Grumpy Old Man
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@Frank said in Grumpy Old Man:
Heard a guy in his 50s say - "That's ridonkulous."
It's still annoying me.
Never misunderestimate the ability of youngsters to annoy Grumpy Old Men..
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You think Grumpy Old Men are bad? Can't have met Grumpy Old Teenagers then!
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@Bones said in Grumpy Old Man:
@Frank said in Grumpy Old Man:
Heard a guy in his 50s say - "That's ridonkulous."
It's still annoying me.
What prexactly don't you like about it?
Stop joshing, this thread is supposed to be serious.
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Fucking Car Dealerships - service team specifically.
Wife bought a 2019 Kia Cerato. Good value for $26k with bells and whistles etc. "Capped price servicing" as advertised. Firstly, it is $590 or thereabouts, which is taking the piss.
An hour after I drop it off they call Mrs TA who passes the phone to me. They want to inspect and clean the throttle body for $120.
Me: "Isn't that part of the service schedule?"
Them: "No but we recommend it after 35,000km"
Me: "The car has done less than 30,000km"
Them: " ... "
Me: " ... look do it if you think it needs doing and I'll look into it after I pick it up " (Mrs TA signalling I shouldn't be too aggressive with them).Another hour passes and the old "Your rear wiper needs replacing" so Mrs TA passes the phone to me
Me: "Oh yeah? I used it this morning and it seemed fine. How much?"
Them: "$71"
Me, no longer able to hold back my disdain: "Mate you are kidding yourself if you think I'm paying you seventy bucks for something I can do in 5 minutes with a part from Supercheap. Not a chance." (Mrs TA looking upset that I've done my rag at these gouging fluffybunnies).Went in and picked up the car, expecting the original $590 service + $120 throttle body clean. Whole service was only $615, which is still a fucking ripoff, but it wasn't going to end well if they reached for $700. It was a very quick, very quiet handover.
I was relaying this story to a work colleague today, who mentioned their mum has the same model Kia. She got the same bullshit about throttle body and wiper blades.
So I'm off to write some Google and FB reviews.
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@NTA Yeah, this could be a thread on it's own. Your sort of trapped with a modern car as buyers / traders expect main dealer servicing, otherwise when it comes to selling it they gouge you.
Had an opposite case on our X5 once, needed 4 new tyres ( it has comedy tyres on it, 335 wide) and they quoted 1350. I thought wasn't actually too bad given the size, but then I went on blackcircles which is a comparison website and could get the same for 950. So I called them up to ask what else I get for 400 addtl. Expected a spiel about vectoring, balancing etc etc .... instead he just said "we outsource it, so go with your one and pocked the 400".
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@MajorRage said in Grumpy Old Man:
Your sort of trapped with a modern car as buyers / traders expect main dealer servicing, otherwise when it comes to selling it they gouge you.
Definitely true when you're still in warranty etc. or turning over a car every 3ish years and want maximum resale.
Typically we drive a car until it is beyond the point where people give a shit. I think 3 years serviced with the dealership is enough TBH. Nobody really expects much out of a Kia beyond 5 these days. Only done 29,000km in that time and besides a minor scrape on the rear three quarter panel, as-new.
Lot of chat about that over here in terms of manufacturers getting more and more sophisticated with the diagnostics, pricing little blokes out of the market.
I called the local UltraTune who service my XTrail and gave them the specs for the Kia. They quoted $330 for the same service. Won't void the warranty as they're doing it to manufacturer specifications, and they're just under 2km walk from my house.
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@NTA said in Grumpy Old Man:
@NTA said in Grumpy Old Man:
xpecting the original $590 service + $120 throttle body clean. Whole service was only $615,
And I've just remembered that the service included a 4 wheel rotate and balance quoted at $35 so I'm technically ahead.
Took my Yeti in for a service 2 years ago at the Main Dealer. Fluffybunnies told me I needed a new locking nut set as they couldn't find the one in the spare wheel compartment. Asked them to check and was told it was definitely missing. Paid for a new locking nut set @ £80.
Pick up the car to find the new locking nut in it's green plastic box on the front seat. Went to put it back in the spare wheel compartment and, bugger me, the original was was there. Rather than apologise, the fluffybunnies ignored my emails and then tried to argue they had checked, it wasn't there and initially refused to refund the money. Had to threaten a Small Claims action with attendent publicity to get the money back.
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@NTA said in Grumpy Old Man:
Lot of chat about that over here in terms of manufacturers getting more and more sophisticated with the diagnostics, pricing little blokes out of the market.
Backed up by
German Car industry protectionistsemissions legislation in parts of Europe from what I understand. -
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The latest thing to piss me off is my smart watch. The fuckers have updated the bloody thing so now I have to learn how to save my run all over again. What was once something I could do without any thought I have to now piss around working out how to do it.
Why the hell do IT people have to mess around changing things? We get it all the time at work and it's infuriates me. What was once a simple task becomes a pain in the arse, especially when you are a couple of hours into overtime, you are tired and you want to go home. It stops me wanting to work because learning computer shit is stressful.
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@Crazy-Horse said in Grumpy Old Man:
The latest thing to piss me off is my smart watch. The fuckers have updated the bloody thing so now I have to learn how to save my run all over again. What was once something I could do without any thought I have to now piss around working out how to do it.
