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      07-11-2014, 12:50 PM   #40
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Originally Posted by Edjay View Post
37 miles is well acceptable imo. SMH at some people who are so uptight about putting miles on a car. If anyone ever leaves me a note or tells me no test drive I don't even touch the car. I will hand the key back and tell them keep driving down the street and find another tech to work on their car. The way I see it, if you can't trust the tech to drive the car as much as he feel needed. Then find another tech that you can trust.
The techs that work on the cars at dealerships are completely unknown to the car owner-- he typically never meets the service guys at all so why should he trust a complete stranger who may have been in that job for all of a month? I've gotten to know the mechanics at indie shops but never at a dealership. I get what you're saying but trust has to be earned.

37 miles is a lot of test driving for an alignment and wheel balance. Most wheel and tire places will finish that kind of test drive in two or three miles, max.
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