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tomorrow will mark 2 weeks since i dropped off my car at the shop to get my leaking turbo rebuilt.

Was told about 4-5 days, then was told another 3 days then was told another 3 days.
(closed saturday and sunday dont get me wrong so 10 business day wait)

Would i be a ******** to ask the owner for a discount, for being lied to about the wait times, and having to miss 2 weeks of work because not having transportation, or is that not how mechanic shops will handle time problems.

 
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You're a lot more patient than I would have been.

If you're given another X day wait time, tell them if it's not done by then, you'll just take the car back. Either they do it or they don't. If they don't and they try to keep the car, report it stolen.

As for cost, you can try but they aren't obligated to. If they gave a **** about their customers, they'd have it done already, so they probably aren't going to do anything to keep you around.

 
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Fair enough, July 4th weekend gave me 4-5 days of peace without needing to think about it, but now its effecting my personal life.

Would of just did a different shop if i knew about the wait, but there's only 2-3 turbo repairs in a 200 mile radius of me


EDIT: also deciding to mention their excuse for taking so long was because of a O2 sensor on the garret turbo was blocked by shields and they needed a custom tool to remove it, then after remove the turbo...

But thought it was weird first phone call was they said it needed work, second phone call is were just trying to get it off a week later lmao? so did you actually look at it the first time or....
Kinda annonyed, getting supercharged car next, turbos aint it no more X)

 
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The cobalt/ion platform is an absolute hoot to drive. My buddy had an Ion redline with bolt-ons and a smaller pulley and it absolutely HAULED. You’d be happy with one of those.

 
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A lot of mechanics take on more work than they can handle and will put the quick jobs ahead of the ones that are more time and labor intensive. So, a more labor/time intensive car gets dropped off on Monday and several quick job *****'s car gets dropped off on Tuesday, yours is going on the lift sometime at the end of the week or the following week.

Last week I spoke to the mechanic I use concerning the repairs I intend to have done. He told me to get all the all the parts ready first and I did. I dropped off my car at 8 this Monday and haven't heard anything from him. I called him an hour ago and said he hasn't started on it yet and he will "probably" start on it tomorrow. Oh well, what can you do?

 
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LMFAO, funny story, my last car before the turbo civic was saturn ion 2006 called stacy the dirty ****

every month see needed daddy to drop big bucks on her parts

first the alternator
then the battery
then the starter
then the tie rod
then the strut
then all 4 wheels
then all the breaks + roters + drums

then master break cylinder went out with blown head gasket

went from 180 --> 245k
but needed 3500-5k repairs just to make it that far.

idk if im trusting saturn again, repairs werent to bad for most part tho.

just regular base ion, but she was pretty meaty for base model and being an older car ngl so i feel you on the hauling part if you add some work into one, or just grabbed the supercharged redline edition

 
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eh i do very well understand this, which is why itll be done on wensday.... i waited til monday to even call back, to hear it hasn't even been looked at but then friday before hand i was told it was taken off and needs repair but 9 days later they havent even took it off?

so now im lossing trust behind their words.

and now the shop is telling me the casing near the piston of the turbo is flaking, then i posted on a forum which a member says thats a first to hear of a turbo flaking from inside.

ts is a mess :/

so instead of paying for rebuild + case + labor might be time for cheap ebay turbo that fits the car and re-tune and pray it'll make it 50-100k on that turbo.

 
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Always best to mess with turbo cars that came factory with one, IMO.

 
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i suppose,

Heard OEM parts are typically better then aftermarket too for regular repairs.