A Sad Sad Day Indeed
04.10.08Ok, Ill admit that my first mistake was taking it to Firestone to begin with. Dangit. Stupid corporate mechanics. As if they weren’t bad to begin with, you get the big dawgs who get so much money that they really could care less how they work on your vehicle. And like the dupe I am, I signed away, trusting their work was legit.
Now my car doesn’t start. And don’t even start with that “It’s a piece of crap” nonsense, because this vehicle was anything BUT a POS. And anyone who knows anything about cars will tell you that the engines they put in these models was a good engine with plenty of life in it. Besides, I wasn’t having any starting issues at all until a few days after I had Firestone work on it. The bastards.
So don’t take your vehicle their if you can help it. I’m not even the first person to come out of Firestone with issues. I know one guy in particular had an ‘07 that he had some work done and they bent his drive shaft somehow. Don’t ask me how, I couldn’t even imagine what kind of irresponsible mofo’s they put behind wrenches these days.
I think I’m gonna go into a few mechanics classes after I get out so I can just figure stuff out myself instead of dealing with this nonsense. Not to mention the price they charge for labor is absolutely ridiculous. And I’m a sucker for payin it….
My poor, poor lil hoopty…*sob




That sucks man. Best of luck on fixing it or whatever you plan on doin. Personally I change my own oil (thats really all I know how to do, computers are more my thing) and for anything else I take it into a local shop and they fix things up right.
Mark
April 10th, 2008
I hate Firestone. GRRRR. Have been burned there many times… so yeah, I feel your pain. Now I take my car to a nice mechanic back in the mountains. Sure, I have to chat about fishing for 1/2 hour or so when dropping off my car (note: I don’t even fish)–but he gits ‘r done.
Amethyst
April 10th, 2008
That’s why you need to go chevy!
erik
April 12th, 2008
I might pick a different year though just to get some thing relatively newer.
Sure Fire
April 13th, 2008