http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/28/carsumer-advocacy-ebay-winner-m3-update-and-circuit-city-allege/ Autoblog Comments for Carsumer Advocacy: eBay winner M3 update and Circuit City allegedly destroys a Civic http://www.autoblog.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.autoblog.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/28/carsumer-advocacy-ebay-winner-m3-update-and-circuit-city-allege/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/28/carsumer-advocacy-ebay-winner-m3-update-and-circuit-city-allege/Mar 28th 2008 3:02PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/28/carsumer-advocacy-ebay-winner-m3-update-and-circuit-city-allege/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/28/carsumer-advocacy-ebay-winner-m3-update-and-circuit-city-allege/Mar 28th 2008 10:35PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/28/carsumer-advocacy-ebay-winner-m3-update-and-circuit-city-allege/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/28/carsumer-advocacy-ebay-winner-m3-update-and-circuit-city-allege/
And with $12,000 being bantered around for the cost of repairs, I can hear those legal beagles barking now!
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regardless, CC really got in over their head on this. No, I wouldnt use them but at the same time they should not sell something they cant deliver on.]]>Mar 28th 2008 6:11PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/28/carsumer-advocacy-ebay-winner-m3-update-and-circuit-city-allege/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/28/carsumer-advocacy-ebay-winner-m3-update-and-circuit-city-allege/Mar 29th 2008 10:38PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/28/carsumer-advocacy-ebay-winner-m3-update-and-circuit-city-allege/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/28/carsumer-advocacy-ebay-winner-m3-update-and-circuit-city-allege/Apr 15th 2008 3:23PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/28/carsumer-advocacy-ebay-winner-m3-update-and-circuit-city-allege/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/28/carsumer-advocacy-ebay-winner-m3-update-and-circuit-city-allege/
Or perhaps drive the car to a Honda dealer in Mexico. At least the labor won't be at $100/hour.....]]>Mar 28th 2008 3:09PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/28/carsumer-advocacy-ebay-winner-m3-update-and-circuit-city-allege/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/28/carsumer-advocacy-ebay-winner-m3-update-and-circuit-city-allege/
My reaction to this (understandable) statement is how in the world can a Honda Civic cost over $24,000?]]>Mar 28th 2008 6:18PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/28/carsumer-advocacy-ebay-winner-m3-update-and-circuit-city-allege/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/28/carsumer-advocacy-ebay-winner-m3-update-and-circuit-city-allege/
I just built a Civic Si Coupe on the Honda Website to see how much I could make it cost.

MSRP including selected accessories: $29,497

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I'd like to introduce our Service and Parts manager Mr. Ben Dover.

44 hours labor? Sorry, but flat rate on a dash replacement is about 4 hours and that includes transferring everything, lets give the tech the benefit of the doubt and give him 12 hours. Most of the items noted on the parts invoice are attached to the dash.

It also proves something known for years, sometimes that nice aftermarket stuff that calls to you isn't the best option. Over the years I've seen a lot of terrible jobs, but also some very clean and well done, it all depends on who's doing the work.

As to that estimate? I'd get a second opinion.]]>Mar 28th 2008 3:17PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/28/carsumer-advocacy-ebay-winner-m3-update-and-circuit-city-allege/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/28/carsumer-advocacy-ebay-winner-m3-update-and-circuit-city-allege/
"Labor 51.0" (51.0 handwritten) is that 51 hours for the work or rate per hour? If it is hours then it doesn't equal the 44 or even the 44+5 for labor and diagnositcs listed above. Also, if it is number of hours to do work then $4845 would be $95/hr labor, correct? Maybe $95/hr is the rate for Honda but it seems high.

If it is $51/hr then 44+5 hours of labor (labor+diagnostics) comes to $2499.

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I get so sick of hearing people blast their stupid stereos....I do not want to listen to your crap, I don't have a radio in my vehicle, on, and turned up to listen to your garbage......

I have no sympathy that this happened.

and on that note, it is also a good example of why I do my OWN work to my vehicle, apparently VTECnical wasn't man enough to learn how to install something as simple as audio equipment on his own car......]]>Mar 28th 2008 8:58PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/28/carsumer-advocacy-ebay-winner-m3-update-and-circuit-city-allege/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/28/carsumer-advocacy-ebay-winner-m3-update-and-circuit-city-allege/
If they lost all this stuff (and why the hell would they have taken half of it out for a radio install anyway) then I can understand, but this looks like a pretty lengthy list of parts to repair a wiring harness and maybe a few shorted electrical components. Plus the CC store is in IL, while the dealer is in NY?

Something doesn't jive here.]]>Mar 28th 2008 3:27PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/28/carsumer-advocacy-ebay-winner-m3-update-and-circuit-city-allege/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/28/carsumer-advocacy-ebay-winner-m3-update-and-circuit-city-allege/Mar 28th 2008 3:36PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/28/carsumer-advocacy-ebay-winner-m3-update-and-circuit-city-allege/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/28/carsumer-advocacy-ebay-winner-m3-update-and-circuit-city-allege/
Also, how the hell did the car make it the 13 hour, 900 mile drive from the Northern Suburbs of Chicago to Glen Head NY if it was unsafe to drive and with damage to instrumentation?

Me thinks some Civic kid just wants a turbo kit in addition to the actual damages done or the dealer in NY is about as crooked as they come.]]>Mar 28th 2008 5:08PM