Posted on 11/20/2025 9:42:56 AM PST by Red Badger
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Sensor failure on cylnder #4.....
Input camshaft lobe positioning sensor low voltage!
Oxygen sensor no output.
arrrrrrrggggggghhhhhhh!.....
How about just make it easier. Really the process is insane. Last time I bought a car I had it all set. I had the VIN of the car I wanted to test drive, I had a cashiers check for the down, I had a pre-approved loan that would cover the rest. 20 minute test drive, yeah I like it, lets pull the trigger. Then FOUR FREAKING HOURS of... I don’t what. Honestly. Yeah in there was 10 minutes of signing crap. But everything else was just, whatever freaking churn the dealership has. And sales people talking to me constantly about nothing, bad socializing. Fix that. I should have been in and out in an hour tops.
We paid by cashier’s check for our last three cars and still took hours, exactly as you stated............
Yes had the same issues with the fuel injectors $2.000.00
And a few other items the check engin light comes on like a pin ball machine.
Five different brand of cars over the last 15 years
Yes all of the paper work is crazy.
I leased my last car and we did a lot of the work over the internet, but as usual when I got down there to pick up the car I still had another 30 minutes or so of paperwork in the Finance office and I had already put down my downpayment over the internet.
I converted a Lincoln SA200 welder from hand cranked to electric starter after a few sore wrists and arms from it kicking back and hitting me with the crank. Especially after asking the previous owner who mentioned his brother getting some teeth knocked out cranking a similar engine on a baler.
The Model T was notorious enough about kicking back if you set the advance up too far that the injury came to be known as a “Ford Fracture.”
They are known as stealerships for a reason. They steal.
I had a Honda stealership change a 3 year to a 5 year between the sales desk and the finance desk.
Plus always lying saying something is broke on your car when there is not like the cv joint cover they said needed replacing at $150 each front wheel. Or the air filter that did not. I had a tire valve replaced as it showed cut and rotate the tires. I checked afterward and found the valve stem was new but the valve core was not screwed in all the way so the air leaked...
I go to a shop that verified the cv joint was fine. The mechanic look of disgust when I told them as if they had heard this before. The air filter I had replaced just a few months before.
The Toyota dealership is calling with cheap deals to try to get customers in to their service center.
A while back I went in for some dealer only work. Sat three hours waiting. Also they told me that I needed brakes.
Took it to the local guys I trust for some work and to do the brakes. They came out and said brakes were fine.
Asked me where I got the idea I needed brakes. When I said dealership they nodded and said it happens a lot.
The Toyota dealership is calling with cheap deals to try to get customers in to their service center.
A while back I went in for some dealer only work. Sat three hours waiting. Also they told me that I needed brakes.
Took it to the local guys I trust for some work and to do the brakes. They came out and said brakes were fine.
Asked me where I got the idea I needed brakes. When I said dealership they nodded and said it happens a lot.
All of the “dealership experience” crap is just that - crap. I hate buying a car, and nothing they can do can make me hate it less except show me what I want at a price I’m willing to pay. Nothing boils my blood faster than a sales person that ignores what I ask for and tries to sell me something else.
Best experience was a Hyundai dealer - we went in with a set of specific wants and a max price. The sales guy said he didn’t have what we were looking for. Great - 30 minutes spent, move on. Then he calls me a few days later and says he found one that meets our requirements if we care to come back. Was exactly what we wanted and bought it.
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