When I went to the dealer...

[rwb]

Complete the sentence
When I went to the dealer...
the most surreal story of sh*t they do other than fix the bloody problem wins (ooh, you put a * in for me)

Here are mine.

...they gave me a £50 car wash.
This was 5 years ago. There was a £50 charge for their diagnosis of "nothing is wrong". I was convinced that something was wrong, so I took it to a normal mechanic who found the throttle position sensor had a flat spot.

...they told me off about the about the wear on my tyres.
This was last week when I got a new immobiliser aerial. Besides fixing the problem, they decided to measure the depth of the treads on my tyres (3mm all round) and gave me a stern talking to about how they might not last for long. Why on earth would they waste their time measuring my tyres? I just cannot apprehend rightly the confusion of ideas that connects "fix the immobiliser" with "check the tread on the tyres".

...they put my name up on a poster.
This was also for the immobiliser incident. I went to pick up the car, and they had a poster with a list of names of all the customers they were expecting to pick up cars that day. Just bizarre.

[FarmerPug]

believe it or not ive never actually been in my peugeot dealer, ive emailed them some fairly rediculos questions about adding sat nav that the pretty girl on the other end has no ability to even understand, and she always recomends a trip to the peugeot dealer 'so we can diagnose the problem'. Basically the key to affordably running a 406 is to stay clear of dealer, use independant eveything so they havent the chance to line their pockets in gold, but all this in car computer controled diagnosed everything sh*t is the new dealers hook, electrical stuff would be the only reason to go to one as a regular mechanic can sort eveything else out.

[rwb]

In hindsight, I think my post was mostly about venting some frustration.
I feel better now.

I agree. But with the immobiliser what other options are there?

[steve_earwig]

...they told me off about the about the wear on my tyres.

Obviously trying to sell you a new set. At an outrageous price naturally

I dunno, I think there's an art to knowing when to hand in the towel and hit the dealer's. Also, there are parts of the 406 that don't cost an arm & a leg.

[FarmerPug]

mind the silver dash parts, they are as rare as hens teeth and seem like a dealer only thing but i think it could have been round £200. So the paint option was cheaper. But the eye for detail in me still craves for genuine silver bits it doesnt justify that price, id only spend up to £50 if i was to do it right.

[mjb]

Complete the sentence
When I went to the dealer...

...for parts they addressed me by name because apparently I'm their most regular non-trade customer

[Gary406]

i go in my dealers for oil only

my mrs' family member works on the parts department so i get a little discount

[FarmerPug]

my grampa brought his car to the dealer, got charged £60 for an oil change. He described them as 'a shower of thieving b*****ds'