Pontiac Blows
Is it because I'm blonde? Is it because I'm a woman? Why the HELL is it so freaking hard to get your car fixed correctly without having to do a fucking TANGO with the dealership?
I bought a Pontiac G6. I love the car, but it's had quite a few problems considering I've only had it for six months. Panoramic roof problems, brakes squealing, XM radio has a ghost, blah blah blah. The steering part is what scares me the most.
When I parallel park (and God knows I have to do that a lot around here since it's so thickly settled that we don't have an abundance of parking lots), the power steering goes away. Completely. I'm developing Popeye arms (complete with anchor tattoo) from having to force the wheel to turn. The dude at the dealership says that GM considers this "normal," because the electronic steering is "protecting itself from overheating" when parallel parking. I smell booolsheet. We argued about this for 10 minutes at least, and he wasn't budging. He said that it was "designed" not to fail in high-speed situations. And as we know, design and performance are two different things. I'm afraid that one day when I'm coming back from a particularly successful shoe hunt at the mall, I might take a corner sharply and the power steering will die. Then I will die. Hasn't happened yet, but it might. Am I wrong for thinking they should have replaced the power steering mechanism?
Oh and the gas tank... when I fill the tank, I can't hold the trigger thingamabob down the whole way -- it keeps clicking off. So after 8 kabillion clicks and the tank is full, I pull out the nozzle from the tank, and SPLASH! gas kicks out. This happens every time. They couldn't duplicate the problem (of course). Although I will say that the stench of gasoline on my person is quite the conversation starter at any party. What would cause it to spit at me? Did I hurt its feelings?
GM thinks this shit is "normal." And they wonder why nobody wants to buy their cars. Idiots.
I bought a Pontiac G6. I love the car, but it's had quite a few problems considering I've only had it for six months. Panoramic roof problems, brakes squealing, XM radio has a ghost, blah blah blah. The steering part is what scares me the most.
When I parallel park (and God knows I have to do that a lot around here since it's so thickly settled that we don't have an abundance of parking lots), the power steering goes away. Completely. I'm developing Popeye arms (complete with anchor tattoo) from having to force the wheel to turn. The dude at the dealership says that GM considers this "normal," because the electronic steering is "protecting itself from overheating" when parallel parking. I smell booolsheet. We argued about this for 10 minutes at least, and he wasn't budging. He said that it was "designed" not to fail in high-speed situations. And as we know, design and performance are two different things. I'm afraid that one day when I'm coming back from a particularly successful shoe hunt at the mall, I might take a corner sharply and the power steering will die. Then I will die. Hasn't happened yet, but it might. Am I wrong for thinking they should have replaced the power steering mechanism?
Oh and the gas tank... when I fill the tank, I can't hold the trigger thingamabob down the whole way -- it keeps clicking off. So after 8 kabillion clicks and the tank is full, I pull out the nozzle from the tank, and SPLASH! gas kicks out. This happens every time. They couldn't duplicate the problem (of course). Although I will say that the stench of gasoline on my person is quite the conversation starter at any party. What would cause it to spit at me? Did I hurt its feelings?
GM thinks this shit is "normal." And they wonder why nobody wants to buy their cars. Idiots.
posted by Betsy at
11:55 AM
1 Comments:
i think id get a second opinion. Sounds like this dealership likes messin with you
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Anonymous, at 3:14 PM
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