Got Raped By Mechanic

sucks to hear that guys, i wont be going there in the future.

on a lighter note...
i just got raped too aswell, those guys at Holiday gas station charged me $2.20 for icecream!~ wtf? honestly


anyways, yeah that is alot of money and a ton of miles, this is somthing that cant go un-noticed

[1Fst14B]

Did you sign anythnig prior to them fixing your car? Did they give you an estimate for the repairs needed?
they need an authorization before gonig to work on your car, and if they didnt have one, you shouldnt have to pay.

90 miles is odd. the most ive put on a car would be 15 or so...

[Raptor]

They shouldn't ever need to drive it to for those reasons anyway, they could have let it idle in the lot if they wanted to warm it up and check for leaks. The 04 Chiltons labor guide gives a flat rate of .5 hours if it is normal and .7 if it is severe (not likeley). You should call and get there labor rate so they can't change it on you when you confront them. But I wouldn't let that kind of pricing sit either.

[john]

That sucks. I would go after them.

I have also been raped by a local shop, Jeff's Auto in Hopkins. My clutch went out and they quoted me $1200 for a new clutch. I didn't know it was a bad deal so I said ok. That is not the bad part though. I paid for the car and went out to drive it. The second gear synchro was gone. I drove it along with ghettostyle, remy and my mom. Everytime it grinds into second. I brought it back the next day. The smooth talker Craig at the desk said that it was taken for a long test drive and was fine but they will check it anyhow. They call me back and say that it will cost $1800 to fix the bad synchro. he said the mechanic who did the swap took it out and it was fine. Jeff himself took it out and it was fine. Later Jeff took it out and beat on it a bit and he notiled a little hessitation. I tried arguing with them that it was fine before and they said that they have no way of knowing that. I was fucked. Like I could prove that it was fine. The clutch went out 10 days after buying the car. I said I would never do business with them again.

A while later, while removing the t-belt cover, I noticed a groove running up the belt. I had a reciept saying that Jeff's put the new belts on along with replacing the water pump etc. I went back there asking them about it but they only warranty their work for 12 months or 12,000 miles. Even workmanship. Mine was 15,000 miles and 15 months old. I left and had Shindley put a new one on. They put the wrong length bolt in the oil pan which caused the groove. The balance shaft belt they put on was snapped due to over tightening and tore up my front axle while not knocking off the t-belt. Lesson to be learned here: NEVER GO TO JEFF'S AUTO IN HOPKINS. We should start a thread on bad shops. Seems like everyone has been getting fucked.

[CVD]

Bad shops = all of them. If they dont specialize in performance cars just automatically assume that they are going to rip you off AND wreck your shit.

[A//// Guy]

CVD is totally right. If I cant sit there and watch them fix my car and wait for it to get done (balance tires or what not) then I wont let them do it.

As for tires, now I just bring in the actual tire/rim and they do the work on it by itself...

[pradamike]

i know i brought my car in for an alignment and they wanted me to leave it there and, i was like its ok i can wait till u are done with it i hate bringing my car to the shop because everytime i get it back it seems like something is wrong after that shouldnt.. i just got my clutch replaced about 5 months ago and that mechanic was great, actually i had problems and i called him two months later. He was like "o just bring it down no problem we will throw it up and check it out." he fixed the problem and filled my tranny with synchro mesh.. and only charged me for the fluid... that was aamco in savage ... thats my only good shop experience



I called they guy that just worked on my car and he was like no one drove it out of the parking lot and another thing i noticed when i got my car is that it was parked in second gear and there wasnt even 30 feet from where the garage was and it was parked so i am thinking they took it out for sure...

[pradamike]

and that price for ice cream is insane should have gone to DQ

that ice cream is almost as expensive as gas! :P

[Steeltwo]

I took my dsm in to get a new half shaft(boot was toast)

they fucked up the first time and left the backplate loose so it squealed.


brought it back, went their to get it. It has 2.5 miles on it.


so I went back in and said they didn't need to drive it 2.5 miles to test the back plate.

so after a few minutes of telling them off, I got a free oil change and a 20oz of Sprite.

fuckers.

and i bet that sprite made it all better.

cock suckers.

:bounce: cock suckers :bounce: i swear im not gay i just think that sounds funny

[Halon]

Originally posted by glempo@Apr 26 2004, 10:00 PM
that ice cream is almost as expensive as gas! :P

it is as expenisive as gas here in AZ. 2.20 for the OH SO GREAT 91 octane stuff.

gas prices are redicules..FUCK FOSSIL FUEL