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emmodg said:
Damn, JB, we got work to do on you! You really ordered from DAP??? The shame.......
Open Thread to Steve Young.
- Thread starter Chris-St Louis
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Damn, JB, we got work to do on you! You really ordered from DAP??? The shame.......
D Chapman said:
they have the best prices on brake look at your thread ..
and there the only supplier of D2 procomp shocks
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garret yep I got the rotor from napa they did not have the pads no listing the guy said .WTF ill have to slap him next time I go there
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Hmmm, my NAPA has several listings for pads. From 26.00 to 80.00.
The last set I had was the 80.00 pads on the front. They lasted almost 2 years and 10,000 miles. But, I have a feeling the True Track I had installed provided some serious wear as I was all the time on the brake *trying* to get the diff to lock. I'm sure larger tires did not help, either.
We'll see what the "cheap-o's" do for me this time around. They go on tonight, If I feel like it. (I've been saying that the past 4 nights).
The last set I had was the 80.00 pads on the front. They lasted almost 2 years and 10,000 miles. But, I have a feeling the True Track I had installed provided some serious wear as I was all the time on the brake *trying* to get the diff to lock. I'm sure larger tires did not help, either.
We'll see what the "cheap-o's" do for me this time around. They go on tonight, If I feel like it. (I've been saying that the past 4 nights).
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Chris-St Louis said:
"Seriously. The part was defective when shipped. In my professional opinion (An opion used twice in court as a expert witness) the failure was there from new, and repeated heat cycles made it worse untill failure."
Chris, just a simple question. Not trying to be a dick. Maybe I missed something. Are you a mechanic, full time? Part time? Are you a court appointed expert for auto related liability claims/suits ?
I guess I'm just a little confused. I take it you do a little side work as a Land Rover Mechanic and you feel that you have been wronged by LR one too many times, so wronged you have decided to sell your Range Rover and purchase a Honda. Was this action taken because LR "wronged" you or DAP "wronged" you? If your beef is with LR then take it up with them, I guess you have some kind of "pull" within the industry. If your beef is with DAP then take it up with them, I guess you may have some kind of professional "pull" with them. It kind of sounds like you don't know WHO your beef is with. In previous posts you determined it was an error on LR's side, "Looked very much to me like a manufacturing error." You then admitted to replacing this defective pump with the same kind of possibly defective pump! Then you put the truck on eBAY, a truck built by a manufacturer you know longer have faith in, with a part that may or may not last over 5,000 miles, trying to unload it! Aren't you kind of doing the same thing you accuse DAP of doing. If I buy it off ebay and 5,000 miles from now the oil pump fails, are YOU going to help me out and replace it? Are you going to go to bat for me with Land Rover?
I don't know Steve personally, sounds like he has a "chekered" past. His comment towards your situation was poorly timed and somewhat unprofessional, but don't be so thin skinned. I think you had your mind made up about the Honda before this whole goat-fuck. Shit dude you went from a highly capable SUV to a hardly-capable appliance-with wheels, that's quite a switch!
I do sympathize with you. It's a "sucky" situation. But as a pro you of all people would have to admit - warranties have expiration dates for a reason. How long after a warranty expires should a manufacturer and/or distributer be liable?
I'm all for a good "vendor/manufacturer bashing" but this is getting old!
emmodg said:
Having spent half my life in the Auto Repair trade, I have been a Service Writer,Manager, Parts person and of course full time mechanic at 2 Land Rover Dealers.
Right now I am a Technical consultant advising mechanics how to repair cars, and also being a middle man for when something goes south.
I am a ASE Master Truck and Car Tech with L1 Certs.
I'm just sick of the car. Sick of the time,money and heartbreak. Land Rover and I had a great relationship once.... Lately, not so much.
Dont care. As soon as I saw the pump failed, that car was as good as gone.
Yes, I replaced the part with another. I know what to look for and the new one didnt have the same failure. Should I have not installed anything??? What was the point here?
I am not a part supplier for Land Rover. Also, there is NO warranty on my car. THe part had a 12 month warranty. The pumps defect with there durign that time, but didnt show up untill later.
With each thousand dollars I threw at this car,I always considered punching out.. To have a part fail that coudl have gone much worse on many fronts (Fire, Locked engine) and to be told that I have to buy another, even though it was bad at the start.... Forget it. I have more Rovers in my life then I can count. I can live without my own.
If the part can be proven to be bad during the warranty time, I would expect someone to be flexible. If it just worn out at 12,001 miles and 12 months one day... Thats different in my eyes.
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This phrase says much, it's too bad you feel that way. It's my love for the marque that brought me to my new career.Chris-St Louis said:
Peace,
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Chris-St Louis said:
Parts manager for a big high-line (mainly Mercedes) independent repair shop-tied to a V/W dealership.
While I don't get to see nearly as many Rovers here, compared to either my own shop (which is still going strong) or LR-PDX, the pace is just as fast and challenging.
Chris-
I don't know what you want done about this, are you just bitchin' to bitch?
If so, then as I see it you really have a bitch about the perceived "lack of customer service" you received. But really if you expect them to extend the warranty, it was out of warranty right? You HAVE to name drop. I wouldn't expect to sit in the waiting room of the hospital I work in, and I haven't, not that I name dropped, but it is loosely called "taking care of your own" in my line o' business. Just like most cops don't give other cops tickets.
By the way, I'm not sticking up for Steve or you, never met either that I can recall, I wasn't impressed with how you went about bashing him here. You expected preferential treatment without going to the top (which maybe you should have) or name dropping, in today's internet/mail order business you really can't expect the same as a face to face daily interaction.
I don't know what you want done about this, are you just bitchin' to bitch?
If so, then as I see it you really have a bitch about the perceived "lack of customer service" you received. But really if you expect them to extend the warranty, it was out of warranty right? You HAVE to name drop. I wouldn't expect to sit in the waiting room of the hospital I work in, and I haven't, not that I name dropped, but it is loosely called "taking care of your own" in my line o' business. Just like most cops don't give other cops tickets.
By the way, I'm not sticking up for Steve or you, never met either that I can recall, I wasn't impressed with how you went about bashing him here. You expected preferential treatment without going to the top (which maybe you should have) or name dropping, in today's internet/mail order business you really can't expect the same as a face to face daily interaction.
can we get bumper stickers or t-shirts made up now? he's practically a celebrity now. maybe something along the lines of, "I'm with Steve Young" and an arrow pointing to the right. just a thought.