Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/09/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Since the repair it's been a very reliable car, has only needed usual maintenance. It is now 8 years old and going strong. Richard On Sep 5, 2012, at 8:32 PM, Jeffery Smith wrote: > I was Mazda's biggest fan until it hit 36,000 miles. Worked flawlessly > until the warranty expired. Then it was the car from hell, breaking down > every month or so with the repair bill (plus towing) eating up 1/3 of my > income. > > When I was getting my car insurance transferred to my new Ford, the State > Farm guy on the line asked if it was falling apart regularly. His Mazda > did too. > > By the way, I went through 5 batteries in 4 years. They gave me a free new > battery every time, and indicated that all of the batteries of late were > worthless. > > Buy American. They can't afford to admit that their vehicles are crap, so > they will fix them. > > Sent from my iPad > > Jeffery L. Smith > New Orleans, Louisiana > USA > > On Sep 5, 2012, at 19:52, Richard Wasserman <disfromage at ameritech.net> > wrote: > >> Tina, >> >> I had a similar experience with Mazda. I was driving to Chicago from >> coincidentally, Portland, with my son in his car when the transmission >> went out. We had the car towed 100 miles to a dealer in Portland who said >> that because it was 2 days before Labor Day it would take at least a week >> to repair. I said that was unacceptable because we had to be in Chicago >> for our other son's graduation. They said the part had to come from >> California and that was the best they could do. My response was to tell >> them I understood, and then I asked for the name and phone number of the >> president of Mazda US to see if he could help. The entire service >> department disappeared into a back room for about 15 minutes and when >> they returned I was told the car would be ready the day after Labor >> Day,they would give us a loaner vehicle, and they put us up in a hotel >> for the duration. And they changed the oil without charge. >> >> I hope you enjoy Nowhere, Kentucky! Some parts of KY are beautiful?are >> you lucky enough to be in one? >> >> Richard Wasserman >> >> www.richardwasserman.net >> >> http://richardwasserman.tumblr.com >> >> >> On Sep 5, 2012, at 6:36 PM, Tina Manley wrote: >> >>> PESO: >>> >>> This is not how we planned on spending the day: >>> >>> http://www.pbase.com/image/145870152 >>> >>> or week. Toyota said it would take one week to get the part they need to >>> fix our 1989 Land Cruiser. The part is Portland, OR, where our son >>> lives. >>> He is picking the part up at the Toyota dealer tomorrow and FedExing it >>> overnight. Why can't Toyota do that!! >>> >>> In the meantime, we are in Nowhere, Kentucky, with only fast food >>> restaurants within walking distance. It's going to be a long couple of >>> days! >>> >>> Tina >>> >>> -- >>> Tina Manley, ASMP >>> www.tinamanley.com >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information