FitzMatt
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- City, State
- Santa Clara, CA
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 1992 Explorer XLT 4x4
Ok so we take the Explorer to this autoshop (actually it was just a guy) that my mom's friend goes to, it needed a tune-up. Well when I got there it turned out to be a foreign auto place with only 2 bays for cars to be worked on, a dirty place. Well this guy was recommended, so we went ahead with the tune-up.
When I went to pick it up today, I tried to communicate with the non-English speaker mechanic to see what he found. He tells me he changed the spark plugs and the oil, oh and also the air filter! I was like....ummmmm, that's a $50 K&N filter, you aren't supposed to replace those, they have a 1,000,000 mile warrantee, they last forever!!! This guy had absolutely no idea what I was talking about! How can you be an auto mechanic and never have heard of a K&N filter?? Plus the darn thing is red, as opposed to the white OEM ones.
But anyway I asked him where my filter was!! He tossed it!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He was sifting through trash cans all over the dirty place, he couldn't find it! Then he goes out back and gets it out of the dumpster!!!!!! Excuse me?? Hello!!!! Duhhhhh.
Then I just bite the bullet, try to forget about it, sign the bill and get out of there. I can just put it back in when I get home. Well as I'm looking at the very unprofessional, hand-written receipt/bill, I see that he charged me for an air filter!! NO WAY JOSE!!! I told him there was no way I was gonna pay for the installation and parts fee for a new air filter! Especially when I have to go home and take apart the intake again, along with trying to salvage my dumpster-tossed K&N filter!! He reluctantly proceeded to take $10 off the bill. Goodness gracious!!
Well I had to vent, thanks for hearing the story.
P.S. How can an auto mechanic not know what an aftermarket air filter is???
Matt
When I went to pick it up today, I tried to communicate with the non-English speaker mechanic to see what he found. He tells me he changed the spark plugs and the oil, oh and also the air filter! I was like....ummmmm, that's a $50 K&N filter, you aren't supposed to replace those, they have a 1,000,000 mile warrantee, they last forever!!! This guy had absolutely no idea what I was talking about! How can you be an auto mechanic and never have heard of a K&N filter?? Plus the darn thing is red, as opposed to the white OEM ones.
But anyway I asked him where my filter was!! He tossed it!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He was sifting through trash cans all over the dirty place, he couldn't find it! Then he goes out back and gets it out of the dumpster!!!!!! Excuse me?? Hello!!!! Duhhhhh.
Then I just bite the bullet, try to forget about it, sign the bill and get out of there. I can just put it back in when I get home. Well as I'm looking at the very unprofessional, hand-written receipt/bill, I see that he charged me for an air filter!! NO WAY JOSE!!! I told him there was no way I was gonna pay for the installation and parts fee for a new air filter! Especially when I have to go home and take apart the intake again, along with trying to salvage my dumpster-tossed K&N filter!! He reluctantly proceeded to take $10 off the bill. Goodness gracious!!
Well I had to vent, thanks for hearing the story.
P.S. How can an auto mechanic not know what an aftermarket air filter is???
Matt