Everyones dealership nightmare... Hooning technicians...

[Pilgrim/uk]

Wasn't there a post of a Uk member having his car was in for alignment at some tyre place a caught them revving the nuts off his car out the back while he was waiting fro it .

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[Splash]

Wasn't there a post of a Uk member having his car was in for alignment at some tyre place a caught them revving the nuts off his car out the back while he was waiting fro it .

This is the only one I know if in the UK....

 

[Kristian87]

This thread comes at a good time for me...the day after I say to the dealership "yea, you can move my Mustang somewhere else so it's under cover"

I trust these guys tho...but still, you gotta wonder what on earth goes through these peoples heads, seems to be no sense of "oh maybe this is wrong" or "isn't this a bit disrespectful"

Frustrating to see

 

[Manders Mustang]

This thread comes at a good time for me...the day after I say to the dealership "yea, you can move my Mustang somewhere else so it's under cover"

I trust these guys tho...but still, you gotta wonder what on earth goes through these peoples heads, seems to be no sense of "oh maybe this is wrong" or "isn't this a bit disrespectful"

Frustrating to see

Next up - Magnetic mustang found without an interior ragged into a lamp post after service tech decides to go doing skids in the snow....I jest - but i always fear this, same with it going for work anywhere so it always gets the low throttle map/speed sensitive map put on so that it can't be driven hard. One time the cars actually been needed for a test drive and I've gone with the tech and drve the car (for the clunk if anyone remembers)

 

[SteveS]

Makes you wonder how a dealer would attempt to handle a situation where one of their techs had done considerable damage to your car...obviously merely fixing it isn't good enough.

 

[Manders Mustang]

Makes you wonder how a dealer would attempt to handle a situation where one of their techs had done considerable damage to your car...obviously merely fixing it isn't good enough.

"sorry ford asked us to write the car off, the fixes will cost too much, here's your money back"



In the back of the workshop is a smashed up mustang.

 

[slowhand99]

This thread comes at a good time for me...the day after I say to the dealership "yea, you can move my Mustang somewhere else so it's under cover"

I trust these guys tho...but still, you gotta wonder what on earth goes through these peoples heads, seems to be no sense of "oh maybe this is wrong" or "isn't this a bit disrespectful"

Frustrating to see

Guildford unplugged my dashcam. Hungerford didn't.
Natch.

 

[Splash]

"sorry ford asked us to write the car off, the fixes will cost too much, here's your money back"

In the back of the workshop is a smashed up mustang.

And what it was your heavily modded car? A guess a simple here's your money back wouldn't really cut it?

 

[SteveS]

"sorry ford asked us to write the car off, the fixes will cost too much, here's your money back"
In the back of the workshop is a smashed up mustang.

And what it was your heavily modded car? A guess a simple here's your money back wouldn't really cut it?

And how much money exactly? Current market value is no use...

 

[Lowrider Lincoln]

For those of you that are worried about leaving your cars for service and then being taken for a "test drive". I was under the impression that the 'Ford My-key' could be programmed by the owner to 'valet mode' with a pass code. Not tried it myself.

 

[Splash]

For those of you that are worried about leaving your cars for service and then being taken for a "test drive". I was under the impression that the 'Ford My-key' could be programmed by the owner to 'valet mode' with a pass code. Not tried it myself.

I've just checked in the manual. Valet mode just seems to lock Sync 3. My Key allows you set speed limits but the lowest available is 65mph according to this page.

https://www.mainlandford.com/blog/what-is-ford-mykey/

 

[SteveS]

I've just checked in the manual. Valet mode just seems to lock Sync 3. My Key allows you set speed limits but the lowest available is 65mph according to this page.

https://www.mainlandford.com/blog/what-is-ford-mykey/

As far as i'm aware its designed to limit usage by (for example) your kids. I can't believe that Ford don't have a way round it.

 

[slowhand99]

As far as i'm aware its designed to limit usage by (for example) your kids. I can't believe that Ford don't have a way round it.

I think the last people to know a way round it would be Ford technicians. After all, they seem to know f&£# all else about the car.

 

[SteveS]

I think the last people to know a way round it would be Ford technicians. After all, they seem to know f&£# all else about the car.

That's a fair point
Must be possible to override though for when some div creates a MyKey and loses the admin key...

 

[Manders Mustang]

And what it was your heavily modded car? A guess a simple here's your money back wouldn't really cut it?

They'd better give me the money of my mods back

Whatever money it costs to replace the car with an identical replica is the only fair route.

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