The irony

[sparkydave]

The last couple months I've been having to do service on both of the daily drivers, and yesterday I was working on attempting to replace the brakes on the wife's car. I say "attempting" because apparently the part stores have no idea what kind of brakes a 2005 Subaru uses. Two stores now have come up with brakes that don't fit. Then I had to bleed the brakes again because some tiny bubble found its way in when I flushed the brake fluid two weeks ago. So I got the fronts changed, but the rears I'm still waiting to see if the rear brakes called out for the turbo model are the right ones even though it's the non-turbo model. I'd get them from the dealer, but the dealer wants $180 for semi-metallic brake pads, and I got ceramic ones for much less than that. At least this time I traced the outline of the rear brake pads onto paper to use as a guide so I can make sure they are right before I take it apart a third time.

The irony is that the Midget hasn't needed nearly as much repair, and it's easier to get parts for! /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/lol.gif

 

[tomshobby]

Three cheers for the good old days!! /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/thumbsup.gif

 

[GregW]

Don’t feel bad Dave. It took three trips to the Ford dealer to get bushings for the lower control arms on my ’99 Ranger before I got the right parts.

 

[DrEntropy]

"Progress".


feh.

 

[racingenglishcars]

I don't see the irony.

We have known for years that British cars are easier to work on. (and that Subarus, Fords GMs etc. are just POS)

 

[Bugeye58]

I've got to replace the rear pads on one of the Volvos, and it takes longer to R&R the wheels than it does to change the pads.
I love it.
Jeff

 

[PATR8]

I Have had my Hummer to the dealer 4 times to check what sounded to me like a broken shock on my right front over the past year. They even supposedly pulled that tire for the inspection last year. But Sunday when I was changing my brakes (the best brake set up ever, do not even have to pull the calipers off) i noticed the upper ball joint was junk. I called the dealer and told her and the answer was, well they were looking at the shock. when you grab the tire and it shakes in your hand, maybe they should have realized something was broken, call me silly. I guess I am silly and do not expect to have to diagnosis my new car issues myself

 

[mailbox]

You have to be very careful what you tell your mechanic is wrong with your car. They kinda get tunnel vision. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/grin.gif

 

[Banjo]

Being on the other side of this, I can say that the critical link here is often the service writers. I can't count the times I've read the discription of the problem on a repair order, tried to figure out what's wrong, only to go talk to the customer and find out what was written was totally off the mark.
A tec is only as good as the information they are given.

 

[Nunyas]

Being on the other side of this, I can say that the critical link here is often the service writers. I can't count the times I've read the discription of the problem on a repair order, tried to figure out what's wrong, only to go talk to the customer and find out what was written was totally off the mark.
A tec is only as good as the information they are given.

never heard a truer word mentioned when it comes to repairing stuff....