Have I been ripped off? or is this just BL?

[slystiguy]

ok well my gearbox is almost totally stuffed now an I can't help but wonder WHY, when I got the car 2years ago it was mint, no crunching no popping outa gear an no grinding noises, 1 bad mechanic later an well its stuffed

1.5 years ago, I had my clutch replaced now where to start.....long story of fuk ups so read it if you want

it cost 1300$ for a 95sti exedy clutch (was told retails of 700$ for clutch)

ok well first of all, they reckoned 2days max for the job

after 2 days hi hows it going?

not to good we haven't finished the job yet blah blah

4days later, hows the clutch going?

We had some trouble with it, we got it all together finally an the box was jammed up an wouldn't budge at all O_O

next day, We took it to a gearbox specialist to find out what was wrong, apparently there was a ball bearing sensor on it an the ballbearing has fallen into the box an jammed in a cog, we had the box checked out its all good

7days later, hey hows the car going now?

we are almost done with it not just got to finish up come pick it up tonight

a few hours later, hey its garage here, we broke ya axel its gona cost 150$ to replace with genuine part.

OK WTF, lil bit annoyyed now mate rant rant, ok il pay the 150 (said he would wear cost but then said if he did that he didn't want to see me again an no warranty)

9days later, ok your cars all ready to go

drive it home , hey my cars not driving right, Its got a big boost leak an apon closer inspection I see you have taped the intercooler piping on with black electricle tape?

bring her back we will fix it sorry mate(hey these pipes get old an brittle its common BUT if you break it dont put it back on)

2days after shipping the part down, hey we sorted the leak out its all good to go

Sweet cheers man

1hour later, hey Im alil worried about this gearbox its making crunching an whines in first gear.ON CLOSER INSPECTION ITS GOT NO OIL ON THE GEARBOX DIP STICK

ok bring it back we sort it out

I gave you a 4L of oil for the job to use on my car as I paid for GOOD oil, why didn't you use it all?

OH I thought 2.5L was enough for most cars.....

AND FINISH

its 1year 4months later an what do you know, my box is popping gears whining in first an grinded changes as well as a rattle from the box itself

Ripped of or just BL with a box that was on its way out?

I swear when I got it it was mint but maybe it wasn't as good as I thought?

p.s also found out they broke my bov intake pipe an my black box bleeder intake pipe, all good we just put silicone on noone will know

sigh

ALSO

I went back to the same garage 3weeks later for a wof, he passed me all good, but said if I came back in 6months he would fail me on the ciggy burn on the drivers seat... When I asked why he said it was a new law an its for side impact situations the metal can go into your body ect ect... I offered to patch it an he said no the seat had to be completely replaced or reupholstered

[zarnah]

 slystiguy said:

ALSO

I went back to the same garage 3weeks later for a wof, he passed me all good, but said if I came back in 6months he would fail me on the ciggy burn on the drivers seat... When I asked why he said it was a new law an its for side impact situations the metal can go into your body ect ect... I offered to patch it an he said no the seat had to be completely replaced or reupholstered

WTF? I think this guy hates you dude, simple fix, stay away.

[slystiguy]

never been back since this was a while ago, my cars passed 3 wofs since without 1 mention of the seat..

he hated me cause I actually called him on his BS, I had a quite decent argument on the phone 7 days into it when the axle broke

oh an ftr, the replaced clutch is great haha did a good job in the end but all the bs in between an like would you not test the car out before you handed it back to me? all this coulda been avoided with a few checks here an there

[zarnah]

 goatherder said:

i would atleast tell every one you know about the garage

(most of that was inapropreate at the least - smurff)

I am going to use that! thanks haha

[Guest loren]

gee last time I got my clutch done it cost me $900 all up and was done in 6 hours. I think you found a rubbish mechanic.

[wrx_lou]

Yep. I paid $700 for a heavy duty excedy from mag warehouse and paid a mechanic down the road $150 in labour.

