Our Spark is turning 7500 miles so I went to schedule a service appointment at the dealer. I know it's a joke of a service - rotate the tires, check the wipers, and give the car the once over - but I also know that in the past GM has been very aggressive in denying warranty claims because you couldn't prove some obscure service item was done. Anyway, I've always taken any new car back to the dealer for it's first service just to see if they're a decent place to have any real work done.
So I schedule it on line and the next day I get a call back on my voice mail from the service writer and you could tell from the tone of his voice that he was just thrilled to have an electric coming in. "All that needs to be done is a side to side, you don't have any motor oil" (at least he knows not to rotate front to back) he said. And it would take 45 minutes to do it. (Puleeze, Les Schwab will put four new tires on is less time that that).
I'm still going to take it in this Friday, just so the General has no weasel room on the warranty, and I'll tell him that's why. Have others had such a reception or am I just dealing with a mechanic who doesn't like electrics? Or am I just a fool for taking her in?
So I schedule it on line and the next day I get a call back on my voice mail from the service writer and you could tell from the tone of his voice that he was just thrilled to have an electric coming in. "All that needs to be done is a side to side, you don't have any motor oil" (at least he knows not to rotate front to back) he said. And it would take 45 minutes to do it. (Puleeze, Les Schwab will put four new tires on is less time that that).
I'm still going to take it in this Friday, just so the General has no weasel room on the warranty, and I'll tell him that's why. Have others had such a reception or am I just dealing with a mechanic who doesn't like electrics? Or am I just a fool for taking her in?