Tire kingdom took my car on a 75mph joy ride
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I actually took it really professionally, no signs of disrespect to them. Spoke with a lot of adults who said they alone would attack the driver. My car, my money, my problem. Corporate has already fired the driver and the district manager is going after “tough guy” who wanted to fight me when I said I’m going to take it a next step further
If you can't understand why I said "big boy pants" perhaps you should consider what I might have been getting at and how your odds for successful interactions in life improve when you conduct yourself with respectability and dignity.
This is your free lesson in adulting.
I hope you make the most of it, because you may not often find people willing to give you guidance rather than just pound the ***** outta you for being annoying.
I dropped my car off at Tire Kingdom 5 days after I got my new tires and wheels mounted by someone else. I brought it there due to the fact when I went there 4 days ago to get my tire pressure corrected one of the employee's damaged my sensor valve stem and it has been going from 40psi to 14-16psi daily! I drove like that for days and finally dropped it off. I specifically asked the guy upfront that no joyrides at all (JINXED IT). After getting a call 1 hour later they tell me they cant fix it and it needs 4 new sensors, bull ****. So I am waiting for the customer ahead of me to finish, and I hear my car revving and hear someone floor it away! I sprint out as I know the sound of my car as it's unique, and I see my car flying in a dangerous road which has a lot of dips and potholes and bumps. I then go inside and I was furious "WHY THE F*** IS SOMEONE DRIVING MY CAR LIKE THAT". I was told no one was driving it, but then I see it park in front of the store. My brother who was with me in the black mercedes outside the store as seen in the video at the end, heard him revving my engine. I asked "Why is he speeding in my own car, and I get told they said he wasn't." I simply said ok I'm forsure coming back after I check my footage. (I put in my dash cam for the first time in months as I watched videos of this happening to people on youtube yesterday) I see how he treats my car and he says "I am going to race this ****", he sure did race it! My Radar alerts me when I go over 75 by saying "Over Speed", and of course it goes off. Take to account I have a mod which allows me to change my pedal settings incase I want it to be responsive or very slow and sluggish, I kept it in off mode which means you need to floor it right away to take off. I come to the store and I ask them to watch, they start telling me "My worker did nothing wrong, he simply tested it under extreme conditions", I asked "You did nothing to it! IT WASN'T EVEN FIXED" he then asks me "'Would you rather have someone test drive over 60 or 5 mph?" I tell him 5 as it's my car and wouldn't want someone to damage it, he laughs at me and says I'm lying. I then ask to talk to the employee who did this as I was about to flip on him, I get told "Go back to mommy and daddy" I was furious at this point and drive home, little does he know this 16 year old who has a car "provided" by mommy and daddy actually bought it himself lmao. I have now called Corporate and will take it a next step further if nothing is done to compensate for this ****. I am getting mercedes benz to do a scan and see for damages.
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Did the world end? Was the car totaled? Did he steal your girlfriend and kill your dog? Did he cause your mother to have a stroke? Was the engine damaged? Did he do anything to the car that you haven't done yourself many many times?
There are some clues you can to use in life to estimate the relative importance of things and formulate an appropriate response.
There are some clues you can to use in life to estimate the relative importance of things and formulate an appropriate response.
To dumb it down for you, just leave.
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its my car not theirs, give me your car I’ll do same thing let’s see how you feel. I’m not offering a rental service on a race track for them at 100% off.
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Did the world end? Was the car totaled? Did he steal your girlfriend and kill your dog? Did he cause your mother to have a stroke? Was the engine damaged? Did he do anything to the car that you haven't done yourself many many times?
There are some clues you can to use in life to estimate the relative importance of things and formulate an appropriate response.
There are some clues you can to use in life to estimate the relative importance of things and formulate an appropriate response.
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I don’t see what I did wrong, I didn’t attack anyone. I just accused them and wanted the employee fired. It may not be an amg but it’s my baby 😩 but anyways, I think he needs a reason to **** on me due to a mistake I made. Let them hate it’s all good!
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Synonyms: condemn, attack, etc
But hey, It's quite obvious you are just the poster child for maturity, so clearly I misspoke.
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lmao I’m not going to take them to court it’s pointless. He’s already been fired. I’m just wanting the ****heads who allowed this gone
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Originally Posted by w204_racing
I don’t see what I did wrong, I didn’t attack anyone. I just accused them and wanted the employee fired. It may not be an amg but it’s my baby 😩 but anyways, I think he needs a reason to **** on me due to a mistake I made. Let them hate it’s all good!
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You're correcct, it is your car and they had no right to do what they did. You complained about it to the company, you are not out any money and your car was not damaged. The company took steps to fire that employee employee and rightfully so rightfully for that short joyride. Not sure what else you would want them to do. You posted it on You Tube and are going to give them bad reviews on social media and I'm sure to anyone you come in contact with. Let it go now. Life's too short.
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You're correcct, it is your car and they had no right to do what they did. You complained about it to the company, you are not out any money and your car was not damaged. The company took steps to fire that employee employee and rightfully so rightfully for that short joyride. Not sure what else you would want them to do. You posted it on You Tube and are going to give them bad reviews on social media and I'm sure to anyone you come in contact with. Let it go now. Life's too short.
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Update on the situation, bugged the crap out of the DM with phone calls and she finally called back. Tells me both employees were fire (Driver and the disrespectful man) and I would also receive a refund for the $41 I paid today at good year to get my TPMS replaced
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This really suxs, but we all probably sign our rights away when we sign that paperwork each time we ask someone to work on our cars. In some cases, we sign our rights away to take them to court too.
Glad your ride is OK.
As others have posted, let the Corporate office know and I bet they will make it good.
Glad your ride is OK.
As others have posted, let the Corporate office know and I bet they will make it good.
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I read the thread before watching the video. I was expecting something exciting. That was nothing. And you said this: "scan car for any faults this may have caused." Seriously? If that caused a fault then C300s must really be crap. That's how I drive to the grocery store. Yeah, you are seriously overreacting.
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I read the thread before watching the video. I was expecting something exciting. That was nothing. And you said this: "scan car for any faults this may have caused." Seriously? If that caused a fault then C300s must really be crap. That's how I drive to the grocery store. Yeah, you are seriously overreacting.
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I read the thread before watching the video. I was expecting something exciting. That was nothing. And you said this: "scan car for any faults this may have caused." Seriously? If that caused a fault then C300s must really be crap. That's how I drive to the grocery store. Yeah, you are seriously overreacting.
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I put 8 hours alone yesterday doing a full paint correction. I have about 300 hours total in past 8 months. Probably more! I didn’t tell them to drive it, they did no work on it. I simply told them, do not drive my car.
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You have to replace parts WEEKLY on your car to keep it going? Like what? These cars are pretty reliable overall, at least not to the point of having to replace stuff that often.
