Well, I picked up my '92 'Vette from the Chevy dealership today after having $3,500 worth of brake work done (everything was replaced). Well I took her home and checker her out. Suddenly something caught my eye on the roof. Little did I know the horror that I was about to experience. I examined the eye-sore that I saw only to see THIS.....


...That's right! A HUGE chunk of paint missing. After spending all that money at the dealership...this is how they thank me. By giving it back to me in worse shape than I brought it in. Anywho...just thought that I would vent.

 

Anyway, after about an hour of raising hell there...they finally agreed to pay to have it fixed.

 

That Really Sucks! At least they will cover the cost of fixing it.
Rik
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For a second there I thought you were complaining because they gave you crappy beer...but now I see the real issue! Just make sure to keep on them to get it fixed ASAP and to your complete satisfaction!

 

$3500???!!!!! Did they replace the ABS module too?????


Damn, for $3500 you should've gotten all your work, parts, a carwash and a blow job! Dayum!

 

I dunno...I mean, have you seen some of the service technicians? Hand job at the most...

 

[QUOTE=eschoendorff
Damn, for $3500 you should've gotten all your work, parts, a carwash and a blow job! Dayum! [/QUOTE]

 

I got everything but that last part...

 

Wow, I didn't notice it was $3500!! Maybe they pre-charged you for the paintwork they were going to have to do?

 

That's must have been it.

 

What would cause that ? At least it is an isolated part... it can be fixed pretty easily... however... it is just another pain in the a$$... good thing you caught it...

 

Sorry about the paint, but dang, 3,500 bucks, you could have brought it to me and I would have done the job for 2,000 bucks

 

good you got it cleared up, those bast@rds.

 

Missing paint... no, no. That is a performance mod, its a reduction in weight. That will be an extra $200.

 

 

At the risk of raining on the I hate dealers parade, I don't think they had anything to do with that. Looks like the clear coat became delaminated. Happens to two stage paint jobs all the time just due to the passage of time and exposer. You'll see a lot of it anywhere there are a lot of cars parked. The brake job sounds pricey but I don't know what they did or how much the parts cost them, so without that knowledge I couldn't call them crooks. Regardless, it looks to me like you got a paint repair in with the deal free. While doing a brake job a mechanic does something to make the clear coat delaminate at the top...or anywhere else for that matter? Don't think so. jmo

 

That part of the car was flawless and not peeling or anything when I droped it off. That big of a piece just not just fall off without some kind of prior lifting. As for how it happend...mechanics can be VERY careless. I have taken my mustang to shops to be worked on there were tools sitting on it, not to mention they may have just droped something on it. Mechanics are known for doing supid things. The dealership would never agree to repaint a part of the car on their dollar unless they were certain that it was their error.

 

Go to a junk yard and try to seperate the clear coat from the color coat good paint. Let me know how much luck you have with it. Might be able to do it with a pressure washer, but the paint would still have had been on it's way out. My money is on the clear coat on this piece had already delaminated before you brought it in and couldn't see it. They possibly washed or hosed it off a little more aggessively than you usually do and the clear coat flaked off where it was no longer adhered well to the color coat. That made the bad spot visable to you. They probably agreed to do the repair because it's on such a small spot, they'd rather spend a little time fixing it than a lot of time arguing about it. I'm sure they understand your feeling because it WAS in their shop and you did spend a lot of money on it. If it flaked off the hood or quarter panel they probably wouldn't have agreed to fix it so easilly. This situation happens all the time. Customer brings in a car for one thing. Latter they find something else totally unrelated wrong and they think the guy that last worked on it created the new problem. Maybe they did do something to it. I'd like to know what or how though. Without that knowledge, you might be demaning the guy that re-roofed your house pay for the broken pipe in your basement because he was just working on your house the day before. Agreeing to fix isn't the same as an admission of fault. jmo

 

Next time make it a point to walk around you Vette with the service writer and or mechanic. This will alert them to be a little more careful with your Vette. If they look like they don't want to be bothered, leave with your Vette. You must admit that there are guys out there that try to get something for nothing. And there are mechanics that do fine work while taking care of the cars they work on.

 

If you hate mechanics so much and they're all so terrible why not do it your self and save about $3,000. next time?