On 2017-08-23 3:14 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 8/23/2017 2:41 PM, wrote:
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> Many dealerships have people to help.Â* Some will even send someone to
> your house to go over all the features.
One would hope. They are sometimes disappointing. When I was car
shopping a few years ago tried out a recent model used SUV. I asked the
salesman how to turn it on. He didn't know. Either that or it was broken
and he didn't want me to know that. When I picked up my new motorcycle
about two months ago the salesman could not answer any of my questions
and kept saying it is in the manual. He didn't know when the first oil
change was supposed to be but a secretary walking buy said it was 1000
km. It turned out to be 1500 km. Another salesman congratulated me on
the choice and said it was a great bike and had such a good engine the
valve clearance didn't need to be checked until 48,000 km. It turns out
it has to be checked at 24,000 km.
I got a letter from the dealership telling me I would be getting a
survey from the manufacturer and if I couldn't give them 100% on every
category to call them and see what they could do to fix it. Sorry, but
that's not how it works. They wanted to know how well I was treated at
the time, and the best I rated them was a medium. Everything else was
poor or unsatisfactory.
> I happen to like all the overpriced goodies.Â* I can sit at my computer
> to find a place I want to go to and send it to my car so it will be in
> the navigation when I want to use it.
My brother had someone at the dealership show him how to use the GPS,
but he never used it much and can't figure it out now.
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> If all you do it go to the market once a week all you need is basic
> transportation.Â* If you do some traveling, the goodies are nice to have.
About 20 years ago my cousin's husband gave me a ride from Whistler to
Vancouver in his new car. The guy has a high powered job and one of his
perks is a new car every 5000 km. By the time he figures out all the
toys it's time for new car. He doesn't even keep them long enough to
have to take them for their first oil change.