kratzner

In a nutshell, the "space pirates," I refered to are those civilians working are supposed to do a number of things. Such as check fluid levels, let the car run idle for roughly 15 minutes then only driving within the confines of the gated, storage lot (roughly the average size of a walmart parking lot) in order to keep the tires in somewhat driveable condition and keep the suspension from bending worse then a pregnant stripper. When I initially took the car out of there the first thing I noticed was that the car wouldn't start. They pointed the finger at my viper alarm. So I in turned pulled the fuse out of my ash tray stating I had it disabled prior to turning it in. So they returned fire with "did you read the paperwork sarge?" Basically they're not responsible for lights, batterys, "normal," wear n' tear, and "non-substantial damage." Non-substantial damage = anything less then a certain dollar amount in damages is not chargeable to them. They never gave me an exact dollar amount of course. I got thumbed across the street to a pep boys and changed out my battery. The car was still acting funky so I had them hook it up to their car calculator looking thingy (real technical, huh?) but they said they couldn't get a good reading from it b/c the car was pretty new. So I hobbled down to Fort Bliss from DFW. The car sat in my driveway for 3 weeks while I was inprocessing my new unit and getting re-acquainted with the misses before I could take it to a shop. The shop I took it to discovered the abuse and called me back with the news. Upon doing some math I realized the car had roughly 3-400 extra miles on it. So I called the storage lot and was about to commense to some old testament type ***-chewing when I got this reply "Hey Sarge, you've had the car for 3 weeks, if you try to take us to court we'd just turn right around and say that you did it yourself in all your excitement from being back home, I mean hey you've had it for three weeks, right?" In other words, I was ****ed. I couldn't leave it on the actual installation because it would eventually be towed for being abandoned and there wasn't anyone left I honestly would've trusted it with regardless. My parents aren't home much so it may have done more damage to sit in their driveway and rot for the 13 months I was gone so I had to take the government storage lot. I took the car to a local pep boys here in Augusta, but they couldn't tell me much either other then it "could," be a problem before or after the cat, but again they weren't really sure. Meh, still stuck driving wounded until later I guess.

revvin9k

iTrader: (23)

Good God my EYES!!!!!!! Use a paragraph, it makes reading it MUCH EASIER.


What kind of bozos were watching your car and why the hell would they make a comment like that in the first place?


You need to go there and handle your damn business. You go away to serve your country and come home to this? I would have a very sour taste in my mouth if I just came home from tour and some one said that to me amidst my car problems. Handle your business.

kratzner

They'd prosecute me for handeling my business. In all seriousness, it's past, but won't stop. You see when service members come back from where ever and they pick up their cars, its like being at McDonalds drive through. You order (gimme meh car) you wait in line (How many Evo's could they possibly have?!) , you get your ride (WTF?! I said "NO PICKLES.") but you've already left the drive-through lane and are stuck with it.
Well kinda, to be more honest most of us service members who pick up our rides from these places are in a forced-hurry. Hurry from where-ever to the storage lot, hurry to wait in line for them to bring your ride to you, find out there's a problem but have less then no time to do anything about it because you have to either report to your new duty station soon, or don't have the time/capitol to stay in the area while they monkey around with your paperwork/ride.

PWevo

iTrader: (13)

I just came back from a year in korea a couple months ago and the dip$hits that were supposed to be looking after my car weren't. They were supposed to start it once a month, just like your storage place, but my battery was dead when I picked it up. I had to get a jump start leaving the place and then it died again at a gas station. Luckily after getting jump started by roadside assistance, I went to the dealer for an oil change and they replaced my battery for free under warranty.

Advanap1

iTrader: (5)

Wow. That's a lot of drama from the space pirates that you trusted with your vehicle. Have you addressed your concerns with their superior? Is there any way you can file a formal complaint? You should of mentioned the miles immediately, but I can understand how you didn't notice it until later. That's an important lesson I learned whenever valeting or having my car serviced anywhere. Check my miles on the spot in front of them. Is there any log where your original mileage was documented when you dropped your car off?

alexlewand

iTrader: (6)

After clutch install you have to bleed ACD system. It is normal procedure after clutch replacement. Somebody who put clutch in didn't do that, or didn't take car to dealer after installation to let them do that.