Car Dealership Depreciation[views:7351][posts:15]_______________________________ [Oct 16,2008 8:37am - timma ""] So, I'm sitting in Boch Toyota's Service waiting room trying not to off myself. There's a bunch of zombie-like tards watching Saved By the Bell, and some slophole screaming in Haitian on her cell phone. My dad insisted that I bring his truck here to get the differential looked at, and they're charging me $100 just to LOOK at the fucking thing. Thanks be to Jeebus for free wi-fi and Iron Maiden/Crotchduster. |
| _________________________________ [Oct 16,2008 10:43am - xmikex ""] To paraphrase George Costanza, why don't you just throw your money out the window. The reason dealerships get such a bad reputation for service is because it's entirely true. Here's a list of things that I've been charged for/given estimates for before I stopped listening to my parents and found a mechanic: * $200+ to replace a battery * $500+ to flush a radiator * $600+ for a rebuilt alternator * $600+ for new brake pads and rotors * $80 for a diagnostic scan that turned out to be inconclusive when my car died and had to be towed there. I blew up when I found out they didn't actually fix anything, and they told me they'd credit me the $80 if (meaning "when") it happened again. No big surprise, the car died a month later with the exact same problem, and my $80 credit went out the window because they told me they did a different set of diagnostics. * Almost $200 to keep my car for almost a week, somehow use up a full tank of gas that I had, and have the nerve to tell me they couldn't find anything wrong with my car. Luckily I only actually paid for a few of those things. Most of those real expensive ones I had the sense to either go somewhere else with, do myself, or just ignore. |
| ______________________________________________ [Oct 16,2008 10:49am - MarkFuckingRichards ""] The car dealer that my family has gotten our last 5 vehicles from told me straight up to never bother coming into the dealership for any work unless absolutely necessary, but also make sure I saved receipts of any maintenance done so I get the maximum trade-in value if/when I get rid of my car. |
| _______________________________________ [Oct 16,2008 10:51am - the_reverend ""] my car is going into the dealership on the 24 for a $1500 cattu |
| ________________________________________ [Oct 16,2008 11:10am - thebloodening ""] haha I work at a toyota dealership, and everything you say is true. Luckily I still have my dignity as being a salesman, although 99% of the car salesman, are in fact, dooshbags...thankfully i've only been doing it for 3 months and don't quite consider myself a doosh...Our service I think charges 120 an hour for labor |
| _____________________________ [Oct 16,2008 1:23pm - mOe ""] yea, dealerships are the fucking worst |
| _______________________________ [Oct 16,2008 1:43pm - timma ""] So let's recap my day @ Boch Toyota today shall we? -Called at 7am to see if I could get my check engine light and differential looked at on my 2008 Tacoma. -Went to Toyota, dropped off said Tacoma, waited for 2 hours -Find out that my truck failed a frame recall inspection (which I'd heard about but totally forgot) and is "not safe to drive" -Clean everything out of my truck (including taking apart the ENTIRE dashboard to get my stereo out) -Give my truck to Toyota so that it can be crushed. -Leave with a 30 day paid rental. Of a Kia Sorento. With 25k miles on it. That squeaks. And has a huge fucking dent in the side. :banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead: |
| _____________________________ [Oct 16,2008 1:45pm - mOe ""] wtf...so your truck is just done? what about the money you've paid on it |
| ___________________________________________ [Oct 16,2008 2:03pm - FuckIsMySignature ""] you should at least get a free Ernie and the Automatics cd out of that deal. |
| ______________________________________ [Oct 16,2008 2:07pm - the_reverend ""] [img] |
| ___________________________________________ [Oct 16,2008 2:08pm - FuckIsMySignature ""] thats hot |
| _____________________________ [Oct 16,2008 2:19pm - mOe ""] eeeaaaghch...WTF is that from |
| _______________________________ [Oct 16,2008 2:39pm - timma ""] Done and done, my friend. I get 150% of the Blue Book value paid back to me, but seeing as how its a 2000 and has 135k on it, that's not even enough to cover a down payment. |
| _____________________________ [Oct 16,2008 2:46pm - mOe ""] better than nothin, i guess |
| _______________________________ [Oct 16,2008 2:48pm - timma ""] Truth...I'm just pissed off because I went to get my check engine light checked out, and I leave with a shitty rental and my truck getting crushed. |
| ______________________________ [Oct 16,2008 3:20pm - Yeti ""] the_reverend said:[img] CAUGHT |