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Dealer put on 70 miles..should I complain?

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Old Jul 28, 2005 | 09:13 AM
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Dealer put on 70 miles..should I complain?

Well, dropped off the car Tuesday night for an oil change, rear view mirror buzzing TSB, Sunroof TSB and a tick in rear axles TSB, which I told them happens only in 1st gear.
Picked up the car Wednesday only to find 70 miles more on it. All the above things could have been tested and verified in their parking lot. Could this be justified?
What can I do?
 
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Old Jul 28, 2005 | 09:15 AM
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Yeah, 70 is a little much.

 
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Old Jul 28, 2005 | 09:18 AM
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That's an excessive amount of miles. I would defiitely call them and ask for an explanation at least. Let them know that you're not happy about it.
 
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Old Jul 28, 2005 | 09:30 AM
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If it were anything but an infiniti dealership I would say someone might be joyriding. But, you did list a set of problems that can be very difficult to diagnose; any type of ticking or vibration usually is, and my guess is they were probably driving it around tweaking things and then driving it more, and doing that many times over. If anything it could mean that really worked hard on your problems. If it were just an oil change I would raise hell.
 
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Old Jul 28, 2005 | 09:30 AM
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I'd be pissed if they put seven-tenths of a mile on the car with only those repairs being done!
 
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Old Jul 28, 2005 | 09:32 AM
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70! yikes, that's way too much. You should get an explanation.
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Old Jul 28, 2005 | 09:37 AM
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Yeah, really. Even if they put on 10 its their right to at least tell you how many miles they went. 70 is way too much. Sounds like a long lunch trip on your car!
 
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Old Jul 28, 2005 | 09:41 AM
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Exactly

That's what I thought, all those things could have been diagnosed driving around their parking lot, and even if they had to go on a longer smooth road, than ok 5, even 10 miles I wouldn't say anything, but 70??? That's excessive to me. I'm at work, so I'll call them when I get a chance and let you guys know what they said.
 
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Old Jul 28, 2005 | 09:42 AM
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agreed. 70 miles is a LOT for that. you deserve an explanation.
 
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Old Jul 28, 2005 | 09:44 AM
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Without a doubt they would have to explain it to me.

Even if they were troubleshooting, 70 miles? I'm not buying it.
 
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Old Jul 28, 2005 | 09:46 AM
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yeah 70 is WAY TOO MUCH!!! The most for those repair would be 5 or 6.
 
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Old Jul 28, 2005 | 10:26 AM
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Just ask them how much they would charge you to take a new G35 off their show room flow for a 70 mile test drive. Once you have that figure, send them a bill.
 
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Old Jul 28, 2005 | 10:31 AM
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OMFG 70 MILES.... I would be so f'ning pissed!!... Call the COPS!
 
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Old Jul 28, 2005 | 10:59 AM
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my brother works at a mcdonalds by my infiniti dealer and he saw a guy that works at the dealership roll thru the drive thru in some client's car. and they always have the AC on full blast, YOU ARE NOT PAYING FOR THE GAS!!!!!!!!
 
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Old Jul 28, 2005 | 11:30 AM
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Well the rear axle issue is what may justify it as they have to do some road testing but I would say 40 miles max for that problem...and to determine if the rattles went away...
 
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