valentinoamoro
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Agreed...it's short sighted, especially with repeat customers (think multi-year multi projects). Oh well, you live, you learn.I've done the same in the past. It's especially hard AFTER the work is already done. Last time it happened to me (actually it in fact was an alignment - on a lowered Ford Flex that they wanted to charge me $350 for, citing "shop rate" for 2 extra hours - and they completed the alignment in ONE hour) - I told the service manager "I will pay this... but please know it's the LAST time I set foot in this dealership". The service manager knocked $100 off on the spot.
The good news is I'm thrilled with the where the car is so this project has wrapped up. All in all despite all the mods this was there were only two "bad" incidents, this one and one where a shop broke the nut on a wheel and had to drill through the stud (and charged me 4 hours of labor for that). Considering the mods I have, its a miracle I got off that light. I never had to go back for mistakes and loved each mod I made.
Next time though I will buy a car that is "OEM ready". In this case it would have been the GT350R (spend the extra 14-15K over what I've put in) which is the car I targeted with my mods and I'd live with the buzzing and potentially unreliable engine. A lot less time (which for me is the scarce resource, not money) and hassle (assuming the engine wouldnt blow up after warranty, LOL). When I bought the Stang I didnt have kids, so had time for modifications!
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