About 2 years ago I took my 85 900t to one of those quick cheep brake pad changing joints. Well anyway they informed me that my front calapers were "locked" and that to replace the calaper would cost me $400+ because they have to be replaced in pairs and because price of saab parts... I asked why not just rebuild them... He said it was impossable. After some dealing with the man I told him "Go ahead and put the car together - I will find someone else". I was told that I had signed a paper and that he would not put let me leave without having a $800 of work done on the car. I informed him that I signed to have you work on a $125 break job (I was about to inform him my signature was not leagle binding as I was only 16 at the time). Well to make a long story short no threats were made and he let me leave with out a big ordeal. I got the job done at a local indipendent saab mechanic for under $600 - he rebuilt the calaper ;-) - plus he replaced some other stuff that was needing replaced.

Similar thing happened to a fellow saab owner - They love to present a good size bill to a young teen.

I will never let anyone touch my car again.
I believe if you can't fix it yourself... you are drivin the wrong car - Saabs are fun to work on

Adam 85 900t 195k

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• What's the Worst Line You've Heard from a Mechanic?, Roger (NAWC), Tue, 19 Mar 2002 09:23:15
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  • Worst line was on oil !!, JEC, Wed, 20 Mar 2002 14:34:30
  • "Can't replace a bearing unless you buy four new tires", Ari , Wed, 20 Mar 2002 13:16:40
    • thats not that much of a stretch, nickR, Wed, 20 Mar 2002 20:15:02
  • "You'll Blow Your Turbo!!", Seerwah, Wed, 20 Mar 2002 11:19:32
  • $800 for front brakes, Adam Dawson, Wed, 20 Mar 2002 10:56:58 <-- Viewing This Message
  • From a Volkswagen service advisor to a customer who..., Wavey, Wed, 20 Mar 2002 09:43:46
  • "I'll tell you what it needs, but I won't do the work.", KL, Wed, 20 Mar 2002 08:47:38
  • Re: What's the Worst Line You've Heard from a Mechanic?, Wayne, Tue, 19 Mar 2002 19:12:12
  • "With those Saab front brakes..., JohnC, Tue, 19 Mar 2002 18:09:09
    • Actually they stopped using the shoed e-brakes in>, DougM , Wed, 20 Mar 2002 01:43:39
      • And guess what? They started again..., Eric Law, Fri, 22 Mar 2002 13:58:21
  • Re: What's the Worst Line You've Heard from a Mechanic?, Eric Law, Tue, 19 Mar 2002 14:55:08
  • There's no tourque for lug nuts., KeithR, Tue, 19 Mar 2002 14:03:40
    • For what it's worth..., Eric Law, Fri, 22 Mar 2002 14:02:38
    • Yeah... the buggers did it to me...>>, Troll, Wed, 20 Mar 2002 19:28:33
    • Re: There's no tourque for lug nuts., John Davies, Tue, 19 Mar 2002 22:20:59
      • Re: There's no tourque for lug nuts., Dave Westlake, Wed, 20 Mar 2002 09:45:39
  • here's a bad story from my days of youth as a.., RickP, Tue, 19 Mar 2002 13:53:51
  • Re: What's the Worst Line You've Heard from a Mechanic?, compaqted, Tue, 19 Mar 2002 13:43:37
  • Re: What's the Worst Line You've Heard from a Mechanic?, sturz, Tue, 19 Mar 2002 13:40:54
    • Toyota Dealers are notorious, Randy Thatcher , Tue, 19 Mar 2002 15:03:35
      • BMW dealers are pathetic, compaqted, Thu, 21 Mar 2002 13:18:51
  • Re: What's the Worst Line You've Heard from a Mechanic?, mateored, Tue, 19 Mar 2002 13:26:50
  • Worst Line I've Heard from a Mechanic?, Scalera, Tue, 19 Mar 2002 12:26:18
  • Re: What's the Worst Line You've Heard from a Mechanic?, RS , Tue, 19 Mar 2002 11:56:09
  • A Jeep dealership recommended..., Bob M, Tue, 19 Mar 2002 10:54:55
    • spelling...., Richard Miller, Tue, 19 Mar 2002 18:39:48
  • "It's all one piece these days" >>, Dinger, Tue, 19 Mar 2002 10:47:36
    • Yep, reminds me of a sign I saw in a transmission shop, Rob 85 Turbo, Tue, 19 Mar 2002 11:16:17
      • Our sign says," If we can't fix it, we won't " n/m, Anders, Tue, 19 Mar 2002 11:30:22
        • Anders. Where are you?? n/m, Texron, Tue, 19 Mar 2002 17:35:50
  • "You're not putting it into reverse properly.", Dave Westlake, Tue, 19 Mar 2002 10:38:50
  • Honest, I wouldn't try to do that to your wife!, Texron, Tue, 19 Mar 2002 09:46:42
    • Re: worst lines from mechanic, paulh, Tue, 19 Mar 2002 09:55:30

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