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didn't it?

Dave Nelson

"Yoogi" <yoogi@home.com> wrote in message
news:WbEU3.36174$Rx2.365067@news1.rdc1.bc.home.com...
> Hope to receive some good advice and suggestions from this newsgroup.
About
> a year ago I bought a new car.  By the time it is all over with it cost
> about $36,000.  Though I'm accustomed to very fine audio in my car (last
car
> stereo was $5000) I was convinced to accept the factory (or dealer?)
> supplied stereo.  Within the first three days I learned that one of the
> 'features' of the tape player is its ability to detect a blank spot on the
> tape that is more than something like 5 or 10 seconds and then fast
forward
> to the next song.  I can imagine this feature is beneficial to someone
> listening to a number of tracks of music;  when a blank spot at the end of
a
> side is detected the machine fast forwards to the beginning of the next
song
> on the next side.
> Because this feature can not be turned off  I discovered what I think is a
> major flaw, especially since the tape player does not provide me with I
> expected.  I mostly listen to classical music and whenever the music
reaches
> a soft violin passage the machine always interprets this as the end of the
> track and fast forwards to the next louder section of music.  In other
word
> the tape player is not able to play classical music!
> I told the dealer within a week and was advised to bring it up at my first
> service.  At the first and second service I was told that they had heard
of
> it before from two or three other customers but they could not think of a
> solution.  I asked if they could take out some electronic part inside to
fix
> it and they said no.  In the end they agreed to look into it.  Just by
fluke
> (or maybe some other defect?) a tape jammed inside the machine.  They
agreed
> to exchange it and did it in about five minutes (it plugs in or
something).
> The next machine had the same problem as above though so I back paying
> probably over $1000 when all the taxes, etc., are included, and have a
radio
> that won't play what I want.
> They said they would give me the model from the new model of the same car
> and I waited 6 months.  When they put it in the color was orange with
purple
> lights.  Well it seems to work but I can't use it to test it and don't
want
> it at all because my other dash lights are green.  It looks ridiculous in
my
> car.
> There's more but I have about a week left in my warranty and would really
> like my money back for the radio portion and go somewhere else and by an
> after market unit.  If it is not going to match it might as well be
> something that doesn't make my passengers laugh and devalue the car by its
> weird appearance.  Please help me, even if it seems like a crazy idea.
> Should I take them to court?  Should I write the newspaper?  The company?
> Thanks.
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