Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Where the hell do they have to send it to - Korea?!
So, I bought my little Hyundai Elantra back in October, and it's been a fine car, except for one annoying thing: The odometer display would fade out as I was driving.
It would start out nice and bright, and then start to dim, and after about a half an hour, I had no display at all. Not really a problem, unless you need to know, oh, how FAR it is to someplace, and then you're SOL.
Because the car is still under warranty (thank GOD), I took it to the dealership this morning to have the problem looked at.
Well, it's the speedometer cluster, whatever that is. They'll have to replace it. They have the part right there on the shelf!
But.
There's always a "but", isn't there.
Because the odometer is involved, the new part has to be calibrated to the old part. And they can't do that at the dealership. Both the new part and the old part have to go ... someplace, where the new one will be calibrated to the old one, and then the new one will be shipped back to the dealership.
In two-and-a-half to three WEEKS.
Dudes. Duuuuuuudes. What the F*CK?!
The dealership dude talked me down off the ledge. It's under warranty! They will give me a loaner, free of charge, to use while my car parts are in Korea! All is well!
Except.
There's always an "except", isn't there.
They don't have any long-term loaners available right now. They won't, until probably ... APRIL.
Repeat: What the F*CK?!
But! The dealership dude reminded me that, well, April is really only a week away, and why don't we set up a date when you can bring the car back in then, and in the meantime it's a good thing you brought it in today, because it just happens to need an alignment and some brake work and ...
*sigh*
If it ain't one thing, it's another. Holy cow.
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That is due to the law about not lying about how many miles on the car. Can you still beat the system, sure. But the lawmakers just made a stupid law about something they new not a whole lot about. Oh, but now you also have to sign a paper that the odometer is correct. How about a piece of paper that tells the story instead of an all expense paid trip to Korea for your car parts? Really a round trip visit to Korea for your car parts would be 12 weeks, your parts are prolly only going to Mexico.
Mexico? Oh, that's comforting.
Good luck on this loaner,too. Seems like the last one had no doors....or something like that..........Ginny
Ginny, I had forgotten about that beater loaner! It didn't have any inspection/registration stickers!
This loaner will be coming through the dealership, so hopefully it'll at least be street-legal. Hopefully.
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