![]() They wanted to replace the rear airbags, sensors, valve and pump because "these things fail all the time." He was quoted $4800 (more than half the value of the car) to fix the "Suspension Inactive" warning. The joke was on me because now when it breaks he gets a quote from the local garage and then calls me in a panic. I bought my dad a white elephant gift - a 2006 BMW X5 4.6 with 55,000 miles and one owner. But, it wasn't up to me to make that decision for them. As far as I was concerned, even though we just replaced the brakes, struts and tires, that 15 year old Chevy Lumina with 150,000 miles still was not a reliable car, and was likely worth less than they just spent. Customers would be under the impression they then had a reliable car. We did everything we were billing for, and usually well below the competition. We would often do large dollar repairs on worn out cars. Our shop was a low cost repair shop, and most of the cars we serviced were near the end of their life. He isn't supposed to lie or deceive you, but he is there to convince you to buy things. A salesman's job is to convince people to buy something. I ran a garage for several years, and I ended up thinking the biggest rip off was giving repair advice that was not in the customers best interest, when looked at "in the big picture". ![]() So my highest unreasonable quote has been around 5,000 bucks for a roughly 500 dollar job. we'll quote it way high in hopes you go somewhere else. and it's a semi-common occurrence that if a shop is busy or doesn't want your business because you've been a bad customer in the past (and believe me, most shops talk) or your car is pretty rough or heavily modified and we don't want the liability. I already have a solid client base and am borderline ready to hire my first employee.Ĭheap people suck. I'm not going to chase his business when he was arguing over how much I charged over the last two repairs. I quoted him 30 hours of labor for a 3 hour job. He came back a few months later wanting some pretty easy wear items replaced on his dozer, but he had never paid for the other two repairs I've completed (own business) Anway, went out there and repaired the connector to the compressor and billed him for it. He claimed every since I changed the hydraulic hose, that the air con quit working and I must have had something to do with it. ![]() I had a real frustrating customer, I changed a hydraulic hose on something and it had a case of the "Ever sinces." (this isn't my first time dealing with him, some other basic services i've done he's always pulled this stuff.) Will my husband divorce me if I dehydrate tomatoes in his F-150 truck?ĭennis Collins, a Highway Accident Investigator at the National Transportation Safety Board The wonderful and epic tale of Yoshi the Yarisįorget the trunk monkey, check out trash pandas. Trying to identify a car? Try /r/whatisthiscar, /r/namethatcar, or /r/rbi.įor information on content removal, user warnings, and bans, please see the Chain of Action page. Create a text post that includes the link and your thoughts on the subject matter.Ħ: Users will need to participate in threads created by others in /r/cars before being able to make their own threads. -Basics of swapping engines/layouts/transmissions/bodiesĢ: Direct image and video links are not allowed.One Million subscribers! WooHoo! Autos Network Subreddit List Follow us > /r/Cars Wiki However, we encourage you to explore other online platforms. We try to be a helpful discussion-driven community while maintaining high-quality discourse and topical content. We're Reddit's central hub for vehicle-related discussion, industry news, reviews, projects, DIY guides, advice, stories, and more. ![]() r/Cars is the largest automotive enthusiast community on the Internet.
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