Return-Path: Received: from maxwell.ece.cmu.edu by K.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa22481; 13 Jul 89 10:10:03 EDT Received: by maxwell.ece.cmu.edu (5.54-ECE2/5.17) id AA02782; Thu, 13 Jul 89 10:09:58 EDT Date: Thu, 13 Jul 89 10:09:58 EDT From: John Hagerman Message-Id: <8907131409.AA02782@maxwell.ece.cmu.edu> To: bovik@maxwell.ece.cmu.edu Subject: Mervis Nissan I've seen praise and disgust with Mervis Nissan. Here's some disgust due to an experience I had last year. I took my '75 Datsun in for a tune-up. As I recall, Mervis charged $40 per hour for labor. A few days after I got the car back, I looked at the the points -- they were in bad shape, and had not been replaced. I called and asked about it, and the response was "Your car doesn't have points." It seemed clear at that point what a repair relationship with Mervis Nissan would be, so I've not gone back. I took it to a dealer because, in the past, I had a very good repair relationship with a (different) dealer. I believe, however, that it was due to a single mechanic who appreciated old cars that have been kept in good shape. I suspect that, in general, dealers can't make much money tuning up 15-year-old cars, so they just don't care. - John