I have to take the #Honda in for another factory recall. This time it is a faulty voltage converter that could make the car shut down unexpectedly and refuse to start —— leaving you stranded. Lovely. I hesitate to use the oxymoron “Never say never.”, but this may be the first and last Honda we ever own. I will never plan not to buy another Honda.
MjL 15 Apr 2011, 5:25 a.m.
Another instance of that oxymoron is probably the shop that still has not finished the maintenance work on our mower. Who knew it was going to take a month. They may take the prize for poor planning and FAIL. I will never not take our mower there again unless I have no choice.
MjL 15 Apr 2011, 5:26 a.m.
#DiscoverCard I try to check my various credit and bank accounts regularly and I can get upset when the numbers don’t add up. I sent another snarky email to #DiscoverCard because their numbers just don’t add up. I always get some lame excuse but it baffles me how I should feel confident about my credit, payments, etc. when they can’t do simple arithmetic. Below is a very typical example of what I mean —— it doesn’t add up.
MjL 15 Apr 2011, 6:52 a.m.
I just dropped the #Honda off at the dealership in Peoria. I had to go through the argument again about how I do NOT want them to “flash” my software and ruin the gas mileage like Honda did to Noah’s car. I don’t have a good feeling about this.
They gave me a #Honda Civic Hybrid for a loaner and it is a dog. I would bet they “flashed” the software on it just like they want to do with mine.
I’m sitting in the Bob Evan’s up the street worrying now. I was told over the phone the car would be done by noon. Now I’m told “maybe” it will be done by then. They will call me.
MjL 15 Apr 2011, 9:03 a.m.
Well I wasted several hours of my morning and a couple gallons of gas for nothing. Shortly after I started eating my breakfast #Honda called me and said they HAVE TO do the software update to replace the voltage regulator —— it is built into the regulator, etc. —— blah, blah, blather.
I told them not to touch anything I would come take my car and leave. I am not going to agree to let them rob me of ten miles to the gallon at the price of gas as it is. I would sooner trade it in on a used Taurus which gets better than that. They gave me a lot of lip but (as far as I know) they didn’t do the updates or change the part.
I will still keep an eye on my gas mileage because I just don’t trust them. They acted like they were doing me a favor to NOT ruin my gas mileage and ALLOW me not to have the recall done. Now I will say —— I will NEVER own another Honda. Period. And I would suggest nobody else ever buy one either. They can’t be trusted.
MjL 15 Apr 2011, 10:56 a.m.
#Honda My thoughts exactly--I wondered if they were going to pull that on you, though, since the voltage regulator is probably tied into the IMA computer.
Noah L 15 Apr 2011, 12:56 p.m.
Seriously? At what point do we become ashamed of stupid laws in this country?
Wearing baggy pants on campus could soon be a crimeBaggy Pants
MjL 15 Apr 2011, 1:53 p.m.
In a state where the senior Senator was not born in America.
I think Florida passed a law several years ago about baggy pants in public (or maybe it was in public schools). Personally, I think that we should let people wear the baggy pants because it makes it easy to spot idiots and people who can’t afford belts
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