went for alignment, came out with a 700 estimate

[cubanlorenzo]

so i go to the firestone near me, where a year ago i bought a lifetime alignment for 100.00. well i drop the car off around 10 in the morning, and i get a phone call saying that they couldnt not do the alignment, and that i needed 700 in front end work. i went to the shop and he told me i needed.. inner and outter tie rods on both sides and an idler arm. im not a mechanic but needless to say i told him to go pull that shit on someone else because i know how much work is involved with those jobs. i went home and checked my tierods. i only needed the outter on both sides and the idler arm was shot. i go to advance, bought the part for 68, and hour and half later i was done. they guy told me it was going to be 4 hours labor with close to 350 in parts, bunch of cut throats if you ask me... but i still have to go in for my alignment

[muzzy1maniac]

And you can do it with a smirk on your face when you do!

[Allbert]

Originally Posted by cubanlorenzo

so i go to the firestone near me, where a year ago i bought a lifetime alignment for 100.00. well i drop the car off around 10 in the morning, and i get a phone call saying that they couldnt not do the alignment, and that i needed 700 in front end work. i went to the shop and he told me i needed.. inner and outter tie rods on both sides and an idler arm. im not a mechanic but needless to say i told him to go pull that shit on someone else because i know how much work is involved with those jobs. i went home and checked my tierods. i only needed the outter on both sides and the idler arm was shot. i go to advance, bought the part for 68, and hour and half later i was done. they guy told me it was going to be 4 hours labor with close to 350 in parts, bunch of cut throats if you ask me... but i still have to go in for my alignment

Let me know if you find any Firestone fans.

[XPC2004]

Originally Posted by cubanlorenzo

so i go to the firestone near me, where a year ago i bought a lifetime alignment for 100.00. well i drop the car off around 10 in the morning, and i get a phone call saying that they couldnt not do the alignment, and that i needed 700 in front end work. i went to the shop and he told me i needed.. inner and outter tie rods on both sides and an idler arm. im not a mechanic but needless to say i told him to go pull that shit on someone else because i know how much work is involved with those jobs. i went home and checked my tierods. i only needed the outter on both sides and the idler arm was shot. i go to advance, bought the part for 68, and hour and half later i was done. they guy told me it was going to be 4 hours labor with close to 350 in parts, bunch of cut throats if you ask me... but i still have to go in for my alignment

Want to hear another funny one... he hee...

Had my ball joints done a few months ago (8 approx.) was told that I would need somethign done to the linkage or something (total newbie, didn't know better, ) said, okay, approox how much? they said around $200, okay I said, be back in a afew months to get it looked at.
Went back and got my new front end done (not by choice) and they said, you need your linkage thingy changed, I said sure, held up my Chilton book, I can do it now, I checked, then they siad, well it's a $20 part and about $30 labour, so I said, sure you didn't mean the $200 last time? grrrrrrrr...

Xpc

[blazee]

Originally Posted by cubanlorenzo

so i go to the firestone near me, where a year ago i bought a lifetime alignment for 100.00. well i drop the car off around 10 in the morning, and i get a phone call saying that they couldnt not do the alignment, and that i needed 700 in front end work. i went to the shop and he told me i needed.. inner and outter tie rods on both sides and an idler arm. im not a mechanic but needless to say i told him to go pull that shit on someone else because i know how much work is involved with those jobs. i went home and checked my tierods. i only needed the outter on both sides and the idler arm was shot. i go to advance, bought the part for 68, and hour and half later i was done. they guy told me it was going to be 4 hours labor with close to 350 in parts, bunch of cut throats if you ask me... but i still have to go in for my alignment

Tell them next time they try to screw someone....make sure that it is someone dumber than they are.....if they can find someone that dumb.

I would also report it to their corporate office, or if it is a franchise report it to Firestone. If it is a franchise, most respectible companies will pull their franchise license, to prevent having their name ruined. Firestone is struggling with PR right now after all the problems a few years ago.

[mrfirebird]

yep, i quit dealin with them because of the same thing. one time i ask for my old parts back and WOW , most of the stuff was good and didn't need replaced.

[cubanlorenzo]

yea well, im only going to go back there for an alignment because i bought the lifetime alignment. i wont ever be going back there for anything. bunch of thieves. im going there this afternoon and i think that im going to let them have a piece of my mind.

[cubanlorenzo]

just got back from firestone before. i asked them to see the manager, well it just so happened that the regional manager was there today. we went into the office where i explanied to him what happened the other day to me. how they tried to rip me off probably because i was a kid and thought i didnt have any knowledge of cars, blah blah blah. needless to say i told him that it was bullcrap. he said that he will be looking into it, and to make me happy he gave me 10 free oil changes. so i took them and left, not likely that i will be going there to get my oil changed anyways.

[chigger23]

Originally Posted by cubanlorenzo

just got back from firestone before. i asked them to see the manager, well it just so happened that the regional manager was there today. we went into the office where i explanied to him what happened the other day to me. how they tried to rip me off probably because i was a kid and thought i didnt have any knowledge of cars, blah blah blah. needless to say i told him that it was bullcrap. he said that he will be looking into it, and to make me happy he gave me 10 free oil changes. so i took them and left, not likely that i will be going there to get my oil changed anyways.

ALl those places are pieces of shit.

[blazee]

Originally Posted by cubanlorenzo

just got back from firestone before. i asked them to see the manager, well it just so happened that the regional manager was there today. we went into the office where i explanied to him what happened the other day to me. how they tried to rip me off probably because i was a kid and thought i didnt have any knowledge of cars, blah blah blah. needless to say i told him that it was bullcrap. he said that he will be looking into it, and to make me happy he gave me 10 free oil changes. so i took them and left, not likely that i will be going there to get my oil changed anyways.

Originally Posted by cubanlorenzo

just got back from firestone before. i asked them to see the manager, well it just so happened that the regional manager was there today. we went into the office where i explanied to him what happened the other day to me. how they tried to rip me off probably because i was a kid and thought i didnt have any knowledge of cars, blah blah blah. needless to say i told him that it was bullcrap. he said that he will be looking into it, and to make me happy he gave me 10 free oil changes. so i took them and left, not likely that i will be going there to get my oil changed anyways.

Originally Posted by cubanlorenzo

just got back from firestone before. i asked them to see the manager, well it just so happened that the regional manager was there today. we went into the office where i explanied to him what happened the other day to me. how they tried to rip me off probably because i was a kid and thought i didnt have any knowledge of cars, blah blah blah. needless to say i told him that it was bullcrap. he said that he will be looking into it, and to make me happy he gave me 10 free oil changes. so i took them and left, not likely that i will be going there to get my oil changed anyways.

You can say that again.

[DINO55]

Good one Blazee!

[cubanlorenzo]

haha i have no idea why it went in so many times, sorry about that