HankScorpio

Perhaps a bit naive to expect more but dropped my car for a dealer service this morning, gets the lunchtime phonecall...

Advisory on brakes, 70% worn - fair enough
Advisory on cambelt, not due on milage but on age - knew that
Advisory on wipers, smearing and showing signs of deteriation - FRO, they're all less than 10 days old!!

There will be a rant and a half on pickup...

hectic

bet they'll try to charge you for windscreen wiper fluid too... barstid 'stealers ' are all the same ...

Aquanaut

I would buy just the rubber wiper blade from the parts department and fit them myself. Oh and be a real cheap skate and keep the best front one and move it to the back and cut it down.

Or just clean the muck off them!

HankScorpio

That's why I filled it up before departure

It's wound me up so much, you would think they would look at the wipers, go "Oh they're pretty new, better not chance it" but they can't even have done that.
Grrr.

Trout

iTrader: (1)

Where's Audilover when you need him.

Oh, he wouldn't know, he drives a Vuvla

Rannoch

HankScorpio

There is no muck, they are brand new. Do not smear or squeak or leave trails. They are just chancers.

hectic

half the time. i dont think they *actually * do... they just pop it on the bill , its not like your gonna check most often, apart from the odd one that will and they will amend the bill and apologise, cursing under their breath as they do....

stilover

To be honest, my experisnces with Audi dealers have been very good.

My old man took his old S4 for a new battery. It went flat after it hardly moved after he got banned (I drove it about every now and then).

Anyway, we dropped it off for a new battery, and it seemed to take ages (30mins) we were about to ask what the hell they were doing, untill it drove round the corner. On inspection, the car had been cleaned both outside and inside. They only charged for the new battery.

Good service like that is hard to find, that's why when he bought his RS4, he bought from them.

Not all dealers are the same, but there are some good one's out there.

Petem95

But they'll give you the remainder in the bottle because theyre so kind and caring

hectic

I know first hand that the VAG dealers do this.. not sure about *other* stealers but would think its widespread..

Aquanaut

VW rang the girlfriend up to tell her that her oil needed topping up......


.....she then asked why it was low as they were meant to be doing an oil change service!!!!!