How (and why) to Ramble on your goat sideways
#3342
Tour de Franzia
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- 6-months ago I walk into NTB, pay for a 3-year alignment for $230.
- Tell the tech the specs, give him $20
- Manager trips, tells me I can either forgo the 3-years or pay another $70 for a "custom" alignment
- I pay the extra, not a big deal, it was never offered
then today:
- NTB by the house has a new rack too high for my car
- take the car to another NTB with an "in ground" rack
- crazy manager is there and refuses to service my car
- I show him paper work
- he flips and starts yelling
- i call corporate office
- he pushes me out the door
Now I'm going to pay $299 for a custom alignment from a local Porsche shop because its my only option...and call NTB corporate and get my money back. I've never had someone freak out on me like that and they can kiss my *** if they think I'll ever give them another red cent.
#3344
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ok, with bullets:[LIST]
Now I'm going to pay $299 for a custom alignment from a local Porsche shop because its my only option...and call NTB corporate and get my money back. I've never had someone freak out on me like that and they can kiss my *** if they think I'll ever give them another red cent.
Now I'm going to pay $299 for a custom alignment from a local Porsche shop because its my only option...and call NTB corporate and get my money back. I've never had someone freak out on me like that and they can kiss my *** if they think I'll ever give them another red cent.
#3345
Holy smokes do I love craigslist. A wrecked 2000 Miata went up, guy said to ask about individual parts. I asked about the stb, tranny if it was a 6 speed, rear end if it was a Torsen, and shocks if they were Bilsteins. He replied,
"$250 for shock brace
$500 for bilstein shocks w/ springs and mounts
$800 for 4.30 Torsen diff
$400 for 5 speed transmission
Willing to negotiate some the more you get."
So...that's nearly $2k in parts from a car that's worth about $1500?
"$250 for shock brace
$500 for bilstein shocks w/ springs and mounts
$800 for 4.30 Torsen diff
$400 for 5 speed transmission
Willing to negotiate some the more you get."
So...that's nearly $2k in parts from a car that's worth about $1500?
#3346
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ok, with bullets:
then today:
Now I'm going to pay $299 for a custom alignment from a local Porsche shop because its my only option...and call NTB corporate and get my money back. I've never had someone freak out on me like that and they can kiss my *** if they think I'll ever give them another red cent.
- 6-months ago I walk into NTB, pay for a 3-year alignment for $230.
- Tell the tech the specs, give him $20
- Manager trips, tells me I can either forgo the 3-years or pay another $70 for a "custom" alignment
- I pay the extra, not a big deal, it was never offered
then today:
- NTB by the house has a new rack too high for my car
- take the car to another NTB with an "in ground" rack
- crazy manager is there and refuses to service my car
- I show him paper work
- he flips and starts yelling
- i call corporate office
- he pushes me out the door
Now I'm going to pay $299 for a custom alignment from a local Porsche shop because its my only option...and call NTB corporate and get my money back. I've never had someone freak out on me like that and they can kiss my *** if they think I'll ever give them another red cent.
#3347
Tour de Franzia
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I will email them tomorrow. I simply want my money back less the cost of one full-price alignment. I don't have energy for games or the law, I only want the money back for what I didn't use.
#3352
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What are those? I'm in need of something other than Bilsteins terribly. Unreal how shitty the ride is even with not much over stock spring rates. I don't think non Miata people understand really how bad it is, even when I emphasize to them that it is as bad as I'm making it sound.
#3354
[rant]So I started a thread on m.net about possible ways to repair an old part. The first response is "buy a new one" I reply that thats was a useless reply and everyone flips. If I wanted to buy a new one I would of asked where to buy a new one. ******* ******** on that site need to learn some GD reading comprehension. I would love to be able to speak my mind on there. Any time I ask a question I never get the response Im looking for, I might-as-well tell them to go suck a **** and get banned since I can never get any help there to begin with.[/rant]
#3356
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Shitty road rant over.
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