I'm a customer. Have no affiliation with Maita or SOA. I've had my grudges with service manager or 2 from very same Maita. SOA was very helpful at the time. I like the new manager better.

 

You forgot the part where Ed told him he had a sedan and gave him the VIN # from his sedan..

 

Correction, ordered.

 

Then, I must know, how do you know the details of this deal so well. And all of us are left in the dark? What about a personal affiliation with Chris?

 

Yet another prove that order was ****ed up.

 

No personal affiliation with Chris. All details are in the very thread you are reading.

 

I fail to see the logic in your thinking... so i go buy my new subaru from maita and a week later the motor spins a bearing, the cause is found to be an obstruction in the oil path, so now its my fault for not tearing down my brand new motor and inspecting everything before driving it??

 

You get thing that is called Warranty from the manufacturer to cover cases like that.

 

Exactly. Maita screwed up the order and ordered the wrong part. You're agreeing with all of us that Maita made a mistake, you just don't agree that they should be fully responsible.

 

Here is a personal experience from a shop that you all trust. I went to do 30K there. All went smooth and pretty. Next day I checked oil level in the car and it had about 3/4 of a quat extra in it. We all know what can happen to a 2.5L turbo charged car if you drive it with that much more oil than it can handle, right? If not, ask a mechanic. So, I didn't go back to the shop, I didn't want to bother with the drama. I simply drained the extra oil and all back to normal. Now if I was like soggy, I'd be back in that shop with above mentioned mechanical problem blaming the shop and asking for new motor because they ****ed up. How about them apples?

 

please stop.. you make my head hurt with that logic

 

Your apples are stupid.

Had the additional oil caused the motor to have damage or to fail then you're damn right Ed would be back at the shop getting that replaced.

 

You didnt lose $200 out of pocket because they put some extra oil in your car. period. thats the whole point, whats $200 to a dealership?? nothing at all. thats like a couple pennies to them but to someone that has to go out & earn it thats a good chunk of money. think about it.

 

How is that related in any way? Soggy didn't get too much bumper from Maita, he got the wrong bumper.

If you want a better analogy, maybe they put in the wrong oil, but you would never know till you did your own oil analysis (do you do that after every oil change). If the shop put in the wrong oil, then yes, you have every to be pissed off.

 

I agree that they are responsible, I don't agree that they should be responsible for the paint that they had nothing to do with. Read what Chris and sogy said. All the details are there. Maita is willing to do a swap and more, for the mistake they made. What they are not willing to do is take resposibility for mistakes someone else made. Very simple.