SH8KDWN Posted June 7, 2006 Report Share Posted June 7, 2006 I thought it would be fun to hear stories about bringing your car to a Dealership or any mechanic and watching their reaction when they see you have a modified VOLVO? I'll go first:I stopped into a dealer to get a diagnostic because of a hesitation and misfire. I didn't want to track it down since I was wearing a suit and tie. They take my information and pull it into the garage bay. I head to the cattle corral they call a waiting room and make small talk with the older couple about real estate. About 15 minutes later the service manager comes up to me and asks me if I know what model my car is since it has no badges..."they must have fallen off". I laugh and tell him I took them off myself and it was a T5.Another 30 minutes go by and I decide to walk outside to get some air (and see what's going on). I'm standing about 50ft away watching a crowd of techs and service managers crowd around my car. I only came in to get the codes pulled so I'm not sure what's taking so long and why the big commotion. I watch as one tech gets in the car, starts it up and puts on the right blinker...then the left. The crowd starts to buzz and talk amongst themselves. Then the 4 ways go on followed by the turn signals again. The tech turns it off and joins the crowd to get a status report.A different service manager than before walks toward me and asks, "Is this your car?" I tell him it is and ask if there is anything wrong. He say, "No, I don't think so. We had never seen blue bulbs for blinkers and couldn't figure out why they were blue but flashed yellow." "You've done some work to the car ."Silly Dealership.Here is what he saw: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trunks850R Posted June 7, 2006 Report Share Posted June 7, 2006 you'd think the service writer would look at the VIN to find out what model you had before he came to ask you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the underlørd Posted June 7, 2006 Report Share Posted June 7, 2006 a dealer will never work on my car.the parts guys tho.. they sure get wide eyed when I pull up.. rattling off the mod list, you can actually see their faces go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maiku Posted June 7, 2006 Report Share Posted June 7, 2006 my dealership loves my carthey say it's too nice for mekickin the carpc! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A pimp named Slickback Posted June 7, 2006 Report Share Posted June 7, 2006 So customer has their car towed in, and is completely irate. The door lock switch quit working, and him and his wife had to climb out the back of their V70, because the doors wouldn't unlock. Imagine the look on his face, when I climbed in from the back, and opened the door, simply by pulling the handle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SH8KDWN Posted June 7, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2006 I pulled in tonight to get a replacement valve cover bolt for one I lost. I pulled into the service bay and popped the hood 90 degrees and walked up to the parts desk. By the time the parts guy came out several techs and a service manager were scoping out the engine. Too funny. That was definitely the first S70 they had seen with an open air intake. I love to keep them guessing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeachRat Posted June 8, 2006 Report Share Posted June 8, 2006 Douchebag couldn't get my hood open with my mesh grille, which was fine except for the fact that it was in for the Fuel Tank Heat Shield Recall...I was like, wtf did he open the hood for? Look down, see "washer fluid low" light on, now I'm puzzled. I realize the stupid bastard got curious about the switch on my dashboard, hit it with no idea what it did. Two weeks earlier, I put my washer pump on a switch and re-routed lines as a "intercooler mister" system. I started laughing when I realized the tech probably had water all over his bay before he realized anything was wrong, and tried (and failed) to open the hood to see what the deal was.Or he could have simply come in and asked me, instead of leaving me to discover my hood was still half open while DRIVING DOWN THE GODDAMN FREEWAY. I will never, ever ever go back, for ANYTHING. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merlin390 Posted June 8, 2006 Report Share Posted June 8, 2006 mine is a dealership story about a stupid customer... lady purchased a 2005 (new) explorer. Came back ~25,000 miles with the engine making a funny noise. She NEVER changed the oil!!!! even funnier was she wanted her stupidity covered under the factory warrenty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick. Posted June 8, 2006 Report Share Posted June 8, 2006 mine is a dealership story about a stupid customer... lady purchased a 2005 (new) explorer. Came back ~25,000 miles with the engine making a funny noise. She NEVER changed the oil!!!! even funnier was she wanted her stupidity covered under the factory warrenty.my god SOOOOO typical.the majority of people (women) don't know the definition of car maintenance. and i'm not trying to be a sexist prick, I'm speaking of the large population of women that I actually know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshV70 Posted June 8, 2006 Report Share Posted June 8, 2006 mine is a dealership story about a stupid customer... lady purchased a 2005 (new) explorer. Came back ~25,000 miles with the engine making a funny noise. She NEVER changed the oil!!!! even funnier was she wanted her stupidity covered under the factory warrenty.An XC90 T6 came into the shop today with 37,000k miles on it for their first oil change. They even had free maitenance. Morons. Now the car needs a motor and two turbos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freeskier8585 Posted June 8, 2006 Report Share Posted June 8, 2006 my dealer refused to work on my car after they popped the hood, all i wanted was them to diag the problem, turns out the tech couldnt figure it out. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leo850T5 Posted June 8, 2006 Report Share Posted June 8, 2006 mine is a dealership story about a stupid customer... lady purchased a 2005 (new) explorer. Came back ~25,000 miles with the engine making a funny noise. She NEVER changed the oil!!!! even funnier was she wanted her stupidity covered under the factory warrenty.holy stuff you just made my heart jumpsince i got my car i changed my oil once, thats the day i got it, it's at 92,500 and i never remembered to change it.... i think that's bad because regular oil is good for about 3000 miles right?anyways, on topic: i went to the local dealership and they wanted to charge me 12 bucks for the keyless entry remote batteries, i was like haha no way then i looked everywhere for batteries and none fit so i had to go back there and buy the 12 dollar batteries... at least one of the mechanics looked and said to me "nice car, is that a T5?" i was like yeathe end Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PyROTech Posted June 8, 2006 Report Share Posted June 8, 2006 rain/directional tires, put on the wrong way around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BtownVolvo Posted June 8, 2006 Report Share Posted June 8, 2006 The bastards at my dealership like to wash my car ONLY when it's freshly polished and waxed...See the "My first whack at the Porter Cable" thread...yeah...they washed it when i took it in 2 days later :angry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volvoson Posted June 8, 2006 Report Share Posted June 8, 2006 The bastards at my dealership like to wash my car ONLY when it's freshly polished and waxed...See the "My first whack at the Porter Cable" thread...yeah...they washed it when i took it in 2 days later You know you can specify "no wash" My shop just doesn't wash my car since they see that it's clean when it comes onto their lot.As for dealership stories from me....Is it bad when they ask me what model my car is? I mean, a yellow 850, Turbo/T-5R/R??? They "asked" if it was an R And then when I was installing a new MAF in the parking lot, I popped the hood and their eyes went at the RIP Kit + CF... "Now this guy has put some work into this car" Not really *ducks* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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