I just relocated to Texas from Indiana, and the car cigarette lighter in my car had loosened up. I rely a whole lot on the cigarette light to keep my GPS and cell phone charged. It had gotten so loose that I couldn't keep either charged, so if I happened to get lost or my phone died, I would be in big trouble. Then, somehow I got a nail in my tire. So I went to Drivers auto repair and explained to the guy that I needed to have my cigarette lighter tightened and my tire plugged due to the nail. He took my keys, sent my Chevy S10 pickup to the repair man in the back. He comes back 10 minutes later and says it will cost $150.00 to repair my cigarette lighter and if I pay $150.00 to get my car cigarette lighter repaired, they will plug my tire for FREE! $150 sounded outrageous to me, so I asked him "why is it so much to tighten the cigarette lighter?" he said, "The only way we can fix the cigarette lighter is by removing your whole dash board to get inside to the wires to tighten it." I am no mechanic, but I am a female that is somewhat technical! I knew that they shouldn't have to remove my whole dashboard to fix it, so I said "O.K. I don't want to have the car lighter repaired today, but can you ask him how much just to plug my tire?" He leaves, then comes back & says. "Sorry, we wouldn't be able to plug the tire, you will need a new tire" UNBELIEVABLE! Went from plugging the tire for free if I paid $150 to get the lighter fixed, to they can't even fix the tire! Anyway, I got home, found a screw driver, popped open my ashtray in the car, found the wires, screwed the back of the lighter tighter into the wires, popped my ash tray back in, and sure enough, I repaired the car cigarette lighter within 20 minutes and I DID NOT have to pull out the dashboard of my car!!! Rip Off... Nope, I would not let them rip me off! But I feel sorry for any other female that they may try to take advantage of. I will never go there for any repair! Find somewhere else ladies! $150 charge to charge my phone & GPS... Ridiculous! Diy. But dont do dar! (drivers auto repair).
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