Monday, February 26, 2007

Car Repair Help: Since When Does Waxing A Car Involve Insurance?

If you have recently purchased a new or used vehicle, upon closing the deal, you may be offered an extended warranty, a tire road hazard warranty, and/or dent repair insurance. But how about insuring your vehicle’s paint against bird poop? Spilled coffee on your seat? No problem; we got a plan for that too! No worries! Insurance—does it ever end?

Paint protection insurance is another ingenious marketing plan that nets big numbers for car dealers. Who would have thought car wax could become so profitable?

Simonize, a veteran in the car wax industry, is the leader in the paint and upholstery insurance business.

Simonize uses a Teflon-based wax to protect paint against acid rain, tree sap, the elements, and yes, bird poop. The interior is protected against coffee, soda stains…etc. All of these are quite harmful to your car. And yes, Teflon is the same non-stick material used on frying pans.

The full insurance/wax treatment process is called Simonize System 5.

The natural occurrences listed above are not covered by manufacturer warranties, thus Simonize steps in to fill this warranty void. The Simonize System 5 Protection Plan provides coverage of the paint and upholstery for five years, unlimited mileage.

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Friday, February 23, 2007

Auto Repair HELP?

Is there ANY Saving Grace for the Auto Repair Customer?

Auto Repair Complaints TOP Consumer Complaint Lists...

The following article shows further evidence for the continuing total dissatisfaction with auto repair. While this piece contains some decent practical advice, the statement such as "most repair shops are honest and do a good job" is actually an absurd and uneducated remark in light of the overwhelming evidence to the contrary.

What's scary is that the people who are suppose to be protecting you, the consumer, know very little about car repair prices, and auto repair scams that rob car repair customers tens-of-billions of dollars annually....

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-Ted Olson
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Making Sense of Auto Repair Costs

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