Thats funnie just thru a rant on your dealership woes thread over there . absoluteley meant no disrespect to you .Sure you understand and hope you have better luck next time with your repairs ,better yet hope you have no need .lol. And I like the rig , right now im stock and thats the look im going for.
Ha, yep got to love those dealerships. And no offense taken no worries, I didn't mean to harp on mechanics either. I was even a 'lube' mechanic myself at Tires Plus for a little over a year. Knew a lot, but I stuck to the stuff I was trained for. Never over extended myself and always tried to do the best work possible. I just hate the way some shops put as much space as conceivably possible between customers and mechanics. Like I also said I just want to actually talk to the mechanic, I've worked with some that just don't give a hoot. Then again I've also worked with some and have observed that most do excellent jobs and I really appreciate them staying in a hot sweaty garage all day to work on my nit picky vehicle.
I always hate being the guy that says, only fix that and don't fix the other part that is 100% related but not broken, but should be replaced. (example water pump when doing timing belt). So I try not to. I say this it what I THINK and strongly believe is wrong, but if you find it's not, I trust what you say, and believe you will fix the correct part.
In my experience? Two bad shops, one a bad shop OWNER, the other a bad shop mechanic AND owner (same person). The other? Getting taken for at the dealership by paying to find out nothing is actually wrong when I observe for myself that there clearly is a problem but it is obviously difficult to replicate.
Like I said, I don't mean anything bad on mechanics, I love working on vehicles, but I'm glad and appreciate the career choice others make to dedicate their time to helping those of us less skilled and who have less knowledge with our vehicles. :bowdown:
