You’re supposed to service the damn car. I didn’t ask the damn airbag light to come on, but the manual said I should take it in. And you said it’s all covered under warranty but you needed a part, so I gladly left it.
Pick it up, turn on the radio, and some station I’m not familiar with is playing. Mildly curious, but still dealing with it essentially on the subconscious level, I punch a preset button. Hmm. That’s odd. That’s not what it was set at before. Continure punching buttons and find out that EVERY FUCKING PRESET ON AM AND BOTH FMS IS CHANGED! Programming my car radio is not such a thrill that I’m going to thank you for providing me the opportunity to do it again. Just fix what you were told to fix and don’t fuck with nothing else. Get your own boombox you friggin malodorous greasey monkey lube sock full of vomitus.
Did you check your mileage before you left the car with them? Maybe they took it out on a road trip and set the stations so they could jam to some tunes while they were out cruising.
Ever since that scene from Ferris Beuller, I always check my mileage!!
They probably disconnected the battery. Presets get erased. You did say it was a airbag idiot light problem which means they’d almost have to disconnect it to get at the wiring.
It’s happened to me a couple of times, pretty disconcerting, but explainable.
Besides, do you really think the mechanics will waste they’re time changing both F.M. and A.M.?
Hmm, not the best example. How’s this: They probably already have they’re own stereo and don’t need to use your’s.
Yeah, I thought of something like that, but just because there’s a rational explanation doesn’t mean i can’t rant and rave, does it?
What struck me as wierd was that some of the presents were set to stations I hadn’t chosen, some were set to my stations but on different buttons, and some were static. I suspect a sinster plot, and if you try to convince me otherwise, you must be in on it.
<Hands over ears, “I can’t hear you!”>
To hijack my own thread, IMO one of the greatest technological advances of our time that modern car radios are so easy to set. I remember as a kid/young adult always having some trepidation about whether I was going to be able to figure out how to program the presets. Remember pulling out those big chrome buttons and then pushing them all the way in? Now, it seems pretty standard. Just press it in until you hear the tone. Ain’t technology great!
Coldie, you’re very generous, but I did try to be somewhat topical.
Actually, Dinsdale, I’d go with your original assertion that someone changed the damn things. Everytime I’ve had a new radio or had one with presets disconnected, the presets default to the lowest setting on the dial-89.7, I believe. And that’s all the presets.
So I’m not insane! Well, okay, I am, but not about this. Every time I take my car in, all my radio presets are rearranged. Not blanked out back to 87.9, but completely reset so that my alternative rock station is now Mexican polka, my classical station is Tejano, and my NPR is some obnoxious shockjock who makes bad masturbation jokes.
All three of the radios I’ve ever used (Ford tape deck, Chevy tape deck, Fosgate CD player) have always done auto-search after being re-powered. They put the first station found as 1, second as 2, and so on and so forth.
Although, phouka, it sounds to me as if you had a mechanic who liked latino music.
Well then, when MY presets get erased (Usually because the battery has been disconnected at some point in the repair) the car stereo does not go to one station only and stay there for all the buttons. It returns to some unknown presets that came with the car and the car stereo (Car was bought new, incidentally). Some are static and others are stations I rarely listen to. I believe that’s scenario you posted in the O.P., some wierdo stations mixed with static.
That said, and the fact that they almost had to disconnect the battery to fix the problem you describe, leads me to believe myself and Chronos are on the right track. That or your mechanic is afflicted with a debilitating case of A.D.H.D. and can’t stick to any one station. In fact, he/she sometimes enjoys the peace and serenity of pure static.
If you ask me, and you didn’t, I’d be more curious about the presets that come with the car stereo.
Then again, you could be right. Bastard friggin’ mechanic.
Dammit. You assholes just don’t get it. The world revolves around me, me ME! I don’t care what the radio is preset at from the factory, and I don’t care whether I’m bringing it in for an oil change or an overhaul. The only reasonable use of the mechanic’s $200 an hour time is to FIRST check and record all of my wonderful personalized presets, and SECOND after doing whatever they have done to make sure the vehicle runs (like THAT’S important!) MAKE SURE THEY RE-ENTER ALL OF MY STATIONS! GOT IT!!!