I saw this a while ago. MSN is just now covering it?

 

MSN is garbage media like most of it so not suprising.

 

Msn.com is a news and content aggregator. They didn't write the piece, like the majority of the "news" content on msn.com, they pulled it from somewhere else. This particular piece was pulled from Rage on Wheels: Man Crashes Subaru into Utah Dealership After Refund Denial

 

If i am not mistaken that happened at least a year ago.

 

MSN hates my privacy/security centric browser setup, so I can't see the article.

What is the date on publish on the article? This could be another instance where Google or Bing is serving up an older article as if it's "new news", happens all the time, their increasingly encrapified engines get worse and worse at knowing when to prioritize by date vs by content.

 

Hell no!! Aside from posting our insecurities about being labeled as part of a certain 'group', we get all kinds of village idiots, hustlers, hippies, brainiacs, macho, off roader, comedic, shade tree mechanics, know-it-alls just like any other vehicle owners group. And apparently...customers willing to go above and beyond to take a stand with a dealership

 

That right there is funny! thanks for the laugh!

 

There are exceptions to every stereotype. Or as one friend of mine once pointed out, a-holes come in all flavors and are sprinkled all over the earth.

That being said, this is probably the most civil forum I belong to. Not sure if that fits the Subaru stereotype.

 

 

Better to be an a-hole than whole-a
I like to think of myself as a hemorrhoid...pain in the @$$ and hard to get rid of
I agree this particular group is very 'low key' or 'vanilla' compared to other forums I belong to. Those others I would describe as a snowflake free zone with no safe spaces But it's amazing how even in those 'rougher' environments/forums, information still gets passed along and shared among members?? They must be more laid back or tolerable than the XV members here IMO

 

Admit it -- if we could get away with it, a lot of us would find that to be pretty satisfying.

 

I think a more effective tactic would be to trash talk the dealership all over the internet.

 

I saw this a while ago. MSN is just now covering it?

A search revealed this occurred last December 10 or 11, 2024 at a Mazda dealership. The angry driver was informed of the "as is" sale of the used OB and required repairs and inspection. No mention of the OB price.

I'm guessing this wasn't a Subaru buyer but a person needing wheels immediately and didn't heed the dealer's suggestions.

 

Oh, great! Now we all have to sell off our Subarus and go to another brand.

I'm with Team Toyota.

Uh, anybody here wanna buy a 2019 Crosstrek Limited?

 

Life turns on the hinges of our decisions, small choices, big consequences. Could have been a Southwest commercial back in the day, "Wanna get away?".

 

I love the part where the reporter asks this guy "In what universe it is OK to do this?" 🤣🤣🤣

 

That and how he responded at one point with something like...."ya maybe I should not have done it..." ya think?

 

So the question still remains...did he get his money back for the car??

Without knowing this guy's mental history prior, you gotta kind of wonder how bad the situation and the dealer were for someone to get THIS triggered?? Not condoning his actions, but more curious on the other side of the story and what possible shenanigans were pulled by the dealer to get a customer of theirs to snap??

I also would be curious how this incident has helped or hindered this dealership's trustworthiness and sales??

 

So the question still remains...did he get his money back for the car??

Without knowing this guy's mental history prior, you gotta kind of wonder how bad the situation and the dealer were for someone to get THIS triggered?? Not condoning his actions, but more curious on the other side of the story and what possible shenanigans were pulled by the dealer to get a customer of theirs to snap??

I also would be curious how this incident has helped or hindered this dealership's trustworthiness and sales??

As someone who worked in NYC for more than three decades, I have seen all kinds of irrational actions by people. This includes on bus rides, subways and restaurants. I have see bus drivers and waiters threatened. Some people don't need very much to get triggered. IMO, when a customer becomes even verbally abusive, they have crossed the line at that point and the merchant owes them nothing except an ejection from the establishment.

 

Last point is a good one for sure...

 

Agreed--I think a lot of people stop at "...and had problems four hours later..." without reading the whole story and just think the dealership concealed the car's issues.