Mastodawn

"To replace the battery in your <BRAND> vehicle key (i.e. fob), we recommend you bring it to your nearest <BRAND> authorized service center" ...

Ah great, the $85 CR2032 replacement? Sounds like a plan. 👊

I've never had to replace the battery in this fob before, and boy howdy is it terribly designed for that. Almost like they wanted it to be more difficult than it needed to be. I wonder why they would do that?

#Stealership #vehicle #car #CarCompany #company #CR2032 #battery #replacement #UserHostile #service #consumable

C.Jun 22, 2025

Hey guys, new way to negotiate with car salespeople just dropped!

#negotiate #stealership #car #sales #salesman #CarSales #negotiation #deal #CarDealer #dealership

valkraider

Jul 25, 2023

Yay! I found an independent guy to work on my #Triumph which is good because the #TriumphMotorcycles #Stealership has a 200 to 400 mile monopoly in this part of the US (depending on where you live) and the owners are greedy bastards with terrible #CustomerService priorities. (And the monopoly *could* potentially be even more far-reaching for some people as the same owners own several across the western US). I had considered moving to a #HarleyPanAmerica just for more dealership #competition.

valkraider

Mar 3, 2023

I hate how #Dealerships schedule appointments. It’s always just to drop off the vehicle, but never to do the work. For routine maintenance or simple repairs or recalls like software updates or anything slated for less than 1.5 hours of shop time - the appointment time should be the time the work is performed. Instead they set the time to drop the vehicle and it will sit in their lot for 6 hours before they start the work. It’s a major hassle. #stealership #AutoDealer #CarDealer #stealerships

valkraider

Feb 10, 2023

My local #motorcycle #stealership and new owners: a thread. Their service prices are already too high. I do my own oil changes since they’re easy, but leave more difficult stuff to them. At an event I once asked them to reset my service indicator, which takes 3 minutes to do with their tool - and they gave me a bunch of grief. So I went inside to buy an extremely overpriced TShirt to at least give them some business and they have a new 3% fee for credit card uses. (Continued ➡️)