I got banned from a toyota dealer today. I made an appointment with Page Toyota Southfield today for them to do a multi point inspection and possibly a 14.95 oil change which they had, but when I came in today, they said they won't do the inspection for free without the oil change. I called in and made an appointment, and then, they said I'd have to do an oil change and it's now 29.95 and the 14.95 which they had for years is GONE now. I was like, fine, since they did a fine job at inspecting my car last time in August. I went in November, before closing time and they looked at my car for like 10 minutes, so that didn't count, but today, they were like no, and I was like, fine, but then I made a request to please leave the car running after they finish with the service and it's in the parking lot. It makes no sense and damages the starter, for them to start your car after their service, and then turn it off, and hand you the key, and then you turn on the car to leave the lot, that puts wear/tear on the vehicle with 2 start/stop cycles in such a short period of time. At Belle Tire, the other toyotas, the indy shops, I tell thme, to leave it running after i'm done, and they're like ok, but they argued with me and said no, what if the car is stolen, blah blah blah, and I told them it's cuz i odn't wnat to put extra wear/tear on my starter, as I was like, last year my starter went out and it was a nightmare. Instead of being nice and undersatnding, they were totla aye-holes about it and very ayn-nul about it and then I was like ok. And when I pulled my car in, the car was running. THen, I was like, wahtever, just do what you do and I said in a whiny, ppisssseed voice and I didn't swear or say any bad words, I was just like "so you're going to turn my car on and off twice so you can put wear and tear on my starter, resulting in my starter eventually going bad faster than it could've gone bad, so i can come back and have you replace my starter" I think they misunderstood me, there was a misundersatnding, they thought I meant they were going to cause damage to my starter and that wasn't my point, I meant, more wear and tear, I know it's hihgly unlikely starting/stopping in their lot twice will make my starter go out this instant, since it's a 90k junkyard starter that's still pretty strong and I got only half a year ago, and it's denso, BUT it puts wear and tear on it, and in the heat of the moment, I was cofused and didnt' know how to explain it, and then he was like "we're not gonna put in a starter for free"
they totally misundeerstood me, I edidn't mean that, i meant, they start/stop our vehicles and won't keep it running after it's done, (most places are OK with this and don't hand me the keys upon request and leave the keys running in the car when they're done, but these aye-holls had to do what they did, and then the service manager came out and said, we're not doing the oil change or inspecting your car, wnever come back, we're banning you, if you come back, regardless of paying, or anytying, we won't allow you to come back, if you come back, we won't do anything, and if we can't get you away, we'll call the authorities (police, presumably), they didn't call the police, I just left, but was kind of p-ed off at their treatment of me, and baning me just because of a daarrned start issue. dang...
