Corrosion Warranty Test
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Why did your buddy Mike accept lousy body shop work and expect you, an informed customer, to do the same? This is the first incident I can recall where he obviously hosed you. If he took the time to carefully inspect the work when the car rolled back onto his premises, he should have caught this in a heartbeat....
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Why did your buddy Mike accept lousy body shop work and expect you, an informed customer, to do the same? This is the first incident I can recall where he obviously hosed you. If he took the time to carefully inspect the work when the car rolled back onto his premises, he should have caught this in a heartbeat....
My words to him so far have just been...."you need to seriously reconsider using this shop for your work."
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Now... what was the rationale behind repairing the original door v/s hanging a proper replacement?
George
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2) The factory coatings applied at the time of assembly are better than would be applied to a primed replacement door.
Last edited by JOsworth; 06-16-2010 at 12:35 PM.
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Maybe you can convince your wife to get an XF
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Mike
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On the other hand there were two times that they were out of loaners and had to get me a rental..
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Josworth, I thought the one good thing Ford did for Jaguar was to improve corrosion protection. Obviously not. I wonder if this is another Jaguar blunder? Sooner or later water (usually laden with dissoved salt and/or acids) is going to get down the door internals. I'm astonished that a contributor reports "no drain-holes"! I'm going to look at mine tomorrow asap, as it's dark now.
Leedsman.
Leedsman.
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Wow Mike, don't they have a selection of loaners? The XF was unusual. Normally they only have LR2's. They used to have X-Types and S-Types. It was the service manager that grabbed the keys to the XF. I think he's just trying to butter me up....
On the other hand there were two times that they were out of loaners and had to get me a rental..
On the other hand there were two times that they were out of loaners and had to get me a rental..
My dealership sold off the loaners and went with Enterprise a couple of years ago. I kind of teased the service rep about not getting an XF and she just laughed about it. Probably just as well, as I might not want to give the XF back.
Mike
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My issue is a classic one. The reason I've not pursued changing out the trans cooling line. A small problem has been replaced with a really big one. When I dropped my car off the second time, it looks like some crappy beater with mis-matched paint.. I know, I call my S the "beater"..But I never wanted my joke to turn into a reality....
About the XF...WOW again...What is really amazing is how more refined it feels even being based on the S Type. The funny thing is how many of the under parts are the same as the S. Open the hood or look at the trunk and you can still see the S platform in there. What a testimony to the overall engineering that went into the S from the start.. Another interesting point that I want to look into..The car I have is at about 8k miles. There is NO sign of the dreaded lurch despite having the ZF 6 speed trans in it as well. I wonder what was changed? Oh, and the new 5.0 V8 is absolutely one of the sweetest driving and sounding engines that I have ever had the pleasure of driving. I bet the supercharged 5.0 is amazing!
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So, a quick update. Friday afternoon came and I still hadn't heard from Mike. So, I rang him up at 4. He said he was sorry he hadn't called yet because he was real busy. Anyway, he then told me that my car actually came back on Thursday and he sent it back. He said it should be done Tuesday. Told them that it has to be perfect before he'll accept the car. I'm sure that is what would have happened if he had seen it first the original time. What is driving me nuts is why they are using this shop to begin with. Then again, this body shop was the one that fixed the wind noise coming from the molding.
At this point my thread has seemed to turn into a short story instead of something that someone could see and/or use to get similar issues fixed under warranty...
I just want my car back with matching paint....Where is Caruso's when you need them...Oh, yea, 450 miles away....
At this point my thread has seemed to turn into a short story instead of something that someone could see and/or use to get similar issues fixed under warranty...
I just want my car back with matching paint....Where is Caruso's when you need them...Oh, yea, 450 miles away....
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Jeff,
If you did want to take the car to Carusos let me know when you're going to be here and I'll have the beer cold and the steaks on the grill....
I hope it all works out.. I know how heartbreaking it can be to expect one thing and see the car and it be something completely different.
George
If you did want to take the car to Carusos let me know when you're going to be here and I'll have the beer cold and the steaks on the grill....
I hope it all works out.. I know how heartbreaking it can be to expect one thing and see the car and it be something completely different.
George