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Article #58Re: need advice car accessory
From: Yoogi
Date: Sat, 06 Nov 1999 00:00
Date: Sat, 06 Nov 1999 00:00
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Both you and pete are right. thanx Dave Nelson <dfnelsonno@spamnetdoor.com> wrote in message news:nOGU3.31695$23.1661658@typ11.nn.bcandid.com... > It took every bit of your creative abilities to come up with that one, > didn't it? > > Dave Nelson > > "Yoogi" <yoogi@home.com> wrote in message > news:WbEU3.36174$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 $1000 when all the taxes, etc., are included, and have a > radio > > that won't play what I want. > > They said they would give me the model from the new model of the same car > > and I waited 6 months. When they put it in the color was orange with > purple > > lights. Well it seems to work but I can't use it to test it and don't > want > > it at all because my other dash lights are green. It looks ridiculous in > my > > car. > > There's more but I have about a week left in my warranty and would really > > like my money back for the radio portion and go somewhere else and by an > > after market unit. If it is not going to match it might as well be > > something that doesn't make my passengers laugh and devalue the car by its > > weird appearance. Please help me, even if it seems like a crazy idea. > > Should I take them to court? Should I write the newspaper? The company? > > Thanks. > > > > > > > >
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 11474a,2ce9c91340b63fed X-Google-Attributes: gid11474a,public X-Google-Thread: ff0cb,2ce9c91340b63fed X-Google-Attributes: gidff0cb,public X-Google-Thread: 114977,2ce9c91340b63fed X-Google-Attributes: gid114977,public X-Google-Thread: 10a0c5,2ce9c91340b63fed X-Google-Attributes: gid10a0c5,public X-Google-Thread: 10f73f,2ce9c91340b63fed X-Google-Attributes: gid10f73f,public X-Google-Thread: 106595,2ce9c91340b63fed X-Google-Attributes: gid106595,public X-Google-Thread: 107cd9,2ce9c91340b63fed X-Google-Attributes: gid107cd9,public From: "Yoogi" <yoogi@home.com> Subject: Re: need advice car accessory Date: 1999/11/06 Message-ID: <mkSU3.38295$Rx2.399301@news1.rdc1.bc.home.com> X-Deja-AN: 545135125 References: <WbEU3.36174$Rx2.365067@news1.rdc1.bc.home.com> <nOGU3.31695$23.1661658@typ11.nn.bcandid.com> X-Priority: 3 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 X-Complaints-To: abuse@home.net X-Trace: news1.rdc1.bc.home.com 941879698 24.113.159.238 (Sat, 06 Nov 1999 01:14:58 PST) Organization: @Home Network Canada X-MSMail-Priority: Normal NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 06 Nov 1999 01:14:58 PST Newsgroups: alt.consumers,alt.consumers.experiences,alt.lawyers,aus.consumers,ba.consumers,can.consumers,co.consumers