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so i'm driving home from my vac-k in tennessee, about 520 miles into the trip on 81. i driving doing 70, and all of a sudden my front pass side break caliper locked up and the break caliper bracket bolts came out. everything died there. i rotor was bent to he!l, caliper was bent in half(almost) my rim was the shape of an egg and the break lines got ripped out.
the car stalled and made me fish tail into the other lanes. cars were flying by me trying not to hit me. i turned the car back on, but it wouldn't move. so i dumped the clutch and the car hopped into the middle median. well half in. the front was in the gas the rear was in the lane still.
we all got out of the car. and i called aaa. 3 mins later the safty partol showed up. boxed me in and what not so no one could hit me.
i got towed to a local chevy dealer(elliot chevy in virgina)
now when i got this car i got it cause it was freaking gm certified and full warranties.
they take the car apart and tell me it can't be covered under the warranties. i started to freak. i said why not. they told me that the break braket bolts had backed themselfs out and that threads where still there. and that the break pads were not gm certified pads. so that voided the warranties.
i went off. i never touched that car. i got it 6 weeks ago and i wasn't going to pay for it.
so they called the dealership where i got the car and started to fight with them telling them that they screwed up. the dealership where i got it tryed to play games saying that they never even sold the car to me. in the end the dealship that i got the car from paid for the repairs since they had on record that they did change the breaks.
this all happened around 2-5 pm on wednesday. and my mom and brother had to be home. so we had to rent a car and still drive the rest of the 6 hrs home.
but now i still need to call them today to get money back for a rental car and 3 tanks of gas.
long story short......1600 in damages, 60 bucks for the rental car, 120 in gas.
OHHHHHHHHHHHHH ANDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
the night before i left i was check everything and turned the air on for the first time. and it didn't work. no cold air. i have a hole in the condensor. so now i have to put the car away again to get that fixed. warranties are a good thing.
it's a great car and i got about 40.2 mpg doing 70.
this is why i don't trust people to touch my cars.
the car stalled and made me fish tail into the other lanes. cars were flying by me trying not to hit me. i turned the car back on, but it wouldn't move. so i dumped the clutch and the car hopped into the middle median. well half in. the front was in the gas the rear was in the lane still.
we all got out of the car. and i called aaa. 3 mins later the safty partol showed up. boxed me in and what not so no one could hit me.
i got towed to a local chevy dealer(elliot chevy in virgina)
now when i got this car i got it cause it was freaking gm certified and full warranties.
they take the car apart and tell me it can't be covered under the warranties. i started to freak. i said why not. they told me that the break braket bolts had backed themselfs out and that threads where still there. and that the break pads were not gm certified pads. so that voided the warranties.
i went off. i never touched that car. i got it 6 weeks ago and i wasn't going to pay for it.
so they called the dealership where i got the car and started to fight with them telling them that they screwed up. the dealership where i got it tryed to play games saying that they never even sold the car to me. in the end the dealship that i got the car from paid for the repairs since they had on record that they did change the breaks.
this all happened around 2-5 pm on wednesday. and my mom and brother had to be home. so we had to rent a car and still drive the rest of the 6 hrs home.
but now i still need to call them today to get money back for a rental car and 3 tanks of gas.
long story short......1600 in damages, 60 bucks for the rental car, 120 in gas.
OHHHHHHHHHHHHH ANDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
the night before i left i was check everything and turned the air on for the first time. and it didn't work. no cold air. i have a hole in the condensor. so now i have to put the car away again to get that fixed. warranties are a good thing.
it's a great car and i got about 40.2 mpg doing 70.
this is why i don't trust people to touch my cars.
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