So, I decide to go to the Acura Dealership to get my Annual Emissions and State Inspection. The reason I chose to go to the dealership instead of a local auto shop is because I have been experiencing the notorious "rattle" when I first start my car in the morning.
Anyways, I knew ahead of time that I would probably have to pay for a few additional things besides my inspection (like oil change, new rotors, filter change, etc) so I figure I'd knock everything out at once.
When I arrive I tell the Service guy that my engine rattles after cold-start. He tells me there is nothing he can do about it unless he hears it, so I would have to leave it overnight (:ugh:). Unless they are going to give me a loaner it's not going to happen, I live too far from the dealer.
Next, after checking my car out he complains about a number of simple modifications:
-My fogs are not original (they are H11 blue HID bulbs) and that it would cost $75 to replace with the OEM.
-My DRL are not the original (they are LED) and he would have to charge me to replace them with OEM as well.
-My license plate light is "blue LED" and he would have to charge me to change that as well (supposedly it's illegal in PA, I haven't been pulled over so whatever).
-Then what really pissed me off was the tech guy cut a slit in my front windshield tint and the Service Manager tried to snake me with a crooked deal. He goes "since its technically illegal to have it on your front windshield I cannot pass your inspection, plus the lights". So he has the nerve to tell me to guy back to the tint shop who did them and have it cut off, just to return for my stickers on Monday, and he would split the cost of "re-tinting" my windows. :what:
I couldn't believe he had the nerve to ask me to cut my tint off ($120 original cost) and then pay for it to be removed, just to have him re-tint for an inspection sticker. :annoyed: My tint is the lightest possible tint, the only reason he noticed it was because I have a rectangle cut around my original stickers.
I could not wait to get out of there. I thought about complaining but I wasted enough of my time there. He's expecting me to return with a tintless front windshield on Monday to get my Inspection sticker (I did get me Emissions) and my original bulbs (which I have at home).
I done with that place, I'll get my car serviced somewhere else. Crooks!:whyme:
Anyways, I knew ahead of time that I would probably have to pay for a few additional things besides my inspection (like oil change, new rotors, filter change, etc) so I figure I'd knock everything out at once.
When I arrive I tell the Service guy that my engine rattles after cold-start. He tells me there is nothing he can do about it unless he hears it, so I would have to leave it overnight (:ugh:). Unless they are going to give me a loaner it's not going to happen, I live too far from the dealer.
Next, after checking my car out he complains about a number of simple modifications:
-My fogs are not original (they are H11 blue HID bulbs) and that it would cost $75 to replace with the OEM.
-My DRL are not the original (they are LED) and he would have to charge me to replace them with OEM as well.
-My license plate light is "blue LED" and he would have to charge me to change that as well (supposedly it's illegal in PA, I haven't been pulled over so whatever).
-Then what really pissed me off was the tech guy cut a slit in my front windshield tint and the Service Manager tried to snake me with a crooked deal. He goes "since its technically illegal to have it on your front windshield I cannot pass your inspection, plus the lights". So he has the nerve to tell me to guy back to the tint shop who did them and have it cut off, just to return for my stickers on Monday, and he would split the cost of "re-tinting" my windows. :what:
I couldn't believe he had the nerve to ask me to cut my tint off ($120 original cost) and then pay for it to be removed, just to have him re-tint for an inspection sticker. :annoyed: My tint is the lightest possible tint, the only reason he noticed it was because I have a rectangle cut around my original stickers.
I could not wait to get out of there. I thought about complaining but I wasted enough of my time there. He's expecting me to return with a tintless front windshield on Monday to get my Inspection sticker (I did get me Emissions) and my original bulbs (which I have at home).
I done with that place, I'll get my car serviced somewhere else. Crooks!:whyme: