L.B,

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Friend broke down while on vacation. 2004 VW Beetle convertible. Limped into VW dealership. $2700 to replace waterpump an a special o-ring.He paid the bill an drove off no ? on price. Any comments?
 
It's called robbers and thieves--the very reason I refuse to take my MC to the local Honda dealership..
 
(quoted from post at 18:28:35 07/14/13) shodda bought a ford

LMAO. My secretary had her 5 year old Ford Taurus in the shop a number of times and it never cost less than $1500. And they never fixed her problem....

Bottom line is it doesn't matter what the brand - dealer service is very pricey. I just finished helping my son change the oil and filter in his BMW 325xi - 7 quarts of Valvoline SynPower and a filter was $50. Took all of 20 minutes to do the job and half of that was spent trying to get my lift adjusted to hit the four tiny lift pads on the car :twisted: The dealer wants $200 for an oil change.

TOH
 
Tough call! Vacation on the road, bad deal they got you by the curly ones!

But ya when possible I try to do everything myself!
 
Went to Sheboygan a couple of weeks ago in my Dodge truck, while on the way there, started to develop a vibration, by the time I got there 6 hours later, a definate vibration. called the local Dodge dealer on Sunday and left a message asking to get in Monday after I get off the fishing charter. They got me in at 12:30, and was on the road home by 2:00. Bill for parts(u-joint) and labor was under $170. Still some good guys out there.
 
Tyvoda STEALERSHIP wanted $900 to replace the waterpump and belt on my son"s 2008 Tyvoda Tundra with 52,000 miles.

NEW waterpump is $40 from Rock Auto and belt is also $40, and it does NOT appear to be a bad job to do, at least NOT for a savings of $820!

WE shall see, probably next weekend.

52,000 miles... must be the GREAT Tyvoda quality they talk about!
 
Still too high.U joint is 20 bucks.150 for labor.Some u joints are stinkers but a half hours labor should change one.Just looked on the shelf,I bought 2 u joints at NAPA for 23.00.I dont like crawling under the truck these days but the same job cost me 12 bucks.Front joint was bad.I buy both because it hard to decide which is bad.I fixed a 50 Ford u joint out on the road.The car had 3 possible u joints in use.
 
Just had inner CV joint replaced on a Buick, Dealer wanted $65. to diagnose. Indepentent mechanic did the job for $120. labor, no ch for diagonse.
 
(quoted from post at 22:25:54 07/14/13) Friend broke down while on vacation. 2004 VW Beetle convertible. Limped into VW dealership. $2700 to replace waterpump an a special o-ring.He paid the bill an drove off no ? on price. Any comments?

Its a European P.O.S. like every thing else they make so its the price you pay...
 
Wrong, 36! U-joints for my 3/4 ton are not 20 bucks, and laying on my back working on a driveshaft in a strange city does not appeal to me. Plus,the u-joint has to be heated with a torch to release the plastic resin that holds it in. I"m quite happy with the service I got.
 

At a reasonable price that was convenient to you and the best part it was FIXED... Theirs some folks that just don't get it :roll:...

BUT they could not make it fix'n cars/trucks but could fix'n TV's by charging 2X more than it was worth...

I would send the owner a short letter about how MY issue was was handled,,, They don't know you you don't know them they owed you nuttin for nuttin else it will help the next guy because you showed your appreciation...
 
I'm quite happy to let the dealership take care of my daily driving vehicles. I've been going to the same one since 1997, and the service manager knows me. It's a Chev dealer, but I still take my wife's Vibe there. They stock the oil filter, which no Chev uses, specially for me.

Only once did I feel I got a bad deal ($600 bucks to change a pair of shocks on a Chevy Cavalier :eek: ), and when I talked to the manager about it, he fixed it right away.

I like working on the 8N, and on my '49 CJ3A (which I have stripped to the ground and am starting to rebuild from scratch), but I have no desire to work on modern cars! The one thing I do myself is the switch from winter to all-season tires and back. (I have two sets of tires mounted on rims for both my truck and my wife's car.)

-Paul
 

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