I have now passed the "pissed" stage and am exploring what lies beyond.
Little while ago:
Car: "Engine Problem! Emission Control Compromised! Head to the nearest garage! Oh, yeah, you have 1100 km to comply"
Garage: "Ah, yes, AdBlue pump. That will be 1400€, thank you."
Me: "Uh, for a
pump?Garage: "Well, yeah, we have to replace the entire assembly, you see... So, shall I order it"?
Me: "Eh, wait a bit..."
*Does research*
Me: "So, uhm, turns out this is well known problem due to a design flaw in the cap".
Garage: "Ah, well, yes, you're not alone..."
Me: "Also turns out there's an arangement in place where you guys carry the cost and I pay nothing"
Garage: "True that, I saw that too! Only too bad that arangement is only valid up till 150k km, yours has 155k. Bummer, eh?
Me: " ...."
Garage: "Oh, by the way, 155k? Yeah, at your next maintenance, we'll be replacing the belt, water pump and probably particle filter. That will probably be another 2k€. Funny how things go, right?"
Me: "..."
Garage: "So. Shall I order the AdBlue stuff"?
Me: "Eh, no, don't think so"
A few days go by, I head to the nearest chiptuner and pay 200€ to have the entire AdBlue story "go away".
Tuner: "So, well, that's that. Uhm..."
Me: "?"
Tuner: "Did you know there's another error logged in the ECU?"
Me: "Do tell..."
Tuner: "Flywheel's giving up. A few hundred km more and the ECU will decide to call it a day. Probably be something like 1600€.
WHAT. THE. FUCK!!
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