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Hmmm so about two weeks ago, I took my car into the mechanic my family uses, because supposedly they're gonna pay for the repair and they want someone they can "trust". So I say, whatever, if they're paying for it I don't care who fixes it...
So I take the car in on a Wed., go to pick it up Thursday and the problem HASN'T been fixed. The car won't shift into gear unless it's turned off, classic clutch cable problem. So I go back inside and tell them it doesn't work, but might just need an adjustment. They have the gall to tell me "you can't adjust the cable on a Saab, it's an auto adjusting cable". Now you may think, no big deal he's a mechanic he knows what he's talking about. WRONG, after buying a Saab I learned as much as I can about the car, and currently the only reason I havent done to many of my own repairs is a lack of space and tools (which should change once I move out and into a house with a guy with his own lift, etc.). So I even go outside, and SHOW THEM how to adjust the cable (10mm nut on fender comes off, move clips on fuse box, push aside box and voila theres the cable). Nope they tell me, that won't work. They're gonna put in a different cable, but at no fee to me.
Cut back to Friday, I call after school to see if I can pick up my car. Nope, car still won't shift right, they're gonna drop the frame Monday and replace the CLUTCH (not clutch cable, the entire CLUTCH). At this point I start swearing at the dick on the phone, telling him I want my car towed home etc. etc. I'll ****ing work on it myself...my father hearing me kicks me off the phone, and tells the mechanic to do whatever.
Monday comes and nothing, as do Tuesday and Wednesday. Finally, Yesterday (Thursday) comes and I call, the car's fixed and I can come pick it up. I go down, total bill comes to not the $500 he said it'd be for a clutch repair, oh no. In his infinite wisdom it comes to $940. Not only did he replace my clutch, he replaced the throw-out arm, polished the fly wheel, and a whole bunch of other trivial bull****. My father pretty much makes me go outside and take the car home, because I'm about to grab a tire iron outta the shop and go GTA on that guys ***. So I go over to my car (which they parked on the street....seriously), get in, take off the E-break, turn it on, shift into first, and TRY to leave. Oh no, not that easy, whatever dickwad who parked my car decided "hey, lets pull up on his e-break with all his force, thus locking his break into place".
So I go back inside, tell them what happened, and eventually they get the break unlocked and working. So I drive home, and my dad arrives shortly after. I get inside, and he tells me that I might have to pay for the repair, because it's MORE than they thought it'd be. Keep in mind, they offered to fix my car, as long as I went to their piss poor mechanic. So after awhile I just leave the argument figuring what's done is done, at least I have a functional car, albeit a dirty car. Because apparently while it sat a week there they thought it'd be good to poor sawdust and dirt all over it and make my red car essentially brown.
Cut to today, after school. I get out my car stuff and wash my car, and as I'm sitting back looking at the car I notice a new knick on my door. So I go over, try to rub it out, nada, but I figure it's some stone chip I've never noticed before. Ha, then I look at the front of the hood, which now has several new scratches on it, that I know weren't there before. So not only am I out $1300 ($940 for second repair, $287 for first one which SHOULD have fixed the ****er), they decided that hey, lets mar the cars beauty while we're at it.
So in the end I get a scratched, but working car for $1300 and Dave Whitcombs is getting a monkey wrench to the back of his skull. So I don't know what to do here. I'm going to go back down Monday, and have a chat with this guy and demand some money back because this is ridiculous. However I have the feeling nothing will come out of it, this guys a total Douche Bag. So I'm wondering do I have a case for small claims court? Or would the Better Business Bureau be able to do anything? I mean I was out a car for a week, not only misquoted, but completely lied to. And on top of all that they don't even take care of the car. If something along the above lines doesn't happen, his shop is going to burn, and I'll gladly go to jail smiling.
So I take the car in on a Wed., go to pick it up Thursday and the problem HASN'T been fixed. The car won't shift into gear unless it's turned off, classic clutch cable problem. So I go back inside and tell them it doesn't work, but might just need an adjustment. They have the gall to tell me "you can't adjust the cable on a Saab, it's an auto adjusting cable". Now you may think, no big deal he's a mechanic he knows what he's talking about. WRONG, after buying a Saab I learned as much as I can about the car, and currently the only reason I havent done to many of my own repairs is a lack of space and tools (which should change once I move out and into a house with a guy with his own lift, etc.). So I even go outside, and SHOW THEM how to adjust the cable (10mm nut on fender comes off, move clips on fuse box, push aside box and voila theres the cable). Nope they tell me, that won't work. They're gonna put in a different cable, but at no fee to me.
Cut back to Friday, I call after school to see if I can pick up my car. Nope, car still won't shift right, they're gonna drop the frame Monday and replace the CLUTCH (not clutch cable, the entire CLUTCH). At this point I start swearing at the dick on the phone, telling him I want my car towed home etc. etc. I'll ****ing work on it myself...my father hearing me kicks me off the phone, and tells the mechanic to do whatever.
Monday comes and nothing, as do Tuesday and Wednesday. Finally, Yesterday (Thursday) comes and I call, the car's fixed and I can come pick it up. I go down, total bill comes to not the $500 he said it'd be for a clutch repair, oh no. In his infinite wisdom it comes to $940. Not only did he replace my clutch, he replaced the throw-out arm, polished the fly wheel, and a whole bunch of other trivial bull****. My father pretty much makes me go outside and take the car home, because I'm about to grab a tire iron outta the shop and go GTA on that guys ***. So I go over to my car (which they parked on the street....seriously), get in, take off the E-break, turn it on, shift into first, and TRY to leave. Oh no, not that easy, whatever dickwad who parked my car decided "hey, lets pull up on his e-break with all his force, thus locking his break into place".
So I go back inside, tell them what happened, and eventually they get the break unlocked and working. So I drive home, and my dad arrives shortly after. I get inside, and he tells me that I might have to pay for the repair, because it's MORE than they thought it'd be. Keep in mind, they offered to fix my car, as long as I went to their piss poor mechanic. So after awhile I just leave the argument figuring what's done is done, at least I have a functional car, albeit a dirty car. Because apparently while it sat a week there they thought it'd be good to poor sawdust and dirt all over it and make my red car essentially brown.
Cut to today, after school. I get out my car stuff and wash my car, and as I'm sitting back looking at the car I notice a new knick on my door. So I go over, try to rub it out, nada, but I figure it's some stone chip I've never noticed before. Ha, then I look at the front of the hood, which now has several new scratches on it, that I know weren't there before. So not only am I out $1300 ($940 for second repair, $287 for first one which SHOULD have fixed the ****er), they decided that hey, lets mar the cars beauty while we're at it.
So in the end I get a scratched, but working car for $1300 and Dave Whitcombs is getting a monkey wrench to the back of his skull. So I don't know what to do here. I'm going to go back down Monday, and have a chat with this guy and demand some money back because this is ridiculous. However I have the feeling nothing will come out of it, this guys a total Douche Bag. So I'm wondering do I have a case for small claims court? Or would the Better Business Bureau be able to do anything? I mean I was out a car for a week, not only misquoted, but completely lied to. And on top of all that they don't even take care of the car. If something along the above lines doesn't happen, his shop is going to burn, and I'll gladly go to jail smiling.