Why the hell do IT people have to mess around changing things? We get it all the time at work and it's infuriates me. What was once a simple task becomes a pain in the arse, especially when you are a couple of hours into overtime, you are tired and you want to go home. It stops me wanting to work because learning computer shit is stressful.
Even IT people have managers...
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Grumpy Old Man:
@NTA said in Grumpy Old Man:
@NTA said in Grumpy Old Man:
xpecting the original $590 service + $120 throttle body clean. Whole service was only $615,
And I've just remembered that the service included a 4 wheel rotate and balance quoted at $35 so I'm technically ahead.
Took my Yeti in for a service 2 years ago at the Main Dealer. Fluffybunnies told me I needed a new locking nut set as they couldn't find the one in the Asked them to check and was told it was definitely missing. Paid for a new locking nut set @ £80.
Pick up the car to find the new locking nut in it's green plastic box on the front seat. Went to put it back in the spare wheel compartment and, bugger me, the original was was there. Rather than apologise, the fluffybunnies ignored my emails and then tried to argue they had checked, it wasn't there and initially refused to refund the money. Had to threaten a Small Claims action with attendent publicity to get the money back.
Are the Skoda dealers as bad as the Volk. dealers? I heard bad things about the latter.
The Skoda Yeti was a funky little car!
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@Machpants said in Grumpy Old Man:
@Frank said in Grumpy Old Man:
Heard a guy in his 50s say - "That's ridonkulous."
It's still annoying me.
You realise where this is from? It's a standard phrase in our house
Well, then fuck living in your house.
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@nostrildamus said in Grumpy Old Man:
@Crazy-Horse said in Grumpy Old Man:
The latest thing to piss me off is my smart watch. The fuckers have updated the bloody thing so now I have to learn how to save my run all over again. What was once something I could do without any thought I have to now piss around working out how to do it.
Why the hell do IT people have to mess around changing things? We get it all the time at work and it's infuriates me. What was once a simple task becomes a pain in the arse, especially when you are a couple of hours into overtime, you are tired and you want to go home. It stops me wanting to work because learning computer shit is stressful.
Even IT people have managers...
And shareholders to answer to.
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@NTA said in Grumpy Old Man:
@nostrildamus said in Grumpy Old Man:
@Crazy-Horse said in Grumpy Old Man:
The latest thing to piss me off is my smart watch. The fuckers have updated the bloody thing so now I have to learn how to save my run all over again. What was once something I could do without any thought I have to now piss around working out how to do it.
Why the hell do IT people have to mess around changing things? We get it all the time at work and it's infuriates me. What was once a simple task becomes a pain in the arse, especially when you are a couple of hours into overtime, you are tired and you want to go home. It stops me wanting to work because learning computer shit is stressful.
Even IT people have managers...
And shareholders to answer to.
It's still bloody annoying no matter who is responsible for the change. I go into a programme knowing where certain functions are, or what is necessary to perform a certain action and I find things have been changed - it is fucking annoying. I have to piss around trying how to work out how to do something again. A job that may only take a few minutes turns into something a lot longer and my day has been ruined because I am fuming. I try not to fume but I am failing miserably at that. For someone that is challenged when it comes to all things computers it is not fun.
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@Frank said in Grumpy Old Man:
@Machpants said in Grumpy Old Man:
@Frank said in Grumpy Old Man:
Heard a guy in his 50s say - "That's ridonkulous."
It's still annoying me.
You realise where this is from? It's a standard phrase in our house
Well, then fuck living in your house.
You're a catastrophe!
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@NTA said in Grumpy Old Man:
Fucking Car Dealerships - service team specifically.
Wife bought a 2019 Kia Cerato. Good value for $26k with bells and whistles etc. "Capped price servicing" as advertised. Firstly, it is $590 or thereabouts, which is taking the piss.
An hour after I drop it off they call Mrs TA who passes the phone to me. They want to inspect and clean the throttle body for $120.
Me: "Isn't that part of the service schedule?"
Them: "No but we recommend it after 35,000km"
Me: "The car has done less than 30,000km"
Them: " ... "
Me: " ... look do it if you think it needs doing and I'll look into it after I pick it up " (Mrs TA signalling I shouldn't be too aggressive with them).Another hour passes and the old "Your rear wiper needs replacing" so Mrs TA passes the phone to me
Me: "Oh yeah? I used it this morning and it seemed fine. How much?"
Them: "$71"
Me, no longer able to hold back my disdain: "Mate you are kidding yourself if you think I'm paying you seventy bucks for something I can do in 5 minutes with a part from Supercheap. Not a chance." (Mrs TA looking upset that I've done my rag at these gouging fluffybunnies).Went in and picked up the car, expecting the original $590 service + $120 throttle body clean. Whole service was only $615, which is still a fucking ripoff, but it wasn't going to end well if they reached for $700. It was a very quick, very quiet handover.
I was relaying this story to a work colleague today, who mentioned their mum has the same model Kia. She got the same bullshit about throttle body and wiper blades.
So I'm off to write some Google and FB reviews.
I bought the same car new this year. Looking forward to that upcoming level of service
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@voodoo said in Grumpy Old Man:
I bought the same car new this year. Looking forward to that upcoming level of service
Take it back to the dealer for the first two services. When they ring about the throttle body clean, you can say "Ah yes, a mate of mine said you'd do this. I've got the Ombudsman on speed dial for just such an occasion!"
