razol

I must not have been clear in my post. If it was just the antennna sure no big deal. The probelm is the mount inside the front fender. They claim to fix it would require a fill and redrill of of the hole. It is not a simple $10 thing or I never would have cared.

I used to live in Chantillly, now I am in Loudoun County. I go 81 when I take trips Stuanton and such. The delaer IS Jerry's Ford Lincoln Mercury in Leesburg, VA.

Exactly right, I was always a flag waving American car guy, buying Fords for the past 15 years. Over the years I have bought 8 Fords in my household. There is a lot more to the story, but this was the proverbial stick that broke the camel's back. I am pretty pissed about this and the lady agrees with me; time to look elsewhere to purchase a car. I should not have to argue about such stupid things with a car dealer. If they want to foster this general sense of apathy througout the organization, so be it. They can "not care" their way right of business. Once upon a time they used to claim quality is job one.

razol

Well if your assumptions were true I would see your point. That said, this is the delaer I purchaed from the last two times. They had been getting my business for oil changes, PM, and such. In the past 2 years I have spent something like $70,000 with them. So there is incentive for them to go an extra step. I just wanted to know if other people had similar issues, sounds like no. My patience has run out and I will be bummed to give her up, but the car is not worth the aggravation it causes.

For the record, my aggravation has nothing to do with the money. If I had broken the stupid thing I would have problem paying for it. The issue is one of honor and common respect.

Archion

I bought mine from Jerry's as well, over the labor day sale. The guys up front havebeen especially nice to me, especially Neil Valis, the salesman I delt with, he and I are both former Marines. The rest of the dealership sucks, esp service. They could care less what you do. Since I have moved up to WVA, I am going to check outa dealer up there, maybe one of the smaller town guys will be a bit nicer.

And as far as the car wash assumption, I did understand it was the mount(base) for the antenna, I have seen some pretty violent car washes in my time and had to repair damage from them in the body shop. That is why I thought that, maybe one of the flying rag types, can pull the mount right out of the fender, I have seen it happen. If you end up having to pay to have the fender pulled and get it fixed, I reccomend shaving the fender mount and putting a hidden one on. Good luck on this one.

shaners90lxhatch

Well with that in mind I agree that they are being unreasonable.

razol

I agree, the other two options I have considered are pulling the whole thing, fill the whole and have a clean line. Or, get a power antenna. I really never use the regualr radio anyway, the satellite stuff is much better. The other thing is I may say screw it all because I like riding the Harley more anyway and I can get a beater for when it is cold/rainy.