i know i seem to do this alot lately, go on a tangent raving like a looking like a luantic, but you all know how much luck i have had with my car lately well the brissy boys would anyway.. and it just continues.. i now have my angry eyes on

Dropped the lemon off for the 112500 service the other day, and the other day being Wednesday and as they usually do, they asked me if there was anything wrong. I told them the list, running like crap, barely kicking over while idling, still missing, and still pulsing, even down to the fact that the seatbelt light on my side wasnt working.. (my06 2.5i)

Ive put the standard air box back in, and the standard bus mufflers, cause that seems to be what they used a scape goat when something went wrong.

So i picked it up, and they told me that the reason it was missing, and running like a bag of s**t, was cause the spark plugs had not been changed since the 50k service.!!! , so yes it was missed at all the services in between then, not to mention when the new motor went in!!

Bit my tongue as he explained to me that it was just missed.... Then before driving off, i notice that my parkers arent working.. a small thing i know, but when i questioned them consultant as to if lights etc are checked he said "yeah they should have been" to which i reply, well i have no parkers.. Oh sorry was the reply, and they were swapped!

Drive from the dealership ( booval ) to the goldy. Just over an hours drive.. the car barely makes it.. back to its popping, missing, surging, basically running like a bag of s**t. Got straight back on the blower to the service department, amongst the attitude i received from ol mate on the other end, tells me i cant get it in till the 21st! And yes, im still keeping my cool...

Drive it back and around home for a couple of days, and its gotten worse. Drive it in to them this morning, telling them that i want my car fixed.. my patients has gone and it needs to be done asap.. i convince him to get me in tuesday, (15th) not good enough i say.. it wont make it that far.. ok he said.. monday..

i let him know that its not good enough and that i will be making some phone calls.. and i left.

Drive the car down to southport suby, and Ryan in there was more than helpfull, i explained my situation to him, and told him i was purely after a second opinon on the proceedings. he too was pretty booked out, so he gave me the number for subarus complaint line, cause the shake of his head told me he too was not impressed. He aslo took the computer out to the car, and hooked it up to see if he could work something out, nothing really came up, but he puckered his face up and said yeah somethings not right. reset the idle computer, and that was about all he could do.

Got onto graeme, (cheers by the way ) who put me onto zupps in mt gravatt.. spoke to the gentleman there who was more than helpfull, and with a description of the issue, he apologised and said he couldnt get me in till wednesday, with a loan car.... i know.. after the original monday, but i might actually get a working car out of this mob.

Phoned back up the previous dealer, asked them to print me out an entire listing of my service history, as it has all been with them, and that i will pick it up in the morning, and to cancel my booking, as i am taking my business elsewhere.. again with the attitude, and the lack of intrest in being on the phone.

Now in saying this, ive never been inpolite, never been rude or demanded anything, till today. ive never expressed my dissatisfaction with their service till today, so its not been the way i have been to them that has resulted in this.. At the end of the day, the inconvenience of taking the car nearly an hour away, compared to 20 mins, for the sake of customer service, im happy to do it..

But how long must ones fuse last when not only do i have continuous faults with the car, but get nothing but hassles when i try to get it fixed, and be made to feel as tho, something falling apart in my car, is my fault..

ok rant over, and if you have read this far, thankyou for your patients and time