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scary stuff

I hope they were as absolutely filthy as you could get them.



Dan Snow (Tampa, FL)
'87 16v Scirocco
'87 16v    rocco (?-car-trailer)
'82 Scirocco (diesel)(42~50mpg)
'81 Rabbit Sportruck
'87 16v Scirocco (the back-up shell that gives, and gives and gives...)



-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Spinney [mailto:vw_85roccoZ400@hotmail.com] 
Sent: Monday, July 17, 2006 08:08
To: Tonee Northam; David Winchell, II; sailingfc@dslextreme.com;
scirocco-l@scirocco.org
Subject: Re: scary stuff


A few years back when I had my 98 Jetta GT I called the dealer and told them

that my axles was going bad and it need to be replaced since it was still 
under warranty.  They responded with "Have we looked at it yet?"  I told 
them no but I was 100% sure my axles was going bad.  So they told me to 
bring the car in..
Well I jacked the car up before bring the car in making sure there was no 
rip or anything  in the boots because that means no mechanic failure and not

a warranty item.

Well I get a call from the Dealership "yup your axles was bad all right." 
"But there was a rip in your boot and that made the axle go bad."  So it 
isn't under warranty, So we could get you a new axles + labor for $600 or a 
remanufactured one + labor for $450.  I get off the phone pissed and I 
needed to go there to see this so called rip.

Well I ask to see the rip, and they let me into the shop, the rip looked 
just like a flat head screw driver  stabbed into the boot.  Since I didn't 
have any proof but word of mouth that there was no rip, they basically told 
me to fuck off.

I went home bought an axles from the local parts store and replaced it 
myself for $150.00.  I then drove back to the dealership old axles in hand 
and walked into the service dept.  I dropped the axles on the service 
manager desk on whatever he had there and left him a friendly little note.

I am sorry for the long email but this subject gets me fired up. -Brian

85 Scirocco 8vT       01 Jetta 20vT       84 Rabbit GTI

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tonee Northam" <pb3vr6@yahoo.com>
To: "David Winchell, II" <davidwinchell2@sprynet.com>; 
<sailingfc@dslextreme.com>; <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 15, 2006 5:16 PM
Subject: RE: scary stuff


> Nah, blinker fluid.
>
>  They always gather around when it's up on the lift, looking.
>
>  Something about the rear sway bar.
>
> "David Winchell, II" <davidwinchell2@sprynet.com> wrote:  Yeah, 
> Tonee.... But did they lubricate your springs for you? I still scratch 
> my head and think WTF?!
>
> Dave
>
> David Winchell, II
> 87 2.0L 16V Scirocco
> 84 Scirocco BBS Turbo G60
> 80 Scirocco S
> 04 .:R32 (With fresh dealership lubricated springs)
> 00 Silverado
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tonee Northam [mailto:pb3vr6@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Saturday, July 15, 2006 3:04 PM
> To: sailingfc@dslextreme.com; scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Subject: Re: scary stuff
>
> If I do go to the dealer I can stand there and watch because it's all
> glass
> between me and the car. And I do watch.
>
> Our old dealership, your car is tucked away in a corner somewhere, the 
> same dealer that tried to take me for a 750.00 seat airbag.
>
> sailingfc@dslextreme.com wrote:
> Here's my story(s).
>
> I took my sister-in-laws Passat into the dealer because she knew they 
> wouldn't try to pull something over on me as easily as they would with 
> her. She needed rotors and pads (I had no time to do it for her), 
> which were down to metal on metal. I told them to return all the 
> parts. When I went to pick up, I could see new pads and rotors by 
> looking through the wheels. I didn't see any parts in the car and 
> asked the service tech for them. He spent about 15 minutes (way too 
> long) looking for the parts. He finally comes back with a small box. I 
> look at the pads and they all had some pad material left. I ask him 
> for the rotors. He claims that the scrap metal truck had picked them 
> up already. I go back to the pads and tell him these are not the pads 
> from the car because I could hear and see I was down to metal. He 
> hesitates and then says he actually didn't know which pads were off my 
> car and he grabbed the pads that were at the top of the pile (is this 
> the same pile that the scrap metal truck had already pick up?). Since 
> I knew by looking I had new brakes, I just looked at him and left.
>
> A friend of mine has a 2001 Audi A4 V6, which he took into the dealer 
> for a tune up. When he picked up the car, he popped the hood and 
> looked at the engine. The engine had a fine dusting of dirt on top 
> (normal). He goes to the service tech and asked how a tune up is done 
> on his car (from the top or bottom?). Tech says it's done from the 
> top, by removing the covers. He leads the tech back to the car and 
> shows her there are no finger prints on the dust of the engine covers. 
> He said he has never seen anyone try to backpedal so fast. They 
> settled by giving him a complete tune up, no charge and replace his 
> factory radio that they popped a button out of by "accident" (which 
> they were not going to do anything about).
>
> Moral of the story: Know your stuff and be observant.
>
> Enjoy your weekend everyone.
>
> -Dick-
> 78 Scirocco
> Original Owner
> 95 Passat GLX
> Second Owner
>
>
> LEF
>> That's one way of semi-keeping-the-wrenches-honest.
>>
>> Larry
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: cristine
>> To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>> Sent: Saturday, July 15, 2006 9:06 AM
>> Subject: Re: scary stuff
>>
>>
>> This is why, before my dear husband did all of the maintenance, I 
>> always asked for my old broken/nasty parts back. It always irritated 
>> the mechanics for some reason.
>>
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