Monday, January 29, 2007

I'm not going to let it stay the way it is

Yeah, it's a bunch of little stuff, but it should have been done right before I picked it up.
There is a very distinct antifreeze smell in and around the car right now. They didn't clean it all off before letting me take it off their hands. Not a problem, but more of a pride in your work thing. Why would you let someone take a car, that just had a broken radiator, out with antifreeze still on the engine? Especially when I got 2 miles down the road and noticed smoke starting to rise from the hood! Inital reaction was I freaked! Then I figured they just left the excess liquid, and I was right.
The alignment is definitely off, the more I think about it, the more I feel I should take it back. If it's something more than just a minor adjustment, I'm not going to be the one to try and make that point. If they monkey with the other settings, then Kevin and I can fix it!

Here's what else is wrong:


Ok. So the fender liner is a little off. No big, but everything add's up to one big pain. And it all started with "Oh your horns are in the wrong spot? Oh well!"
Fix it.


One nice shiny headlight and one not so shiny! Not their fault, just that's what happens with new versus old. Looks like I'll be buying a new headlight soon.


Now this is wrong! Sure the one is new, but it shouldn't be that dull! Oh, I know what's wrong! They used the wrong brand headlight!! Even after I told them that the original was undamaged and if they found that it needed to be replaced that they need to use Silverstars!!
Fix it.


All right. Now I know it's a liitle hard to tell from this, but I was trying to get from the center of the car and the camera tilted. Well anyway, it's on level ground and the front of the car if 5 feet from the garage door. Those lights aren't aligned as there is a 2" difference from the top of one to the top of the other. Also, it's very obvious that the bulb they replaced is not nearly as bright as the one they took out.
Fix it.

I'll be making a phone call tomorrow.

2 comments:

Jeremy said...

wow! your pain reminds me why I'm glad I don't have a car. Good Luck with everything

Carrie said...

It seems it never comes back right the first time