Hey all! TeeF here again writing something that'll hopefully stimulate your retinas and your heart. As many of you know I had car troubles recently as you saw in my previous post. You might think that the problems previously stated are bad but I have yet to begin!!
So I wake up the next day after my first night in Edmonton. Of which included a huge party with a million people at the institute building. Seriously guys.... you didn't need to go and throw me such a huge party. But yes, the next morning I received a call from the Mitsubishi Dealership. Which will from now on be referred to as Sodom. They called me letting me know my car appeared in their lot... No really?!?!? I told them the short story of what happened and they said they'd take a look.
I get a call back from Sodom later that day. I was hoping the extent of the damage was minimal but had my worries. They told me that it did not look good for my car. They said that my engine was pretty much toast. This is where it got outta control. They quoted me two prices. Neither of them appealed to me in the least bit.
$5000- For a USED motor to be installed
$12,000 - For a NEW motor to be installed!!!
Come on!! I just bought the car a year ago for 14,000 and they want me to pay one third of that just for a used engine?? I said I'd think on it and I hung up not pleased at all. I discussed the situation with my parents and friends. I however had little choice in the matter as I needed a car here. Sodom obviously knew this and felt it was their right to financially take advantage of me. I unfortunately told them to go ahead with the replacement of the used engine.
Later the next week I got a lovely call from Sodom saying that the work was done and my car was running like a top (which actually makes sense if you think about how a top spins and eventually DIES). So you got my little joke? I hope so, but unfortunately it wasn't a joke. My car did indeed die just 2 days after I got it back (I stalled on whyte ave.. not a very good parking place really). I got my car towed BACK to Sodom hoping that it was alright. They said it was moisture in the valve sensor. So they replaced it from my old engine free of charge and gave me the car back.
And again it ran like a top! Dying the same day after i got it back from Sodom on Whyte Ave! Again I had it towed back.. thinking this was ridiculous! This time they told me it was the Crank sensor (which is what tells the cars computer where the crankshaft spin cycle is). This is where it gets redonkulous again. They said I needed to pay another 500 dollars to replace it!!!!!!!!
After I got up from fainting I told them to hold off and I'll discuss it with people. Now.. for those of you who know my mother you will know that she can be quite.... SCARY! So I had this brilliant plan to get my Mom to talk to them and chew them out. She did exactly that, got up to the general manager of Mitsubishi but they didn't budge! I cant even imagine the balls this guy has! He said no to my MOM!!
Sell anyway, long story short, I had to pay another $500 on top of the $5000 already just to get my car working like it was before I took it in there... So if any of you decide to get a Mitsubishi, do NOT get it from the Mitsubishi dealership in Edmonton! The cars are great and I love my car... But the service and people there are awful!
Have a nice day :).
3 comments:
I thought for sure Mom could turn them. She told me what was going on and I said (because it usually would work) why dont you call them? but she already had.
Maybe if she was there in person...
Yeah, they really need video phones, that woulda done it!
Wow Teef, your mom sounds just like mine! My mom's done some ridiculous things to get refunds for us! When they don't listen to me....just call my MOM!!! They'll be sorry!
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