damn f#$*! porsche shops
05-02-2003, 12:24 AM
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damn f#$*! porsche shops
<img border="0" alt="[soapbox]" title="" src="graemlins/soapbox.gif" /> so i finally go to pick up the 914 ive been getting together for autocross....pay for the labor(new tranny among other things) and i see that there is a chip on the inside of the windshield, and a crack running all the way down....definately wasnt there b4. guy says he doesnt know what happened. i try to confirm w/ te PO who drove it to him when i bought it that there was no crack, line was busy....so i take the car....me in the 944 w/ dad following me in the 914. the lid on the engine flips up while on the h-way, so he pulls over, then we cant start it again...f'n battery terminal connecters are messed up...told him to fix that....I give up and have it towed to him and tell the mech. to deal w/ it and to let me kno what he's gonna do about the windshield. you'd think it was like the first time he did work for me. sigh. sorry for the rant, i know you guys could prob. care less, but catharsis is good. anticlimaxes suck. positive note: it was fast the 12 minutes it was driven <img border="0" alt="[ouch]" title="" src="graemlins/c.gif" />
05-02-2003, 12:32 AM
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Thats crap, Im only 19, and have delt with so many horrible mechanics, that I have just forgotten the whole idea with them, and just do all the work myself or with friends. If you have time I suggest that, but if not, I suggest looking for someone else.
05-02-2003, 12:41 AM
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yeah, i try to do as much work myself as i can....being in college makes this hard at times though. hey, get this, my last mechanic turned out to be a crack front. drove up one day and nothing was there.....
05-02-2003, 03:35 AM
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I dealt with Fred Apcar from Apcar Porsche in Raubsville. I took my car to him for a timing belt tension.
This guy has a 914 race car (Completely race.. about 300hp, fiberglass exterior, etc) so I thought I could trust him with my car.
I get the car back and the Air filter box now has a crack in it and there's an extra bolt sitting on top of the engine.
For a guy with a full blown race car to his name, I expected a bit more.
Does anyone have experience with the dealer at Holberts?
This guy has a 914 race car (Completely race.. about 300hp, fiberglass exterior, etc) so I thought I could trust him with my car.
I get the car back and the Air filter box now has a crack in it and there's an extra bolt sitting on top of the engine.
For a guy with a full blown race car to his name, I expected a bit more.
Does anyone have experience with the dealer at Holberts?