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Dtrimpi87 · 10-02-2012, 10:41 PM

I hate it. My local dealer had my Camaro for a total of 3 weeks, and I checked it on it almost everyday. During its 3 weeks stay at the dealer they somehow managed to damage my stripes and I had to fight with them for 2 months before I finally got reimbursed for the replacements.

I had a 1966 Ford Fairlane 500 2 door hardtop with a built blown and cammed 347 stroker about 7 years ago. I installed a Mustang II front coilover subframe in it and took it to go get an alignment. It was a big name shop so I thought it would be okay to go with a buddy to get something to eat while the alignment was getting done. They were supposed to push it into the bay and not start it. As my buddy and I are pulling into the parking lot after lunch I hear my car and witness my car sliding sideways out of the parking lot and tires smoking all the way down the street. I stood in front of the shop and could here the driver romping on it all the way around the block. It only had a set of Hooker long tubes on it so it was loud. I was irate and luckily the owner of the shop was there and I was already talking to him before the two techs got back. Yes I said 2 techs. The dude that did the alignment decided to take his buddy for a joy ride. The dude that was driving ended up getting fired because I guess it wasnt the first time he did something like that. It was kind of hard for him to deny the two long ass black tire tracks down the street. I got the alignment for free and they offered lifetime free alignments but I wont ever go back there.

10-02-2012, 10:41 PM	#22
Dtrimpi87 Banned Drives: 2010 2SS/RS A6 & 2011 1LT/RS Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 3,491	I hate it. My local dealer had my Camaro for a total of 3 weeks, and I checked it on it almost everyday. During its 3 weeks stay at the dealer they somehow managed to damage my stripes and I had to fight with them for 2 months before I finally got reimbursed for the replacements. I had a 1966 Ford Fairlane 500 2 door hardtop with a built blown and cammed 347 stroker about 7 years ago. I installed a Mustang II front coilover subframe in it and took it to go get an alignment. It was a big name shop so I thought it would be okay to go with a buddy to get something to eat while the alignment was getting done. They were supposed to push it into the bay and not start it. As my buddy and I are pulling into the parking lot after lunch I hear my car and witness my car sliding sideways out of the parking lot and tires smoking all the way down the street. I stood in front of the shop and could here the driver romping on it all the way around the block. It only had a set of Hooker long tubes on it so it was loud. I was irate and luckily the owner of the shop was there and I was already talking to him before the two techs got back. Yes I said 2 techs. The dude that did the alignment decided to take his buddy for a joy ride. The dude that was driving ended up getting fired because I guess it wasnt the first time he did something like that. It was kind of hard for him to deny the two long ass black tire tracks down the street. I got the alignment for free and they offered lifetime free alignments but I wont ever go back there.