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Car Forum / Honda Cars / July 2007Can You Top This?
Put a new battery in my '99 Honda Accord. Went to use the radio, and it was shut down hard. Called Ed Voyles Honda in Atlanta for assistance and was quoted $100 to reset the radio. Thought he was joking, maybe April 1st? Nope, service manager confirmed price. Called local mom & pop mechanic. Instructed me over the phone. Cost to me $0. > Put a new battery in my '99 Honda Accord. > Went to use the radio, and it was shut down hard. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Cost to me $0. Do you have a business relationship with Ed Voyles Honda, or was this your first time calling them? Did you have an existing relationship with mom & pop shop, or was this the first time you called them? The answers to these questions are VERY important in evaluating what you're saying. Remember, the Honda dealership is an independent business, just like the local mom & pop shop. If you're a good customer, they'll take care of you--just like the local mom & pop shop. Of course, maybe they won't. That's their business. It in no way reflects on any OTHER independent Honda repair facility. Or was this your way of simply getting your story out to make the dealership look bad? >> Put a new battery in my '99 Honda Accord. >> Went to use the radio, and it was shut down hard. [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > Or was this your way of simply getting your story out to make the > dealership look bad? Ed Voyles in Atlanta is actually a pretty considerate dealership. They have free single-use size tubes of KY Jelly in a little basket siting on the customer's side of service writer's desk-- and another basket on the ledge in front of the cashier's window when you'll need it again. >> Of course, maybe they won't. That's their business. It in no way >> reflects on any OTHER independent Honda repair facility. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > the customer's side of service writer's desk-- and another basket on the > ledge in front of the cashier's window when you'll need it again. BWAHAHAHAHA!!! Some of the people that have recently bought up the Toyota dealerships in my area could take this advice! > Put a new battery in my '99 Honda Accord. > Went to use the radio, and it was shut down hard. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Cost to me $0. Next time you have to disconnect your battery, get yourself a memory saver like one of these http://tinyurl.com/yp8lmp or one of these http://tinyurl.com/yo3buy. They will provide just enough current to keep the IC chips in your radio and other devices alive. Just don't turn any accessories on including the dome light (so either don't open the door or turn it off). That will quickly overwhelm the small amount of current they provide and you'll wind up losing the memory anyways. Eric > Next time you have to disconnect your battery, get yourself a memory saver > like one of these http://tinyurl.com/yp8lmp or one of these > http://tinyurl.com/yo3buy. They will provide just enough current to keep > the IC chips in your radio and other devices alive. Of course, since they're "Blue Point", you can find them for less somewhere else, e.g., http://tinyurl.com/yppwd6 Eric >> Next time you have to disconnect your battery, get yourself a memory >> saver [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Eric Thanks, looks like a helpful little device that I can use often. >>> Next time you have to disconnect your battery, get yourself a memory >>> saver [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Thanks, looks like a helpful little device that I can use often. I made one with a 9V battery, some leads, and two alligator clips.  SignatureBearman If it's got tits, tires, tubes, or transistors, it's trouble. >"Tony Vigliotti" <tv@tvsbbershop.org> wrote in message >> Thanks, looks like a helpful little device that I can use often. > >I made one with a 9V battery, some leads, and two alligator clips. The problem with the commercial products is that every power outlet I have ever seen or know of on a Honda are switched. Turn off the ignition, and there goes your memory. Attaching leads directly to the battery cables makes a lot of sense. Elliot Richmond Itinerant astronomy teacher Freelance science writer It is in the owners manual. Get it out and read it. > Put a new battery in my '99 Honda Accord. > Went to use the radio, and it was shut down hard. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Cost to me $0. Yes, logic would dictate that, and that is something I preach too. When all else fails, consult the instruction book (owner's manual). However, the 1999 Accord manual offered no helpful info. The next owner should have it a little easier though. I typed up detailed instructions and attached them inside my owner's manual for the next guy. > It is in the owners manual. Get it out and read it. > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >> >> Cost to me $0. Jeez louise can we clone you, Tony Vigliotti? Thank you for being, I bet, a heckuva all around citizen. Though maybe you want to give those good folks at the local mom 'n pop shop a little of your business in the future, no? Ah, you probably already wrote down to do this. :-) > When all else fails, consult the instruction book (owner's > manual). [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > manual > for the next guy.
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