guys dropped the ball when they left the valve caps off.
Zaskar
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Which one?
why do i have to choose? i dont wanna trust anyone who was paid for work in this story.
iman29
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is that because you mistakenly dropped off the Porsche at a Chevy dealer? AFAF.
Red Mosquito
Formerly RLB the Scrapple Boy
I hate paying people to do stuff for this exact reason. Everything is at a premium these days and for subpar results. The bar is set so low, to the point where it’s a surprise when something actually happens correctly. I’ll end my grumpy rant here lol
Yesterday was the 150k mile service on my truck, trans fluid/filter (pan on these fancy zf 8 speeds) and coolant, sending samples out to blackstone out of pure curiosity about fluid lifespan. (see post in frown thread)
tonyride
Don't piss off the red guy
Over $5K to repair this. Through the insurance it is. Dropping it off to the body shop on Monday. Insane.
Today was oil change day. It's nice having a vehicle long enough to have this job down to an actual science. 20 min and done including cleanup
qclabrat
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Took the day off to go fishing, just before the 35/36 split red battery light turns on. Okay, I got an intermittent battery light on a few months ago and ignored it, thinking I could stretch it for another few months. Headed to the next auto parts store on 35 to replace battery. Stopped at a light, brakes seemed a bit abnormal, AC blowing warm air and now realize the power steering doesn't work. Pulled over at an AutoZone and as expected, a broken belt. AAA towing called and no fishing today :-(
wait, you had it towed from an autozone parking lot for a belt?
qclabrat
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Stopped at an AZ just in case it was just a bad battery, unfortunately was a confirmed belt after popping the hood. Yeah, I could probably change the belt myself, but the car needs an oversized torx which I don't have and I'm about 30 miles from my tools. So getting it towed to the mechanic. Hopefully he can get to it today so I can take another day off to go fishing.
