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Old 01-14-2008 | 05:01 PM
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You'll never believe this.

My indy just called again. As background, my car has had two previous owners. Well, it seems that both of them got sold Boomerangs by the dealership, and both units are still in the car, powered. They just yanked out the second one and got the wiring back up to spec (ie got rid of the electrical taped junctions for pete's sake). Car is now, to quote, "Happy as a pig in sh*t."

Geez.

Sorry for the disillusionment, Ucube. I'm actually not a rabid anti-dealership guy, but the way they make money makes them best suited to routine work, for me, anyway.
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You'll never believe this.

My indy just called again. As background, my car has had two previous owners. Well, it seems that both of them got sold Boomerangs by the dealership, and both units are still in the car, powered.
Talk about market penetration!
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Originally Posted by Doug Donsbach
Talk about market penetration!
Well, something got penetrated, that's for sure.
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Originally Posted by BruceP
Well, something got penetrated, that's for sure.
Old 01-14-2008 | 05:45 PM
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Originally Posted by BruceP
Well, something got penetrated, that's for sure.


Two Boomerangs!!
Old 01-14-2008 | 06:00 PM
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How many CD changers?
Old 01-14-2008 | 06:05 PM
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Ironically, none.

That I know of, anyway.
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Bruce, who's your indy guy in Toronto?
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Engineered Automotive in Concord. Billy is a long-time Porsche guy, raced turbo cup cars, crew-chiefed for Heimrath back in the day, loves them (although it's not exclusively a Porsche practice. They're also the Dinan distributor for Canada so work on BMW and Mini as well as Ferrari, Land Rover, like that). He seems to have all the Porsche diagnostic tools, and a good relationship with whoever he gets his parts from. And they're super-fussy, which suits me perfectly. PM me if you have more specific questions, but I've been super happy with them for a number of years.
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Originally Posted by ArneeA
Two Boomerangs!!
Fault tolerant redundancy!
Old 01-14-2008 | 08:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Doug Donsbach
Fault tolerant redundancy!
Gotta love redundancies!

The second boomerang is for the Carjacker A, just in case Carjacker B steals the car. Carjacker A will have a way of getting it back.
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Originally Posted by ArneeA
Gotta love redundancies!

The second boomerang is for the Carjacker A, just in case Carjacker B steals the car. Carjacker A will have a way of getting it back.


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