Car Maintenance

[MouseWife]

I will contact the FoMoCo { } and see what they can do. But, yes, crappy service. LOL I thought you were a mechanic!!! Do you like to work on cars?

Thanks, alphabassettgrrl!! It is quite stressful! I have been without a car before and I have had crappy cars before, but, we put out the $$ to have a good reliable fun car. *sigh*

madmonkeygirl~LOL I had heard 'Found On Road Dead'. Yeah, I had to think about how many days I have been without my car. What is a headache is trying to make sure where the Ford dealers are along our travel routes in case anything happens.

Oh, but, I've learned in this thread that with the warranty I should be covered if I break down away from one, eh? Sort of like a doctor, if in an emergency, you can go to any hospital?

They called and said the work was done but I said I'd get it tomorrow. I like the truck I am using.

I am going to have them explain what exactly they did, again. Carbon build up on the top, he said where the carburator {sp} used to be or something like that. Okay, something that I don't want to complain about but it doesn't help matters, most everyone has thick Spanish accents. So, you have to decipher what the heck they are saying. They even type up the reports with an accent. We were getting concerned reading it, the 'cober' and a bunch of other words that didn't make sense, what other work had they done??? Oh, 'cover'. They spelled it like they said it.

Again, thanks to you guys for your help and support!!

[alphabassettgrrl]

Definitely make them explain what they did. Show you on the car. Is there a different dealer you can go to next time? It's hard when you can't understand the guy's accent. Maybe a manager can talk to you?

[BarTopDancer]

Ford has some sort of secondary insurance plan where it's only $50 or $100 to fix, but you can only use it twice. Or the dealer was messing with me. I had big issues with my Exploder. Got rid of it when the check engine light came on and it was barely 2 years old.

I still haven't taken my car in. Bad BTD, Bad! I will do it next week, when my co-worker gets back from her business trip so I can get a ride to my office and back to my car.

[MouseWife]

abg~ LOL Well, I guess it is where I live....accents everywhere.....

Yeah, my car barely had 33, 000 miles when that happened with the pistons. I don't know about that $50/$100 deductible being only twice. That would make me want to explode myself!!!

But, how did you get rid of it? I am considering going to that CarMax place {I think that is it} and seeing what they would give me for it as well as having them do a thorough inspection.

NM~ Hubster said he is going to get all of the paperwork organized and start with talking with customer service. Then the field manager. Then if that doesn't work, the LL people.

BTD~I hear you about taking the car in, but definitely needing a ride is a top reason!

[blueerica]

So, I'll add my own comments... once I get a quote on HOW MUCH MY CAR WILL COST ME NOW.

/cry

[NirvanaMan]

Umm, Escapes have never been carbureted (they are too modern a vehicle), so either they are just making things up or perhaps you mixed up what they said.

[DreadPirateRoberts]

I've got a cracked block, beat that.

[LashStoat]

Bear...Bear!!!

Our new 'Red' Bug Orion Scooter will be ready for pickup tomorrow...no more huge motoring costs (though we've still got the truck to piggy-back the scooter if need be). Yay !!!

Love and hugs,

The Stoat XXX.

[blueerica]

Financial damage stands at around $650, which includes a LOT of stuff getting done, and the knowledge that I will be getting more work done in the very near future.

[BarTopDancer]

new car!