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Shame, DePaula Hummer, SHAME!
Man, what a story.
Now, writing about this is going to be more cathartic for me than interesting for you, but what the hell, it's my party.
Just over twelve months ago, I had my Hummer mechanic service the H1 and install a new transmission after only 46,000 miles. It cost an arm and a leg, but what the hell.
Five months later, I had the vehicle fully serviced again, but 2,500 miles after the new transmission went in, the f..king thing went again!
DePaula Chevrolet of Albany looked earnest when they said 'What a shame it's out of warranty.'
After endless platitudes about how there was nothing they could do (even though it had only done 2,500 miles), unfortunately (for me) it was over the 12 month warranty, according to AMG, and that was that! 'Ahaaaaa!' was my reaction.
Anyway, I was soon on the phone to AMG to plead my case, and to their credit, they reconsidered the situation and offered to provide a new trany, but not the cost to install it. Mmmm, fair enough, I thought.
So a week later, DePaula Chevrolet of Albany called to say the vehicle was ready. I arrived to be greated with a bill of $2,400.00 (including towing)!
After having installed the previously failed trany, they thought it fare enough to profit on the second one as well. SHAME on DePaula Chevrolet of Albany, shame!
Anyway, a few days later, Mr DePaula Chevrolet of Albany emailed me to say that he was sorry to read about my misfortune (after I wrote him a two page dissertation), and so offered me a service voucher as a good will gesture. You can probably guess where I thought he could shove it!
Needless to say, I had lost all confidence in the H1 to do a simple job, so that day I drove it to my local Dodge Dealer (Adirondack Auto) to do a deal with George. George was fantastic. He said 'Pick whathever vehicle you want.' I was immediately attracted to Nitro. It was just so ugly, I thought it needed a good home to go to where people wouldn't snigger at him. George handed me the keys and a little extra for the H1, and off we drove, into the wilds of the Adirondack Mountains, and five years of warranty!!!
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11-19-2007, 12:16 PM
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Re: Shame, DePaula Hummer, SHAME!
That's despicable. 
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11-19-2007, 02:45 PM
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I dont know how hard it is to install a trans in a H1, but man....ive done it in a few broncos and a bunch of mustangs in the past and $2400 seems WAY steep. Like I said, never done one in a H2, but it seems steep.
Maybe just the "the car costs a ton so we charge double" deal? I had my oil changed on a porsche cayanne twin turbo ($120,000 car) i had a while back and the dealer charged me $350! I did the next oil change myself and it was no different than any other car....
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[quote=siloboy1] I drove it to my local Dodge Dealer (Adirondack Auto) to do a deal with George. George was fantastic. He said 'Pick whathever vehicle you want.' I was immediately attracted to Nitro. George handed me the keys and a little extra for the H1, and off we drove, into the wilds of the Adirondack Mountains, and five years of warranty!!! Check it out on
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11-19-2007, 07:19 PM
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11-19-2007, 07:20 PM
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11-19-2007, 07:34 PM
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great first post.
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11-19-2007, 08:41 PM
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11-19-2007, 08:52 PM
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a fuc%&?g nitro? homo say what...
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11-19-2007, 09:01 PM
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Re: Shame, DePaula Hummer, SHAME!
MAn, they guy got rid of a bada$$ H1. And bought a Nitro. hmmmm.
He may as well bought an Audi TT or a VW bug. 
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MAn, they guy got rid of a bada$$ H1. And bought a Nitro. hmmmm.
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OK, My wife had a VW Bug before we got a Grand Cherokee and I found the Bug to be quite fun to drive. Flowers off the dash of course.  So now let the flaming begin.  But it was fun to drive.
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OK, My wife had a VW Bug before we got a Grand Cherokee and I found the Bug to be quite fun to drive. Flowers off the dash of course. So now let the flaming begin. But it was fun to drive. |
No flaming from me. That's my wifey's dream car if she could have a second car to her van. The Sienna is just a big lug around for her to want to drive often. Probably in a year or two I'll get her the convertable.
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LMFAO!!! HAHAHAHA 
Damn, I needed that after today!
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MAn, they guy got rid of a bada$$ H1. And bought a Nitro. hmmmm.
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Hey now. It could be worse. They could have bought some real homomobile like a Nissan Z or something. |
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Re: Shame, DePaula Hummer, SHAME!
or a mazda miatta or a yaris
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