Re: OT the joy of small towns (long)

[Nathan Dana <phishy20_1@yahoo.com>]

At least you can get an appointment!  My local dealer (for the new car
of course) is booked until the middle of next month!  And so even with
a check engine light going off, I could only get an appointment on the
13th.

--- Cathy Boyko <losinit@usa.net> wrote:
> Well, I am delighted to live in a small town, but getting repairs
> done is a
> challenge.
> Car #1: The Rocc (of course)
> My clutch is dead so I booked it in for last week Wed. The guy is a
> friend of
> my son's and has actually done VW clutches, unlike other local shops
> that flat
> out refuse to touch "imports". So the problem is the GMC van ahead of
> me on
> the hoist, still waiting for him to extract two pieces of metal form
> the
> cylinders. Supposed to be a small job, with one hoist, I have to
> wait. And
> take it somewhere else? Everyone is booked or won't touch it. So my
> silver
> "roar around for the summer" car is sitting for half of the summer.
> Car #2 (previously #1 until I bought the silver headache) The Bug
>  Booked an oil change (I'll do this myself after the powertrain
> warrantee is
> done, but for now I want documentation, plus I had a free change
> coupon
> anyway) So I roll in and talk to them, they click away on the
> computer and say
> "Oh, we don't have a filter for that" So I'm right on the mileage for
> the
> change and going on vacation 600 miles this week, and it needs to be
> done, so
> I rip up to the dealer get a filter and book it in the next day.
> Strangest
> filter I've ever seen, reminds me of the one on the Kid's ATV, a
> cartridge, so
> I'm thinking I better watch them do it so they don't bend some $50
> part.
> Anyway, I wish I had the camera, no less than 6 "technicians" leaning
> over the
> car trying to figure out where the filter is! It seriously took 10
> minutes,
> after I suggested take the top engine cover off, they located it, I
> didn't
> know where it was either, but after my training session, I'm well
> prepared to
> do my own. Are the new gas (A4) engines the same, with a cartridge in
> the
> front? Who would think an oil change would be so tough?
> 
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