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Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2000 00:18:22 -0400
From: "the dude" <cyberfamnopsamulink.com>
Subject: oil change led to total exhaust destruction!


This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000C_01C01ABC.A11ED4A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable my fellow saab lovers, grab a box of hankies (that's handkerchief's) = because this story will tear your heart out. i took my beloved 1989 900 S to the local garage for an oil change = yesterday. the service tech not only stripped the head of the oil drain = nut but backed the car out of the service bay while tearing my exhaust = system to shreds. you see he had caught the underside of the chassis on = a concrete outcrop (his words not mine). well off to the nearest saab dealer and authorized service centre. i was = forced to drive my car sans exhaust 60 km because the garage did not = offer to arrange a tow. today i receive a call from the good lads at = mountain saab in hamilton. the exhaust system is not salvagable. the car = requires pipes, connectors, muffler, and a catalytic convertor. the cost = for a replacement saab genuine convertor is 1900$ cdn. i decided on the = advice of the service dept to go with a second party convertor and keep = the rest of the exhaust saab. needless to say, this reduces the bill to = about 1400$. at least the garage delivered on its promise of a blank = cheque to pay for their negligence.=20 i hope my car has not suffered any other damage besides the exhaust = system. who knows>? i am having trouble coming to terms with the amount = of damage caused by a slowly reversing car. i mean it shouldnt have been = traveling more than 2 or 3 km/h right?=20 please reply with your condolences and suggestions./ ------=_NextPart_000_000C_01C01ABC.A11ED4A0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.50.4134.600" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>my fellow saab lovers, grab a box of hankies (that's = handkerchief's) because this story will tear your heart = out.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>i took my beloved 1989 900 S to the local garage for = an oil=20 change yesterday. the service tech not only stripped the head of the oil = drain=20 nut but backed the car out of the service bay while tearing my exhaust = system to=20 shreds. you see he had caught the underside of the chassis on a concrete = outcrop=20 (his words not mine).</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>well off to the nearest saab dealer and authorized = service=20 centre. i was forced to drive my car sans exhaust 60 km because the = garage did=20 not offer to arrange a tow. today i receive a call from the good lads at = mountain saab in hamilton. the exhaust system is not salvagable. the car = requires pipes, connectors, muffler, and a catalytic convertor. the cost = for a=20 replacement saab genuine convertor is 1900$ cdn. i decided on the advice = of the=20 service dept to go with a second party convertor and keep the rest of = the=20 exhaust saab. needless to say, this reduces the bill to about 1400$. at = least=20 the garage delivered on its promise of a blank cheque to pay for their=20 negligence. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>i hope my car has not suffered any other damage = besides the=20 exhaust system. who knows>? i am having trouble coming to terms with = the=20 amount of damage caused by a slowly reversing car. i mean it shouldnt = have been=20 traveling more than 2 or 3 km/h right? </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>please reply with your condolences and=20 suggestions./</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_000C_01C01ABC.A11ED4A0--

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