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- From: rhorwell@atc.boeing.com (Roland Faragher-Horwell)
- Newsgroups: seattle.general
- Subject: Re: Beware Precision Tune in Federal Way!
- Message-ID: <91515@bcsaic.boeing.com>
- Date: 27 Jan 93 23:52:09 GMT
- References: <C1Fq8K.IKD@bcstec.ca.boeing.com>
- Sender: nntp@bcsaic.boeing.com
- Reply-To: rhorwell@atc.boeing.com
- Organization: Boeing Computer Services
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- In article IKD@bcstec.ca.boeing.com, spady@bcstec.ca.boeing.com (Robyn Spady) writes:
- >In article <1993Jan20.172307.361@amc.com> john@amc.com (John Sambrook) writes:
- >>>I will not bring my vehicle back there again, nor will I recommend them to
- >>>anyone.
- >>
- >>I'll second this. I took my truck to "Precision Tune" in Totem Lake about
- >>two years ago and wasn't at all impressed with the service or the results.
- >>
- >
- >I too had serious problems with Precision Tune . . . This one in Renton. I
- >only wanted a tune-up . . . But, they went ahead and performed over $125 of
- >unauthorized repairs . . . and then the car didn't run properly. A mechanic
- >told me I had loose motormounts and a that my drive train was going bad . . .
- >Ironically, the car didn't even have a drive train!
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- Was this some sort of 'Candid Camera' gag where the engine/trans had been removed?
- What did it have - a rubber band? How did it produce power? How did it
- transfer that power to the wheels? How did you get it to Precision Tune in the
- first place - (are they at the bottome of a big hill?) :^)
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- Roland
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