JV911 Posted 23June, 2015 Report Share Posted 23June, 2015 Doctors and their in ability to keep appointments...still waiting for my 12pm grrrrr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomo Posted 23June, 2015 Report Share Posted 23June, 2015 Doctors waiting room; JV911 and Orion03 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edgy Posted 30June, 2015 Report Share Posted 30June, 2015 The hard drives failed in our server just before the end of financial year... I am suitably pissed off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazzieman Posted 1July, 2015 Report Share Posted 1July, 2015 Doctors and their in ability to keep appointments...still waiting for my 12pm grrrrrTake your problematic old car into a mechanic , have him diagnose it accurately organise to fix it in 15 minutes...With a line of cars waiting for you to finish Itsa tough gig. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deejay Posted 2July, 2015 Report Share Posted 2July, 2015 Idiot right wing evangelical morons (most of them presidential candidates) in the US, who after the recent high court decisions on marriage equality and health care are sprouting out crap about it being to darkest day in US history and the end times being truly upon us now !!Truly WTF !!Sadly, I can see one of these idiots being elected President in the next few decades and after that a lack of funding to science, education and everything else that has got us to the technology we have today.I just hope jug ears and his minions are taking notice to what the majority have been saying and wanting for a long time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tit Posted 2July, 2015 Report Share Posted 2July, 2015 So. At the start of last year the timing chain tensioner in our MK6 GTI failed and it grenaded the engine. The car was out of warranty, but VW did the work because the tensioner was a recall item. New Cylinder head, new turbo etc etc.Two months ago. Same thing. VW pretty much told us to hit the bricks and finally said they'd cover 50% of the parts. I was still pissed as obviously a car shouldn't need two new cylinder heads in 15 months. Between my wife being flat out with the kid, and me pulling 60-70 hour weeks, we didn't have time to mess about with consumer affairs et. al. and I was about to stump up the cash this week for the repair (several thousand $).Then I get a call from a mate who's a service guy at another dealership in Canberra. This new guy has moved over to their dealership from VW. He was telling him that there was a technician that rebuilt a whole pile of engines incorrectly (incorrect torque-settings, missing bits etc) and pretty much all of those cars have been returning to the two dealerships here with (re)destroyed engines. They have fired this guy, because they know this guy was at fault. Without knowing my mate knows me, this guy described MY exact car to my mate. Telling him that VW and the dealership are being pricks and making me pay for it even though they know it's their fault. It has been sitting there for two months.So. Armed with this second-hand information I have no idea what to do. I have no proof other than this story. The car is half re-built (I'm supposed to pick it up this week).I f#@$#@$#@(king hate VW! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazzieman Posted 2July, 2015 Report Share Posted 2July, 2015 So. At the start of last year the timing chain tensioner in our MK6 GTI failed and it grenaded the engine. The car was out of warranty, but VW did the work because the tensioner was a recall item. New Cylinder head, new turbo etc etc.Two months ago. Same thing. VW pretty much told us to hit the bricks and finally said they'd cover 50% of the parts. I was still pissed as obviously a car shouldn't need two new cylinder heads in 15 months. Between my wife being flat out with the kid, and me pulling 60-70 hour weeks, we didn't have time to mess about with consumer affairs et. al. and I was about to stump up the cash this week for the repair (several thousand $).Then I get a call from a mate who's a service guy at another dealership in Canberra. This new guy has moved over to their dealership from VW. He was telling him that there was a technician that rebuilt a whole pile of engines incorrectly (incorrect torque-settings, missing bits etc) and pretty much all of those cars have been returning to the two dealerships here with (re)destroyed engines. They have fired this guy, because they know this guy was at fault. Without knowing my mate knows me, this guy described MY exact car to my mate. Telling him that VW and the dealership are being pricks and making me pay for it even though they know it's their fault. It has been sitting there for two months.So. Armed with this second-hand information I have no idea what to do. I have no proof other than this story. The car is half re-built (I'm supposed to pick it up this week).I f#@$#@$#@(king hate VW!Send a letter asking "is this true?" If they deny it in writing, you may have recourse later on if someone else can get an investigative journo/lawyer in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstone Posted 2July, 2015 Report Share Posted 2July, 2015 You may find others on the VW forums have enough proof to assist you. You should also be able to identify him as the technician from their records.I would bluff them.Since you clearly won't buy another VW, what do you have to lose? