Damn Porsche Dealer, They broke something Options

[dralf]

I am a bit upset with the local Dayton Porsche dealer. Last fall I spent $500 to get the car aligned. They did little to get it back into specs and told me to take it to a body shop if I wanted the car to be closer to factory tolerances. I thought OK, good enough for me since I did get a nice smile from their attractive receptionist.

Well, now that I have been under the car working on the alternator something catches my eye. On the drivers side trailing arm the clowns broke off a bolt ! I have enclosed a pic of the crime. My frustration is that months have passed since the dealer worked on it and so it would be their word against mine. I also know they would not hesitate in telling me some lie for they stiffed a third party who initially purchased the shim pack to do this alignment.

My problem now is what do I do to repair the damage ? I have only had bad luck with EZ-Outs. They break off and then you have a piece of harden steel it the way. Any suggestions ? I am reluctant to take the other two bolts out for I suspect that will alter my expensive alignment.

[BMartin914]

I've found that you have to be very careful with who you take your car to - especially for an alignment.

I had a car that I had done tie rod ends on and when I took it to get it aligned they said "this car can't be aligned." We did the best we could - $40 please.

Took it to an old guy that did alignments out of his house and he found that it had a bent strut. Pulled out his tool, straightened it and it came perfectly into specs.

Some know what to do some don't. It is those like the former that would snap a bolt head off, take it down and tell you to take it to someone else or some other (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/bs.gif)