I work for a manufacturer that supplies both holden and ford. Having seen what I have seen, I would not even look at one of the above mentioned vehicles. That said, out of the two, ford runs rings around holden for manufacturing.
Greg On Sat, 2003-01-11 at 02:27, james wade wrote: > This is a bit of a believe it or not. > > I have a mate who works on cars at holdens at the end of the production > line. I was having a chat to him about the quality of aussie cars, he > told me never to buy one. He reckons that somewhere between 90-99% of > the cars he sees wont start by the time they hit the end of the line. > > Once again... believe it or not. Still, im sticking with jap cars! > > -James > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Richard Webb > Sent: Saturday, 11 January 2003 2:19 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Nissan service > > Our local holden dealer is the same, my perants astra has been away > close to > a month.... this is the 3rd starter motor to go since it was new (2000). > Pretty dodgey if you ask me, either that or mums driving round on the > starter motor... :) - could be a possibility > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "tobias walker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 4:41 AM > Subject: Nissan service > > > > just though I may vent my frustration on the list about nissan service > > happened just after Xmas where my fathers patrol I've been driving > develops > > a problem where the starter wouldn't kick in turn key relays pull in > though > > no action hmm call nissan to check if still in warranty and when/how > to > fix > > rang westpoint nissan the lady on the phone said sorry the service > > department is out till monday call back then (it's thursday) I said > "say > > what I have to ride shank's pony and tow the boat till monday ?" she > "yes > > well no one is here " me "so even if it's a warranty job I wait till > monday > > " she "well yes" well I ended up telling her jeep have better > customer > > service than nissan as they previously swaped cars on fraser island > for my > > father when his broke down well enough bitching tommorow the service > manager > > will hear it > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* > > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail > > > > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
