dealer? chevy dealer?
which dealer told you 1600 bucks and that you had struts on front?
I ask because I want to make freaking absolutely sure I don't ever go there.
Sneaky so and so.... what a total blatant con job they were trying to pull on you. This is what I mean when I say there is no regulatory body to control these crooks and they are free to cheat anybody they can.
It is only on these pages that we have recourse against them by warning each other about crooks like these.
1600 bucks is unbelievable and I agree with whomever said to report those guys to whoever you can in your state. And make sure you let people know who they are so we can stay away from that dealership.
I know first hand how corrupt they are because a good friend of mine is the son of a dealership owner. He confided in me something about the scams they pull off on unsuspecting customers. That is why I never ever go to a dealership. I also have managed to find out how certain repair shops make money by telling customers they need, for instance, a new alternator. They then take the alternator off, clean it up or switch it for one off their used parts shelf, and then!, they sell the good alternator back to a parts guy who drives from shop to shop in his truck collecting good and bad parts.
You must be very watchful and make sure you can trust your mechanic. I had somebody I trusted totally try to rip me off, ironically for an alternator that of course I knew was perfectly fine, and that told me I had placed my trust in the wrong place. So, I sold my complicated newer cars and went back to my old trustworthy, value keeping, corvettes, which I know a little bit about, enough to fix this and that and keep myself out of the greedy hands of unscrupulous shops.
Honestly, I don't even want to take my car to a paint shop, fearful of what damage they will do to my car out of spite or maliciousness. I've had too many bad experiences, I don't trust any of them anymore.
Good luck with your 96. I hope you find a good mechanic, but seriously, shocks are about the easiest job on your car that there is. I'd just do them myself. Takes less than an hour for front and less than that for the rear.
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