ok, bear with my rant.......
the mechanic for my old pathfinder was an hour away and i had to wait around till mid afternoon, so when i bought my 2000 obw, i wanted to find someone closer. so a good friend and trustworthy car guy recommended a guy nearer to me, about 15 minites away from nyc, across the bridge in teaneck.
i take the car over to get a tune up. plugs . fuel filter, the usual stuff. and apparently they have to take out the wiper fliud reservior to change the plugs. the tune up is done, the car runs great, the mileage is up to spec, but now THE FRONT WINDSHIELD FLUID PUMP DOESN'T WORK. I take it back 10 days later, and the pump is fried, it's getting power, but not working. 165 to fix with a dealer only part and of course, the comment..... " yea, we're sorry about that. nothing we can really do, ther'es no telling when those kind of things will go."
a fluid washer pump going at 65.000 miles? leaking rear tail lights? what's next that shoudn't happen? or did the mechanic screw up on their own? maybe it's my fault for buying a car in it's first model year, maybe i got a lemon. but this is lame to me. nice manual trannie though........
you've all been very helpful, btw. thanks.. :-)