Silvia Club of NSW

why so?

They reckon it needs 2 time slots for an inspection, 'cause of the more complicated nature of these cars. A load of bullshit - they realise that people who are going to buy a "sports" or "luxury" car will be filthy rich. Unfortunatly, that's not always so.

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Airzone
The difference between genius and insanity is the trembling of a leaf

FINALLY!!!

After first trying to get the problems with my car resolved with the dealership early in December, and the bullshit they dragged me through, including taking them to the department of fair trading, I have finally gotten my air conditioning fixed! (How dodgy a job it is though is another story.... )

Some workshops are just f*cking stupid..... its plain simple, that if you own a business and are giving a service to the public, the easiest way to make a profit is to do a job as quickly as possible, and to the highest quality possible, so to both make a profit and keep customers happy..... I have no idea why this dickhead has decided to waste over 8 months of my time, along with over $100 of my own, and probably over $1000 of his own in labour time and fixing the problem, when he could have simply fixed what was really a 4 hour job.

Some people are just born pricks I guess......

however atleast I won in the end!

well thats good jay,
yeah io know its so annoying these car dealers
i had a little problem like a few months ago b4 i bought DA180
i was going to buy a 180SX (SNE11Z) from parra rd
well i spoke to the guy, i was going to buy it at the moment, i was putting a deposit, he said its too late now, cause it was 5pm, so he said come and get it tomorow, all the next day, i was talking with him, and saying ill have the money at 3, and ill give u a deposit now, he said its ok come at 3
well i went at 3
i found that he had just sold it half an hour before i came
like WTF!!!!!
i didnt argue with him, but he did regret it
but no im thankful i didnt buy it, the one i bought is much cleaner

It's good your probs are over. I had an easy time with my last car-buying experience, and it was still a hassle. But it was kinda fun selling the old SII RX-7 to the new owner. Less than 20 minutes from first sight to handing over of keys.

The lesson I found was: don't give the dealers an opportunity to jerk you around, and don't jerk them around. It can work both ways.

When I bought the 180, I always turned up when I said I would, organised test drives in advance so they could have the car ready, didn't bull**** etc.

I had the NRMA test done, handed them the inspection and said "Fix these little problems, put a basic headunit in it and change the belts, and THEN I'll buy it." So they did, and only then did I bring in the cash. They could see it was a sure sale, so they did it in a day. They then threw in a year's rego as well.

...the dealer was a Kiwi too, and kept saying "wun eighty uss ucks".

OK OK OK...... I knew actually having something fixed properly was too much to ask!

After having my air-con for 2 weeks, it has packed it in (due to the delaership using dodgy people to get it fixed)........ so now its back to the Dept. or Fair Trading (I'm on a 1st name basis with all the customer service telephone staff! )

The only positive is that we dont have to deal with them anymore, instead getting it fixed by someone who actually knows what they're doing.

I'm tempted to name them in the Forum, in order to prevent anyone else having to go through the bullshit that I've gone through. (Even though its not illegal to do so) I wont but if anyone is tempted to buy an import from a Northern Beaches dealership, PM me and I'll tell you EXACTLY where NOT to go!

Stupid f*cks

Good restraint there Jay, a fine example of how to warn others without violating rules and the like.

Good luck with your repairs.

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Its all good, we're going back to the Dept of Fair Trading, and hopefully they'll let us go to someone who knows what they're doing and then just send the bill to the di*ks.

good luck with everything dude...it's sounding like a not so good situation to be in

nah its definately not!

I want to get a newer 180SX too, but cant (and wont) till I get all the problems fixed so I can sell it.

All repairs from now on will be done by another mechanic (or Air-con joint) and the dodgy joint will be sent the bill hehe the dumb asses.

car yard do the lest possible to fix a broken car

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Mmmmmm.....donuts

thats why the dept of fair trading is forcing them to pay someone else to fix it now

want me to come with you to help them fix your narrow wallet?? we can have them fill it with a few greenbacks

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hehe yeah I thought maybe I could swing the shop fixing it 1 $20 and they could "inflate" the quoted price by a few hundred $$$.... I mean, they've fucked me around for 9 months, so I feel I deserve it!

9 months is far too long

1 month is too long

im glad ur doing something about it. its good u are sticking up for urself and 'keeping the bastards honest'

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