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@nyccarguy said:

@roadburner said:

@nyccarguy said:

Brought the Jeep in for service. Not impressed thus far. Dropped it off. Go see the service advisor. Tell her I made an appointment. She takes my name. Asks what the problem is. Check engine light and it says “service vehicle charging system” when I try to plug it in. Also, the driver’s side left corner of the roof leaks.

Her response: “so how long can you leave it with us? This is an electric vehicle, ya know and not just anybody can work on it. And about the top - they all leak.”

I told her I needed the car back tomorrow because I rented a car for the day that isn’t cheap. I made this appointment a week ago and specifically told the woman whom I spoke with that I had a 4Xe plug in hybrid. I don’t work close and need to make sure I can get back here in time tomorrow night.

In the meantime, I rented a new tundra from the Toyota dealer. It’s all they had. Very LARGE!

That is inexcusable.

I get they don’t have loaners. When I called to make the appointment, I knew that I’d have to rent a car for the day, I also get that I’m paying way under market value compared to the 4Xe ‘s sticker price. They don’t know that. I can’t imagine bringing a $60 something thousand dollar 4 series convertible into a BMW dealership and have them say: “they all leak.”

The lack of a loaner wouldn’t bother me; it’s the fact that they need some specially trained tech who is either too busy or not available. That’s what persuaded me to scratch the GR Supra off my list.

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In 2013, when I bought my first F150 with the new "Sync" audio system, I had some problems with Sync. For one, if you changed the flash drive, the new drive would not be recognized until you pulled the fuse to do a hard reset on the computer. The service advisor told me, with a straight face, "For all Sync issues, you have to come in on Wednesday morning between 10 and 12. We have someone here from Geek squad at that time."

Still waiting on the invoice, but, by the time I get it home, I think I'll be looking at about $6k all in. Has about 165k miles. Duncan has a similar one with 115k but the far less desirable 2.5 engine for $15k. JC had one with far fewer miles but rather questionable condition and many broken components for $10k. So I think I did OK.

Oh, and towing capacity is close to 3 tons.