Well im watching the guy put my valve cover back on and he says go up front to take care of the paper work and pay for the service.

Well I hear a little Vtec and looks out side and see him flying up our local (long) road right next to the dealer. Do they always do that, he didnt even say anything to me, i would have asked to go with him. Jre. Just wondering if this is part of procedure. I dont trust those damn techies.

 

ummm..... well.. i cannot say they all dont test drive...

but....my stealership did NOT take mine out after the valve adjust...

 

well that doesnt make me happy, has anybody else had this? It ****** pisses me off if they did that and its not standard procedure. I wish they would point out stuff like this in some sort of guide or seomthing

 

You do have the right to tell them not to drive it. If you let them do it, then that's all on you.

The guys that do my alignment say a test drive is standard procedure, but I told them it wasn't going to happen. I don't let anyone at the dealership drive mine either.

 

lesson learned me guess im the ****** moron, i fell like the bigges ****** dumbass for allowing that. im more careful than that.... grrrrr


Modified by type-r 01 886 at 11:41 PM 12/8/2003

 

yeah they usually say they need to test drive after an alignment, i tell them that the parking lot is far enough

there was no way i would have let a stranger take my car out on a public street.

 

I would have made a complaint that they were reving the car above 6k before the car was warmed up, and that type of behavior leads to extra and undue wear on the car. If they blew you off, or you still feel like you should do something about it I would call Acura Customer Care and inform them of the wrong that the local Acura dealership did.

 

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I would do this but it never gets me anywhere, i compalain about stuff and nothing is ever accomplished doing so. Ok sir we will speak with the mechanic. BULL ****!

BTW I also got my fuel filter replaced and oil changed and the car feels slower for some reason. this deffinatly is the worst experience ive had with my car yet



Modified by type-r 01 886 at 12:01 AM 12/9/2003

 

your car feels slower? maybe that's a psychological thing because you're so worried about seeing that mechanic semi-smashing in your car. to dealerships. double check the oil level.

 

I doubt he's doing anything to your car that you won;t and don't do

 

those *******

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Emerika &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I doubt he's doing anything to your car that you won;t and don't do</TD></TR></TABLE>

Except he didn't warm the car up before driving it hard...

 

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Except he didn't warm the car up before driving it hard...</TD></TR></TABLE>



that not good then.

Then why did he hear the vtec cross over?

 

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that not good then.

Then why did he hear the vtec cross over? </TD></TR></TABLE>

Because it uses water temp and not oil temp, which I believe is more important.

 

The local dealership took mine for a test drive to check on all of the vehicle functions after getting the car put back together (damn thieves). they did cross into VTEC but only after driving around for about 5 minutes.

 

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Because it uses water temp and not oil temp, which I believe is more important.</TD></TR></TABLE>

both are pretty important, and no this mechanic shouldn't have driven your car like that, or at all. he doesn't even need to sit in the car to find out what kind of noises the vavles are making period.

if it still bothers you, go to the dealership and complain, don't call anyone, more gets accomplished when present

 

Seems it's a standard procedure to test drive the car after some work is done at the dealership. They should specify it in the final invoice. At least that happened to me in my last visit to the dealer for a valve adjustment and it's correspondent service after 15,000 miles. And,the damn fockers filled up the tank with cheap regular gas

Note: The motor pings a lil bit and you don't feel that power you already know.

 

I got my valve adjustment at a shop and he drove it around the parking lot once took it to 3000 a couple times.. [he asked me first] then I took it down the street to 8000 a couple times.. sounded/felt much better.. of course mine was getting so bad the engine was slightly 'knocking' so.. yeha..

 

wierd next time you go just mention no test drives for you!

 

well for alignment a test drive is necessary becuase how else you gonna center hte steering wheel.
but it only take half a block to figure out its not straight

 

I would go back and complain, dealerships are very concerned with CSI scores, (Customer Satisfaction Index) your the customer, tell em you are dissappointed with their actions. You might get something out of it, free oil change, discount on parts maybe.

 

Complain with Acura and not the dealership since complaining with the dealership gets you nowhere.

 

how often should valves be adjusted and how much does it usually cost

 

cripe guys, you wonder why Acura doesn't bring the R back...all the owners go ballistic on the stupidest things.

Yes, he drove your car. He did this because IF he just gave the car back and you said something was wrong, it would turn into a he said she said crapfest. Okay so he Vtec'd. What do you expect? The guy to put on white gloves and condomize the seats?

If you're taking the car there then you're going to have to let them do the work as they see fit. If you don't want certain things happening then put stipulations on BEFORE hand.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by SleepnCiViC &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">how often should valves be adjusted and how much does it usually cost</TD></TR></TABLE>

Adjust them whenever you feel like. Do it yourself. It costs usually $100+ at the dealership. Depending on what dealership.