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Re: need advice car accessory

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From: Yoogi
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
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> 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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From: "Yoogi" <yoogi@home.com>
Subject: Re: need advice car accessory
Date: 1999/11/06
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