"too much work for a saturday"
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i previously mentioned a good tyre place, www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=237320&f=151&h=0
but today i had a bad experience, i went to have my headlights aligned, the engine bay on my car is very tight and the guy told me, "it was too much work for a saturday", this was after he spent 20 mins doing god knows what, im not best pleased seeing as ive been a good customer of this place, whats worse is ive my nct retest on monday at 8am so its gonna fail again......
grr
oh btw he said i could have a go at it myself if i wanted and he just sort of laughed, its pity that this is the best we have!
but today i had a bad experience, i went to have my headlights aligned, the engine bay on my car is very tight and the guy told me, "it was too much work for a saturday", this was after he spent 20 mins doing god knows what, im not best pleased seeing as ive been a good customer of this place, whats worse is ive my nct retest on monday at 8am so its gonna fail again......
grr
oh btw he said i could have a go at it myself if i wanted and he just sort of laughed, its pity that this is the best we have!
As another dealer moan, Dads Merc was in for service and recall on Thursday. I had clayed and waxed the car on Wednesday so asked them not to wash the car. Picked up the dirtyiest car possible on Friday. They parked it beside the car wash bays and got it covered in the crap from everyone elses cars. 
Another wash and chamoix needed
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Another wash and chamoix needed
.up-the-dubs said:
As another dealer moan, Dads Merc was in for service and recall on Thursday. I had clayed and waxed the car on Wednesday so asked them not to wash the car. Picked up the dirtyiest car possible on Friday. They parked it beside the car wash bays and got it covered in the crap from everyone elses cars.
Another wash and chamoix needed
I detest that sort of crap ... It's a real finger in your face.
Is this dealer near the airport??
ballcock said:
As another dealer moan, Dads Merc was in for service and recall on Thursday. I had clayed and waxed the car on Wednesday so asked them not to wash the car. Picked up the dirtyiest car possible on Friday. They parked it beside the car wash bays and got it covered in the crap from everyone elses cars.
Another wash and chamoix needed
I detest that sort of crap ... It's a real finger in your face.
Is this dealer near the airport??
Sister dealership nearer Croke Park
. They also inform me that the brakes and alternator need doing an hour before I was due to pick up the car. Needed the car on Friday afternoon so no-can-do. I was told that the brakes are heavily worn and need replacing. Ok then, can you get it in next week? No it'll be may 5th at the earliest!!!!!!! WTF!
brady said:
i previously mentioned a good tyre place, www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=237320&f=151&h=0
but today i had a bad experience, i went to have my headlights aligned, the engine bay on my car is very tight and the guy told me, "it was too much work for a saturday", this was after he spent 20 mins doing god knows what, im not best pleased seeing as ive been a good customer of this place, whats worse is ive my nct retest on monday at 8am so its gonna fail again......
It's common for these places to be short staffed over the weekend and only open for small jobs. Sounds like he started what he thought should be a small job, had a decent try at it and then realized he was getting into something that needed a lot more time than he could afford. I don't see anything wrong with that, I don't think you have any reason to start slagging them off. If it's that important to you, you always have the option to take it somewhere else or do it yourself.
up-the-dubs said:
As another dealer moan, Dads Merc was in for service and recall on Thursday. I had clayed and waxed the car on Wednesday so asked them not to wash the car. Picked up the dirtyiest car possible on Friday. They parked it beside the car wash bays and got it covered in the crap from everyone elses cars.
Another wash and chamoix needed
I detest that sort of crap ... It's a real finger in your face.
Is this dealer near the airport??
Sister dealership nearer Croke Park
They also inform me that the brakes and alternator need doing an hour before I was due to pick up the car. Needed the car on Friday afternoon so no-can-do. I was told that the brakes are heavily worn and need replacing. Ok then, can you get it in next week? No it'll be may 5th at the earliest!!!!!!! WTF!
I'd also be inclined to get a second opinion on the pad wear !! ....
I was due to drive to Cork on Saturday at which point the service guy said the car was unsafe to use due to the brakes. And yet a months wait to fix them is ok! "they'll probably be grand" he says 
. It's still a company car-ish, so not really all that fussed about the price, so I'll get them done anyway.
. It's still a company car-ish, so not really all that fussed about the price, so I'll get them done anyway.GreenV8S said:
i previously mentioned a good tyre place, www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=237320&f=151&h=0
but today i had a bad experience, i went to have my headlights aligned, the engine bay on my car is very tight and the guy told me, "it was too much work for a saturday", this was after he spent 20 mins doing god knows what, im not best pleased seeing as ive been a good customer of this place, whats worse is ive my nct retest on monday at 8am so its gonna fail again......
It's common for these places to be short staffed over the weekend and only open for small jobs. Sounds like he started what he thought should be a small job, had a decent try at it and then realized he was getting into something that needed a lot more time than he could afford. I don't see anything wrong with that, I don't think you have any reason to start slagging them off. If it's that important to you, you always have the option to take it somewhere else or do it yourself.
they werent short staffed, they were doin full on alignments on 2 other cars so a headlight alignment is a lot smaller in comparison, its just frustrating cos theyre the best we have over here, btw it took him ages just to manage to turn on the lights!
brady said:
it wasnt the boss, he wasnt there unfortunately, hes usually cool
You should go and talk to Dave Mc Cann if you feel you were treated badly by the hired help.
Not a great idea to be 'dissin' a man's business on a public forum if you haven't talked to the man himself (aimho of course).
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