Opinions, please!!
Wednesday, January 9th, 2008 04:33 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
auntbijouHello, my lovely F-List!
I need your help. Tell me what you think.
The Husbandly One took his little Chevy Aveo in for regularly scheduled maintenance last week. It was time for the timing belt to be replaced. That was last Friday. It stayed parked until Monday morning, when he got ready to go to work. Then, it started running really rough, to the point that the engine was shaking the car! It nearly stalled on him twice, so he turned around and came home, called the dealership, and took it back.
They're not sure, but they think a tooth has broken off the cog that the drive belt runs on, and that is the problem. They think. Maybe. They're not sure. The only thing they are sure of is that this is their screw-up, because the car was in good condition when it was brought in.
There is a possibility the car may be totaled.
Now, I feel that if this is the case, then the dealership owes THO a new car. Maybe not brand new, since he bought his car used, but a new to him car. THO disagrees. He says they only owe him the fair market value of the car and that's it.
I disagree. I say they owe him that, plus damages, because they're the ones that bollixed up his car. I can't get him to see this, and I'm beginning to think it's the terms "new car" that is throwing him. I have yet to call our insurance agent to see what their take on this is.
Thing is, which one of us is right? Am I way off base, or is he too eager to wash his hands of the whole situation and get it over with?
Tell me what y'all think!
I need your help. Tell me what you think.
The Husbandly One took his little Chevy Aveo in for regularly scheduled maintenance last week. It was time for the timing belt to be replaced. That was last Friday. It stayed parked until Monday morning, when he got ready to go to work. Then, it started running really rough, to the point that the engine was shaking the car! It nearly stalled on him twice, so he turned around and came home, called the dealership, and took it back.
They're not sure, but they think a tooth has broken off the cog that the drive belt runs on, and that is the problem. They think. Maybe. They're not sure. The only thing they are sure of is that this is their screw-up, because the car was in good condition when it was brought in.
There is a possibility the car may be totaled.
Now, I feel that if this is the case, then the dealership owes THO a new car. Maybe not brand new, since he bought his car used, but a new to him car. THO disagrees. He says they only owe him the fair market value of the car and that's it.
I disagree. I say they owe him that, plus damages, because they're the ones that bollixed up his car. I can't get him to see this, and I'm beginning to think it's the terms "new car" that is throwing him. I have yet to call our insurance agent to see what their take on this is.
Thing is, which one of us is right? Am I way off base, or is he too eager to wash his hands of the whole situation and get it over with?
Tell me what y'all think!
