Saturn of Devon is no more!

[giza]

So, I happen to own a Saturn. I like the company and the cars. Imagine my surprise this morning when I showed up at Saturn of Devon for a scheduled oil change only to discover... that it's now a Volkswagen dealership! The same people still work there (including Ellen Tiger!), but it's still just not the same.

Not only was I not told about this (I bought my Saturn from them, you'd think they would want to keep me informed of such things), but I just don't feel that they have my best interests as a Saturn owner in mind anymore. Heck, the VWs that I was looking at in their showroom were priced starting at around $20K and going all the way up to $70K. I'm worried that they're going to try and "upsell" me on one of their cars. :-(

Oh well, I think it's time to check out Saturn of West Chester.

Comments

Strange.

[tiggycat.livejournal.com]

Saturn is usually so good at keeping their customers informed about changes and more than most want to know. Very odd. Good luck in West Chester.

[thefoxes.livejournal.com]

Taurin and I both got notices in the mail recently. Maybe yours just hasn't arrived yet? It was only like last week Taurin got his.

We've been going to Saturn of Harrisburg ever since Ellen was on hiatus and Mike Baloney had us waiting two hours to change Taurin's oil. I'm sorry but if I have an appointment at 10 am I expect a technician to be working on the car by 10:05. :p

[giza.livejournal.com]

Took me an hour and 10 minutes yesterday morning. I arrived at 8 AM, and saw my car sitting in the driveway until about 8:30.

This was after they conveniently "lost" my appointment, too.

I'm starting to wonder if them no longer being a Saturn dealership wasn't a voluntary choice that they made...

[bigtig.livejournal.com]

Odd. I got notifcaion from them in the mail ... and I use Saturn of Doylestown. Weird.

[kutztowndragon.livejournal.com]

what's the deal with Satrun owners going to dealerships for lube, oil and filter rather than to the local garage? Doug, you're not the first. What to they charge at a dealership?

[swift-fox.livejournal.com]

Well for most Saturn Dealerships, they try to line your vehicle up with the same mechanic for every visit be it a 30K mile service or a 3K mile oil, filter and check the fluids. At Saturn your mechanic knows you and your car so it feels like your corner garage and the prices aren't inflated enough to hurt too much.

Heck, if I could take me 10 year old S-10 to Saturn and have them do the maintenance on it, I would.

Silaria and I like the Saturn experience. We wouldn't take our '95 SL-2 anyplace else and we won't take the VUE that replaced it anywhere else either.

Hmmm...Do we need a "Saturn Furs" LJ community?? :)

*Hugs*

Swifty Fox

[giza.livejournal.com]

I don't know much about cars. I like to take my car to the same place for the same exact reason I see the same doctor: so a running history can be established.

I know that there are different kinds of maintenance that are required at different points in the car's life. (timing belt gets replaced every 60k miles, for example) If I keep taking my car to the same place, they'll know which things were performed and which were not.

From a business perspective, it's also in the best interests of the dealership to not screw me, assuming they want me to buy another car from them.

[doco.livejournal.com]

What's so bad about a VW dealership? It's not our fault your feeble currency has subsided so badly in recent times. ;)

[giza.livejournal.com]

Old leopard saying: never trust a bug.

[doco.livejournal.com]

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