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Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2000 17:00:58 GMT
From: "Ottosync" <ottosyncnopsamail.com>
Subject: Re: Scott Saab in Tampa/StPete Florida <---- RIP OFF
Great endorsement for CarMax by the way
"Ryan Lindfield" <ryannopsamlla.com> wrote in message
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> This is another scam to avoid. I bought my 1996 900 SE from CarMax
> about 3 months ago. I had a problem with the "reverse lock" on the
> transmission.
> You are supposed to lift up on the shifter ring to get the car to go into
> reverse.
> I could put the car in reverse without lifting up the ring.The car ran
> fantastic,
> but this bothered me, and its a safety feature, so I took it back to
carmax.
> They don't know anything about Saab's so they sent it to Scott Saab.
> (www.scottsaab.com) Once scott saab got my car into their hands they
> decided that in order to fix the reverse ring they needed to replace the
> entire transmission. Needless to say they had their run with the car
> and sent an enormous bill to carmax for things that weren't even broken,
> and for somethings that were broken but never even fixed! The ring around
> the head light switch turns witht he switch, they charged us for a new one
> on the invoice but oddly enough it still does it. Car Max payed for
> everything with
> a smile, gave me a loaner vehicle the entire time and kept me up to date
> on the progress of the car. In the mean time Scott Sabb did infact switch
> my transmission, but instead of using a new/factory rebuilt one like they
> charged car max for, they used some second hand transmission that was
> just pulled out of another car, I have no proof of this but I am willing
> to bet any amount of money that this is what happened because
> the transmission i brought in there felt fine I have been driving nothing
> but
> standard transmission cars for the past 7 years and I am pretty sure that
> I would notice something especially on a new car where I was allready
> looking for problems. I did however with this (new) transimission.
> I took in a car with a perfectly working transmission and got back
> one that grinded when going into second or third gear!
>
> They kept my car in the shop charging Car Max for various things. It was
> there for about a month. During that time I ordered crossdrilled rotors,
> springs,(www.saabperformanceparts.com they suck also)
> muffler, and rims. I was anxious to have it all put on, and since
> Scott Saab was occupying my car for weeks at a time, and I wanted
> everything to be done professionaly I went ahead and payed their
> exorbitant service rates to have them put my parts on. When they put
> my muffler on (sports silencer 4" oval from www.abbottracing.com)
> they put it on crooked and it burnt my rear roll pan. I went back to
> complain about it and the service manager was like oh well, its a non
> standard aftermarket exhaust and thats why I am having problems.
> HELLO its made for 900 SE 1994-1998 specifically I would hardly
> call that non-standard aftermarket. If any of you have seen any of these
> mufflers and the bottom rear end of your 900 you would know that it
> lines up perfectly, or should. When they mounted mine it was off to the
> right
> side and burnt the plastic on the bottom of the bumper, it would have been
> fine otherwise. Also I was only getting 18 miles per gallon after they
> worked
> on my car. I brought that back and said "yeah my gas mileage has been
doing
> really poorly is there maybe something that didn't get connected when you
> put the car back together?" He then told me that it was perfectly normal.
> That is why I posted the question in here about what kind of gas mileage
> you guys are getting. It really suck that places like this exist,
especially
> when its a dealership, I had them do my work specifically to have it done
> corectly and avoid poorly skilled mechanics and possible scams, which I
> didn't avoid either and actually got screwed over twice as badly Return to Main Index
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