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06-19-2019, 09:54 AM | #1 |
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Recall experience LOL
Go to take car in to dealership for recall this morning. Service desk guy checking me in, very nice and helpful. Service desk woman next to him says, I'm going to move your car up so we have more room in the garage...I reply that's fine. 1 minute later she comes in and says, "oh you must be here for battery issues, it won't start." I just drove the car all the way there, nor have I ever had battery issues mind you, so I go out to investigate, hop in and it starts right up. I pull the car forward and go back inside. I don't know what she was doing, or if she didn't know how to start up a manual, but man, not exactly instilling confidence when you're about to work on my vehicle...
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06-19-2019, 11:38 AM | #4 |
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Simple answer - she didn't depress the clutch. Sticks really are turning into anti-theft devices.
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06-19-2019, 01:02 PM | #7 |
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Don't be so sure. Most riceboys drive a manual, and a lot of them are of dubious character. (are my grey hairs showing?)
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And do be careful - my wife can drive a manual shift so she can steal your car! ![]() ![]()
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06-19-2019, 04:11 PM | #9 |
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If you years back at a gas station one minute away from my house, I left my car running yes for the 30 seconds to grab a drink at the crack of dawn.... some drunken delinquent popped out of nowhere, and got in my car trying to takeoff in it…
1) didn't know how to drive stick 2) received a royal ass kicking 3) arrested In a way, manual did double as anti theft |
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If someone brings in a car for service and it isn't equipped with an automatic transmission she can't do part of her job they hired her to do. And you should have asked right there when she came back and said it wouldn't start. It doesn't matter if it's 79,000 mile Z4 or a 3,000 Z8 (non-Alpina) she should be proficient at her job because driving a manual is most likely in her job description. And your car is Service Writer proof! |
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Didn't even think about that. We should have asked him the appraisal of the "honey factor" in regards to her manual transmission operating deficiency.
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To round out the experience, when I went to pick up the car, the dude working the service desk payment area, I must have caught him on his first day. Needless to say, dealership isn't getting a great survey response.
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Maybe she just didn't have the reach to push the clutch all the way in?
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