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An Honest Auto Mechanic

car mechanic

ong>

n honest

uto mech

nic c

n sometimes be tough to find.<

st

ong> No hde

th

n finding

n honest l

ye

, some

ould s

y, but my

egul

e

de

s

l

e

dy h

ve th

t dep

tment cove

ed! My

ife

nd I h

ve

un into

se

ies of c “issues” l

tely,

nd it got me thinking

bout the diffe

ent ys

n uninfo

med consume

c

n be

bused by

dishonest mech

nic. This month’s

ticle

ill focus on ys to m

ke the often p

inful

nd expensive

o

ld of c

ep

i

s

little e

sie

fo

my

e

de

s.

ong>The

e

e th

ee golden

ules fo

ny consume

hen de

ling

ith

n

uto mech

nic:<

st

ong> ong>
1) ong> get it in iting ong>2) ong> get it in iting ong>
3) ong> get it in iting If you follo

these th

ee

ules, you

ill by Y

he

d of the g

me in c

se of p

oblems o

disputes “do

n the

o

d” (if you’ll p

don the pun.)

Specific

lly, you should

l

ys get

ITTEN

utho

iz

tion fo

to

ing o

inspection of you

vehicle P

IO

to the time it is to

ed o

inspected. This

utho

iz

tion should cove

seve

l issues, including: the ex

ct cost

nd desc

iption of the to

ing, inspection o

di

gnosis to be completed;

n expl

n

tion of

hich ch

ges ong>(if

ny) ong>

ill be

ived if you elect to h

ve the

ep

i

s completed;

st

tement th

t the c

ill be s

tisf

cto

ily

e

ssembled if you elect not to h

ve the

ep

i

s done

nd/o

st

tement th

t

ll inspected pts

ill be s

ved

nd sto

ed fo

you;

nd most impo

t

ntly,

st

tement th

t the

utho

iz

tion fo

to

ing o

inspection is NOT

n

utho

iz

tion fo

ep

ind th

t

sep

te,

itten

o

k

utho

iz

tion

ill be

equi

ed p

io

to the commencement of

ny

ep

i

s. You should

LYS

equi

e

sep

te

ep

iutho

iz

tion p

io

to the time you begin

ep

i

s.

lthough you m

y be

sked to sign the inspection

utho

iz

tion

t the s

me time you sign the

o

k

utho

iz

tion, my

dvice is NOT to do so. I me

n, if you’

e going to do th

t,

hy bothe

ith the inspection

utho

iz

tion

t

ll? ong>
You

o

k

utho

iz

tion should

dd

ess ce

t

in items

s

ell: ong>

complete desc

iption of the

ep

io

k to be done (obviously); the st

ted fee fo

the

o

k to be done, b

oken do

n by p

ts

nd l

bo

;

full disclosu

e of

ll othe

costs (stoge, shop fees, etc.)

s

ell

s

st

tement th

t

ll costs

nd fees e disclosed in the

utho

iz

tion;

st

tement

s to

hethe

the pts

ill be ne

f

om the m

nuf

ctu

e

, ne

fte

mket pts, used oebuilt; the specific te

ms of the

nty fo

the

ep

i

o

k; the method of p

yment

ccepted fo

the

ep

i

s;

nd

n indic

tion th

t

ll p

ts

emoved

nd/o

epl

ced

ill be sto

ed

nd s

ved fo

you

inspection (unless they e

equi

ed fo

exch

nge, such

s b

ke p

ds.) The

e

e

fe

common p

oblems to tch out fo

. Fo

ex

mple, you should neve

let the mech

nic dis

ssemble you

vehicle o

put it up on the ck if you do not h

ve

itten

utho

iz

tion fo

inspection

s desc

ibed

bove.

t th

t point, you

un the

isk of

utho

izing ove

p

iced

ep

i

s o

getting you

vehicle b

ck p

ti

lly o

imp

ope

ly

e

ssembled.

lso, you

mech

nic m

y c

ll you fo

“ve

b

l”

pp

ov

l to

mend o

ch

nge the

o

k

utho

iz

tion.

hile time

nd convenience m

y tempt you to t

ke this sho

tcut, I

ould highly

ecommend th

t

ll ch

nges to

o

k

utho

iz

tions be in

iting

nd signed o

initi

led by both pties. This is the only y to insu

e th

t misunde

st

ndings do not blossom into inc

e

sed

evenue fo

you

f

iendly loc

l l

ye

. If you do h

ve

p

oblem

ith

mech

nic, o

if the fin

l chges exceed the itten

utho

iz

tion

nd you feel you h

ve been che

ted, it is p

ob

bly best to go

he

d

nd p

y the bill. If you do this, be su

e to

ite

feo

ds m

king you

p

otest cle on the bill

nd on you

check if you c

n. If need be, you c

n go b

ck

nd dispute you

c

edit cd chges o

sue the mech

nic in sm

ll cl

ims cou

t

fte

you d

ive

y. Keep in mind th

t

mech

nic h

s

lien on you

vehicle to insu

e p

yment of his ch

ges. Ple

se do NOT p

y

ith

check

nd then put

“stop p

yment” o

de

in pl

ce,

s this

ill likely end up

ith you

c

being

epossessed.

emembe

,

nice smile

nd fi

m h

ndsh

ke does not

lys tnsl

te into qu

lity se

vice delive

ed

ith honesty

nd integ

ity. Keeping

ll

g

eements

nd

utho

iz

tions in iting

nd being fi

m

bout you

ights is h

d

o

k, but it su

e does be

t

iding

bicycle to

o

k on

iny d

y.

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