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JV911 Posted 2July, 2015 Report Share Posted 2July, 2015 You may find others on the VW forums have enough proof to assist you.start here http://www.vwgolf.net.au/showthread.php?20507-2.0TSI-(EA888)-Timing-chain-tensioner-failures&highlight=tensioner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ByronBayChris Posted 2July, 2015 Report Share Posted 2July, 2015 Simple. Ask to see the service records of your original job. It's your car and you are entitled to see it. Then ask to speak with the tech who did the job. If they say he no longer works with them, then you can call their bluff and suggest that he was fired for poor work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tit Posted 2July, 2015 Report Share Posted 2July, 2015 start here http://www.vwgolf.net.au/showthread.php?20507-2.0TSI-(EA888)-Timing-chain-tensioner-failures&highlight=tensionerYep. That's the exact thing that happened to mine. VW fixed it for free in Feb last year. We were going to sell it because I've always hated the car. It was on the market for seven months with little interest (mid-priced). Then life moved on...until it happened again two months ago.It was the fix that was dodgy. I'm off to see the dealer principal today. tazzieman 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazzieman Posted 2July, 2015 Report Share Posted 2July, 2015 I'm off to see the dealer principal today.Tell him you're on the forums and word gets around quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edgy Posted 2July, 2015 Report Share Posted 2July, 2015 It was the fix that was dodgy. I'm off to see the dealer principal today.When I was getting the run around with Audi Sydney not long ago, I had a good result in the end by making contact with the dealer principal. Good luck with it, stressful and annoying situation to be in... nothing like facing the prospect of paying your hard earned out for someone else's negligence! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeM Posted 2July, 2015 Report Share Posted 2July, 2015 Tracey Grimshaw and A Current Affair will help ya! Unless youre a hoon ofcourse! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TINGY Posted 2July, 2015 Report Share Posted 2July, 2015 Doctors and their in ability to keep appointments...still waiting for my 12pm grrrrrWhat about when your first for the day and they're still late, i'd hate to be the last appointment for the day. JV911 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazzieman Posted 2July, 2015 Report Share Posted 2July, 2015 What about when your first for the day and they're still late, i'd hate to be the last appointment for the day.If they're not doing paperwork from the previous day (there's a ton of red tape) then you need a better organised GP! "But they don't make them like they used to" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TINGY Posted 2July, 2015 Report Share Posted 2July, 2015 If they're not doing paperwork from the previous day (there's a ton of red tape) then you need a better organised GP! "But they don't make them like they used to" There's red tape in everything these days, you don't have to be a GP to find it, and as long as i can remember they've always been late, what, i've got nothing better to do than to spend my time waiting for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazzieman Posted 2July, 2015 Report Share Posted 2July, 2015 There's red tape in everything these days, you don't have to be a GP to find it, and as long as i can remember they've always been late, what, i've got nothing better to do than to spend my time waiting for them.Mine has car magazines in the waiting room. He's my lifelong best mate and he still keeps me waiting 20-30 minutes. Life is long, and in the grand scale of things... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Posted 2July, 2015 Report Share Posted 2July, 2015 He's my lifelong best mate That'd make prostate checks interesting JV911 and Tit 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazzieman Posted 2July, 2015 Report Share Posted 2July, 2015 That'd make prostate checks interestingIt's over and done with in 5 seconds ; quicker than a timing belt tension check. With equally important reassurance TINGY 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niko Posted 3July, 2015 Report Share Posted 3July, 2015 It's over and done with in 5 seconds ; quicker than a timing belt tension check. With equally important reassurance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazzieman Posted 3July, 2015 Report Share Posted 3July, 2015 C'mon Niko , man up! I hope you're not avoiding it. Med students are taught "if you don't put your finger in it , you put your foot in it"Not sure what vet students are taught though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clutch-monkey Posted 3July, 2015 Report Share Posted 3July, 2015 Not sure what vet students are taught though."there are two reasons not to perform a rectal:you have no hands, or the patient has no anus." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazzieman Posted 3July, 2015 Report Share Posted 3July, 2015 "there are two reasons not to perform a rectal:you have no hands, or the patient has no anus." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niko Posted 3July, 2015 Report Share Posted 3July, 2015 C'mon Niko , man up! I hope you're not avoiding it. Med students are taught "if you don't put your finger in it , you put your foot in it"Not sure what vet students are taught though.Actually I get on really well with my Doc, he has a V8 AUDI and after we sort out whatever I'm in there for, we talk cars for the rest of the deal, thats probably why you blokes are waiting so long in the waiting room. Sorry Last time he did the ergh argh finger thingy to me, I said to him... "Good on you Doc, now I suppose you think I'm your bitch"That broke up what was a solomn serious sort of moment a bit.... TINGY 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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