Well, I had the beast in today to have the combination switch replaced, as every time I indicated left the headlights would turn off and come back on.

Anyways, got that sorted out no problems, however when I picked the car up I noticed it had an extra 23kms on it... to change a f*cking indicator switch

WTF... not only that, the average fuel consumption had been reset, and was now reading 26.8km per 100... so some *beep* had obviously taken it for a little joy ride!!

The thing that pisses me off most is, I understand that the gear box is not gonna last a hell of a long time with the new power, however, I dont need some other *beep* destroying it for me!!! I've been making a conserted effort to keep revs up a little etc etc, and not be too harsh on the thing yet, as I am saving for the new box. I could understand a quick 5km trip to check things, but 23kms... what a joke.

On the way home I drove relatively easily with the odd bootful, and I still averaged 12.8km per 100. Also, the car had been there since 9am, picked it up at 230pm, and the thing was well heated up, with the thermo fans blaring

They usually give a "curteousy" call a couple of days later, so I might just ask why the car needed to be driven 23km to fix an indicator switch problem... It just annoys me that I take such pride in the car, and try not to thrash the pants off it, and then some *beep* goes and abuses it on his lunch break.

Just tell them you are really annoyed - and want a petrol voucher, and a mention of this to the mechanic involved.

that's why I hate other people touching my car, and do anything on it myself if possible.

jimmy I know what you mean mate, the young punks from ford dont give a continental. Last time I took my car in for warranty issues I had 85km of fuel left on the computer and when I got it back it was down to 23km with only 1.2km added to the clock, so they must have been reving the out of it to hear the BOV go off.

Name the dealer...

yeah name the dealer..

this is bullsh*t...I am angry and its not even my own car mate...

Edited March 22, 200620 yr by faygun

not only all of the above, but the other day I had some boost issues due to a hose coming loose, and I had been trying to limit the WOT runs etc etc. I'm almost 100% sure that I sorted it, but what if something had happened while the ford mechanic was driving (belting it more like it) ... I could just imagine! IT would be all my fault for modifying the car... not the blokes for thrashing it when it wasn't 100% ready to be driven hard yet!! Unfortunately I didn't want Simon to put a valet tune in it... but after today, I think I might get that done... see them belt it when the rev limiter stops them at 3000rpm...

And the dealer is......................

John McGrath in Belconnen Canberra. I don't wanna crucify them yet, as I want to speak to a mate out there and find out what happened. I guess I'm just really annoyed at the moment!! I might give myself a day to calm down, and ring tomorrow while at work! Its just frustrating, who knows what they did in it...

... see them belt it when the rev limiter stops them at 3000rpm... 

They'd sh1t and spend the next 4 hours trying to "diagnose " the fault! I always zero my odo so they know they're being watched...

... see them belt it when the rev limiter stops them at 3000rpm... 

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They'd sh1t and spend the next 4 hours trying to "diagnose " the fault! I always zero my odo so they know they're being watched...

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the last time I reset the odo to zero, they disconnected the battery and reset the thing back to zero anyways!! they cleared both trip A and trip B... so now I just keep a tab on the main odo reading.. can't stuff with that!!

And yeah, then they'd re-flash the thing and send my tunes all over the shop, and more then likely render my car useless It would probably have them worried though!!

I had to make sure I told the service manager (a good friend of one of my best mates) not to flash the car... that's the other thing that gets me... surely he wouldn't have let them take the car for a spin... unless he himself took it... which would annoy me some what more.. if he wanted to go for a ride he should have asked!!