This just gets more appalling. Is there any system to query all the dealerships about parts in stock?
Unfortunately, this kind of stuff happens all the time. Parts suppliers go under without warning, and it takes a while to get someone else spooled up. New dies have to be cast, then they have to be approved by NHTSA, and then they have to make them and ship them.
There is a system to query all dealerships, but it's not always real-time inventory. It all depends on how often the dealership transmits the updated info back to central.
The service manager said he doesn't have much confidence in Detroit.
He just doesn't know how to stop digging his hole deeper, does he?
Why? I mean, what am I going to do about it? I need a car, and mine is dead. They can't fix it, and if I was never born, that dealership would still exist. So why should he care?
I've worked with these guys for 10 years. They're fleet, not retail, and they've found stuff for me before. The service manager probably has little to no experience with the fleet side of things. I'm not making any promises, but if there is one to be found, they are the ones who can find it.
He may also be trying to cover his ass, especially if the dealership didn't do a thorough search when you first brought the car in.
You can tell everyone you know. You can start a Twitter campaign. You can call the consumer reporters at local stations.
I totes just fixed the printer for a fellow coworker at work late while I was waiting for a perl script to finish running. It's good to have a nerd handy.
They aren't wedding pictures, P-C, they're engagement pictures, and they've kind of been posted twice before.
Although that one does have the photgrapher commenting.
I am excited to start my weekend off right: bought a super sale cardigan at Banana Republic, got a free burrito, talk ed to a former coworker on the phone. So far, so good!