I dropped it off after work 4pm and he had it done by 8pm that night.

[1989RS]

its normally quite easy to just go to exedy and part shops yourself and buy it at trade (if you can get it) ((my sports tuff clutch was only $450) but if you find a good garage where they dont mind working on subarus you cant really go wrong

[petrolheadjman]

thats terrible man, sorry to hear about all your shit, sucks balls

[RAYDEO]

they why that did the work dosent have a clue. take him to the small claims court... fucker!

[Drunkenmonkey]

might be a bit late for that ray as its over a year now sounds like they gave your car a raping as i dont see how they broke the axle....

[zarnah]

 Drunkenmonkey said:

might be a bit late for that ray as its over a year now sounds like they gave your car a raping as i dont see how they broke the axle....

I sent my car to get painted and it came back with a fucked front mount (that had taken a big hit to the bottom), and a fucked front arm (also taken a big hit) driven into a curb much?

[zarnah]

oh and my engine that had done run-in kms only suspiscously ran a bearing while idling in my garage the day after i got it back........

[Drunkenmonkey]

this is why i note kms everytime i leave my car with someone else

[subieboy]

 Drunkenmonkey said:

this is why i note kms everytime i leave my car with someone else

Yep same here

Once saw some grease monkey's kid tearing round town in my car that "was still on the hoist" when I went to pick it up...

Work had security footage I copied and showed him after he swore black n blue...

[smokn4]

the last time i took my car to the mechanics to get a new gear box i told him "if you frash it ill smash your face in"

car came back 8) "EXACTLY HOW I GAVE IT + NEW G-BOX" 8) :D

PUSSY IF I WAS HIM I WUDDA FRASHED THE TITS OFF IT IF SOMEONE SAID THAT TO ME

[Joker]

might have been asked already - whats BL?

[swiftbrad]

 zarnah']

[quote name='goatherder said:

i would atleast tell every one you know about the garage

(most of that was inapropreate at the least - smurff)

/quote]

I am going to use that! thanks haha

Haha I love this *hit, ar'nt you at uni smurff?

Reminds me of the shit kicker I had to show how to use a broom the other day, miles away on a building site dreaming of a life in finance but can't sort the basics, destined to work at maccas with a degree (my sincere apologies if you are not at uni, seem to remember it from somewhere)

[Johnnynz]

 JoKer said:

might have been asked already - whats BL?

Im guessing Bad Luck

[kamineko]

changing a clutch does NOT involve splitting the gearbox!

HOW does a bearing get in there? down the oil filler pipe? WTH?!

[Guest]

 swiftbrad said:

Haha I love this *hit, ar'nt you at uni smurff?

Reminds me of the s*** kicker I had to show how to use a broom the other day, miles away on a building site dreaming of a life in finance but can't sort the basics, destined to work at maccas with a degree (my sincere apologies if you are not at uni, seem to remember it from somewhere)

me at uni? think you got me confused with someone else.

-smurff

[WRXER]

Ouch dude you got ripped off, too get the clutch installed by RDL cost me just over $300 (Already had the replacement clutch for my mechanic) and was done in the same day.

[Guest loren]

yeah broken axle? only one way to break one of those, and it involves violently launching your car...

[slystiguy]

Yea I thought the whole situation was abit odd... I have no idea how they got the gearbox jammed an they ended up paying someone else to open an fix it.... an yea the axle thing had me alil stumped, he had it at the workshop an showed me where it had broken(on the joint piece to the cv or wat ever) reckoned it was just a matter of time before it broke..

now I can see I got ripped off an f'd over quite badly.... over a year later now kinda abit to late eh, wish I could go back in time an spend my money elsewhere! :-[

I will always use Tony from RDL now by the way.went there the other week to have a chat seems like a good chap.

The same garage also damaged some wheels my brother took to them to get tyres off.1200$ mags to... scratched them up quite badly

[ODB]

can you name the garage, out of interest?

[slystiguy]

Don't know if I should?