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<blockquote data-quote="donna723" data-source="post: 26680" data-attributes="member: 1883"><p>I hope they can get something done about it. I HATE shoddy business people like that!</p><p> :devil:</p><p>That happened to us TWICE - and with the same car! We had bought a used car off of a friend and only drove it a few months before it started acting up. Dopey ex-husband took it to a "mechanic" he knew, who said it would have to have the whole engine replaced! "Dopey" knew absolutely nothing about cars and he paid this clown for a rebuilt engine. We got it back in about a week, and strangely, it sounded <em>exactly</em> like it did before! Years later my son was managing an auto parts store and did a lot of business with this guys' assistant, who had since opened his own shop. He told my son that the guy had charged us for a rebuilt engine and all that labor, and all he had done was a simple repair on the old one! </p><p> :devil: :devil:</p><p>Fast-forward a few months and daughter is driving this same car to school - she over-reacted to avoid hitting a deer, ran off the road into a field and rolled it three or four times! She was just bumped and bruised, sore for a few days, and the body of the car was full of dents. But the engine and all the "innards" were still fine. We didn't even have a chance to see about having the engine removed to use in another vehicle! The tow truck driver (who also owns the local junk yard) had the engine out of it and sold within hours! He has the county towing contract - try to fight him and you're fighting "Citiy Hall"!</p><p> :devil: :devil: :devil:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donna723, post: 26680, member: 1883"] I hope they can get something done about it. I HATE shoddy business people like that! [img]:devil:[/img] That happened to us TWICE - and with the same car! We had bought a used car off of a friend and only drove it a few months before it started acting up. Dopey ex-husband took it to a "mechanic" he knew, who said it would have to have the whole engine replaced! "Dopey" knew absolutely nothing about cars and he paid this clown for a rebuilt engine. We got it back in about a week, and strangely, it sounded [i]exactly[/i] like it did before! Years later my son was managing an auto parts store and did a lot of business with this guys' assistant, who had since opened his own shop. He told my son that the guy had charged us for a rebuilt engine and all that labor, and all he had done was a simple repair on the old one! [img]:devil:[/img] [img]:devil:[/img] Fast-forward a few months and daughter is driving this same car to school - she over-reacted to avoid hitting a deer, ran off the road into a field and rolled it three or four times! She was just bumped and bruised, sore for a few days, and the body of the car was full of dents. But the engine and all the "innards" were still fine. We didn't even have a chance to see about having the engine removed to use in another vehicle! The tow truck driver (who also owns the local junk yard) had the engine out of it and sold within hours! He has the county towing contract - try to fight him and you're fighting "Citiy Hall"! [img]:devil:[/img] [img]:devil:[/img] [img]:devil:[/img] [/QUOTE]
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