Thread: Unrealistic expectations from Dealer?

Originally Posted by omnibus

I am sorry to lol but LOL did u really think a mechanic of any standard would do what is classed as good honest work, the whole reason I own landies is cause I can work on them in my shed. and this is why:

17yrs old first car a 1973 corona sedan, my dad's "mate" who was a mechanic said he would tune and sevice it for me I paid an exorbitant $120, that incl no filters oil,fuel or air. I drove for about 50k's and car died, got my 19yr old girlfreinds brother to look at it (not a mechanic) he taught me a few things while we did it and I ended up driving to qld from south coast nsw in it.

19yrs old: by then I had smashed that car being young and dumb and I had done a bit of work on a few cars by then but my pop used the same shop for services for 20yrs so I booked in for a service after rebuilding my first carb, got my car back drove for 20k's and it started over fuelling, pulled carb out and apart and found a nice new clip (not from me) in my plunger in carby which was catching the spring everytime I put my foot down
so moral of the story for me is I DON"T TRUST OR USE MECHANICS AND NEVER WILL watch aca or any of those any day of the week you will see mechanics ripping ppl blind. My advice learn to do it yourself or find some guru on here that will do it for ya.

I know a mechanic personally, and he is on here.

A customer of his ordered a part, which when it arrived, the customer was told, "give me 5 mins, and I will fit it for you" No charge, no drama. The customer was only expecting to receive the part he ordered & paid for.

So, there are some good spanner spinners out there. It is just that it is getting harder to find them.

I have learnt the hard way to not expect anything to go well when a LR dealership gets involved; and I'm never disapointed.