Driveshaft woes
Posted: Wed Jul 10, 2019 5:10 am
Its silly O Clock in the morning and Ive literally had no sleep all night and I just want to vent as right now theres nobody I can really talk to about this
My car is being delayed by a bunch of idiots who call themselves driveshaft specialists and right now I feel very trapped by the whole situation
I better go back to the beginning of the story
Back when I bought shitey we had previously run out of luck with a trusted garage as we had been taking everything we couldnt do to a trustworthy garage who we not only trusted implicitly but was one of those rare mythical places that never ripped you off and went above and beyond
Then the original proprietor retired and it went downhill as it was bought out by a one make specialist who took bids off the wall and all of a sudden bills trippled with claims that everything took a minimum of three hours even it was a lightbulb
Ok so end of an era we found another garage better than the first then history repeated itself six months later when they changed management and we were back to rip off city
Then by chance we bumped into a long serving mechanic from the first trusted garage who recomended going to see his mate
Turned out his mate was a yank specialist who had his own business but not doing yanks but did yank stuff from home in his spare time.
I feel incredibly lucky to have met this guy and hes now my mate
He is really differcult to pay as its even lower than mates rates its beer money and I dont want to loose him or his friendship but he took care of my driveshaft by sending it to his trusted place which as you may of guessed have turned out to be a bunch of tossers and I feel terribly trapped by the whole situation hence why im not sleeping
Because my mate was away and he had left a spare key to his garage with us we agreed to drop the driveshaft off at his preffered place
We delivered it Monday 3rd June and was told there and then ordering a yoke from america would be 10 working days so two weeks give or take.
Since said componant turned up a bill that should of been around £100 has spiralled to £300+ to have my whole transmission rebuilt only cost £700 and they want over £300 to sort a bloody metal tube
But its been excuse after excuse after excuse they have been extremely rude to both myself and Sam they have closed the shop up for days on a run and disappeared then reopened again without any explanation.
Not answered their phones etc etc yadda yadda.
I cant loose my temper with my mate and ive reassured him I dont blame him but I feel its putting a strain on a valued friendship
Id like to take it back and take it elsewhere but I know that would probably end our friendship I just feel trapped.
And the worse thing is thats been keeping me awake is even when its done Im not sure ill trust it
Being as its through him I doubt ill get an invoice and for £300+ I think im entitled to one as if anything goes wrong I want those to be the ones liable not my mate!
After several weeks of them bouncing back they were not happy with measurements (just an excuse I think) and broken promise after broken promise I was promised early this week.
Now early this week to me is Monday or Tuesday at the latest and Wednesday is not early thats Midweek! Ive missed about half a dozen meets because of being lied to by them now yesterday my mate leaned on them and they say it will be done today but
A Im not holding my breath
B im scared itll now be rushed to be ready for the end of the day
Im just really cheesed off with it all
So yeh I just really wanted to vent as me and Sam are at each others throats about it and I just want closure now.
Please feel free to offer advice or just console me
Jo
My car is being delayed by a bunch of idiots who call themselves driveshaft specialists and right now I feel very trapped by the whole situation
I better go back to the beginning of the story
Back when I bought shitey we had previously run out of luck with a trusted garage as we had been taking everything we couldnt do to a trustworthy garage who we not only trusted implicitly but was one of those rare mythical places that never ripped you off and went above and beyond
Then the original proprietor retired and it went downhill as it was bought out by a one make specialist who took bids off the wall and all of a sudden bills trippled with claims that everything took a minimum of three hours even it was a lightbulb
Ok so end of an era we found another garage better than the first then history repeated itself six months later when they changed management and we were back to rip off city
Then by chance we bumped into a long serving mechanic from the first trusted garage who recomended going to see his mate
Turned out his mate was a yank specialist who had his own business but not doing yanks but did yank stuff from home in his spare time.
I feel incredibly lucky to have met this guy and hes now my mate
He is really differcult to pay as its even lower than mates rates its beer money and I dont want to loose him or his friendship but he took care of my driveshaft by sending it to his trusted place which as you may of guessed have turned out to be a bunch of tossers and I feel terribly trapped by the whole situation hence why im not sleeping
Because my mate was away and he had left a spare key to his garage with us we agreed to drop the driveshaft off at his preffered place
We delivered it Monday 3rd June and was told there and then ordering a yoke from america would be 10 working days so two weeks give or take.
Since said componant turned up a bill that should of been around £100 has spiralled to £300+ to have my whole transmission rebuilt only cost £700 and they want over £300 to sort a bloody metal tube
But its been excuse after excuse after excuse they have been extremely rude to both myself and Sam they have closed the shop up for days on a run and disappeared then reopened again without any explanation.
Not answered their phones etc etc yadda yadda.
I cant loose my temper with my mate and ive reassured him I dont blame him but I feel its putting a strain on a valued friendship
Id like to take it back and take it elsewhere but I know that would probably end our friendship I just feel trapped.
And the worse thing is thats been keeping me awake is even when its done Im not sure ill trust it
Being as its through him I doubt ill get an invoice and for £300+ I think im entitled to one as if anything goes wrong I want those to be the ones liable not my mate!
After several weeks of them bouncing back they were not happy with measurements (just an excuse I think) and broken promise after broken promise I was promised early this week.
Now early this week to me is Monday or Tuesday at the latest and Wednesday is not early thats Midweek! Ive missed about half a dozen meets because of being lied to by them now yesterday my mate leaned on them and they say it will be done today but
A Im not holding my breath
B im scared itll now be rushed to be ready for the end of the day
Im just really cheesed off with it all
So yeh I just really wanted to vent as me and Sam are at each others throats about it and I just want closure now.
Please feel free to offer advice or just console me
Jo