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Replying to: iluvmysephia1 (Nov 01, 2009 1:23 am) Ha, this is not a Mazda5 vs Rondo nor a Mazda vs KIA thing, this is just common sense. Your story reads completely made out, the more details you provide the less realistic it sounds, sorry. Why would you tint your windows with the same OEM color it already has? Anyway, we are way off-topic, this is not the free invisible tint Lancer thread 
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Replying to: conwelpic (Nov 01, 2009 8:16 am)
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Replying to: ofionnachta (Nov 01, 2009 10:27 am) Dealers in NJ, check here, there might be useful rating info: http://www.edmunds.com/dealerships/Kia/NewJersey/index.html Some general notes: 1. Finding a dealer can be a headache, but try to focus on 2 things: a) who has the best deal on the Rondo you want ($$) and b) who has the best service. While sometimes it helps to buy and service in the same location, it is not necessary. I own 2 of the same vehicles and both are serviced (including warranty work) where I bought the 2nd. The 1st one's service was terrible, yet they had the car I wanted at the right price. If you are lucky the car might not have any issue, but if it does, then post-sales attention matters (and they like your continuing business, guess why I bought my 2nd car from the best service dealer?) 2. Test drive and visually inspect the Rondo you'll buy one more time. You may find insignificant things that can become a headache after buying. Yes, the dealer may offer you to "fix any annoyance" if you buy, but once you sign, it can be a different story. 3. Don't forget to fill out feedback, reviews (like the one to the right of the screen) and share your experience for the dealer(s) (good or bad). This helps them improving and helps buyers like you in the future |
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OK, I'm gonna try this one last time. The tinting was done for us for free from our dealer while the car was in for some maintenance. Are ya followin' me so far? OK, when I got in the car to pull off after paying, the Service Advisor informed me that I shouldn't roll down my window for a while as they had re-tinted the driver and front passenger side windows. Done. End of story. No cost to my wife and I. Looks great. No scratches anymore. No cost to us. Done deal. Happy about it. The OEM tinting got scratched because our Lancer GTS must've not gotten some felt on the inner door. Wasn't explained to us. I could call them back to find out why the OEM tinting got scratched but probably won't now that it looks good. Nothing more to say. Why that comes off as a negative story that you think I made up I don't know. Ever heard of good deeds done at no cost to win over customers to a particular dealership? Yes, these things really happen. Sheesh. I hope that made sense to most of you out there. I'm on to something else on the net. This person is headaching my head...really bad all of a sudden. 
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Replying to: iluvmysephia1 (Nov 01, 2009 8:43 pm) Regardless FYI: OEM tint: how can it be scratched because is inside the glass, there is no "film" in it. In other words, it cannot be redone by ANY dealer after the window is manufactured. If by any means comes scratched (or defective is a better word, as it would be inside the glass) then a new window is needed. Here is a Lancer GTS, no OEM tint apart from the greenish color the OEM windows come with.  End of a real story, I'm not an expert in cars, but that is not rocket science. Let's just give factual information, thanks. |
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Replying to: iluvmysephia1 (Nov 01, 2009 8:43 pm) 
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Replying to: tsm280z (Nov 02, 2009 3:28 am) Let's get back on topic (3rd time request by the way) |
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Mazda 5 - 853 (1921 for '08); YTD 15,771 (17,638 for '08) Rondo - 814 (1541 for '08); YTD - 12,545 (26,194 for '08) |
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and if a host deleted my post here I wouldn't blame them. OEM tint: how can it be scratched because is inside the glass, there is no "film" in it. In other words, it cannot be redone by ANY dealer after the window is manufactured. If by any means comes scratched (or defective is a better word, as it would be inside the glass) then a new window is needed. OK, so you're saying that my car dealer replaced my driver's side window and my front passenger window? Not the tinting on it? Excuse me, but you're acting like Dennis Rodman and placing tattoos all over the Edmunds website now. Listen to yourself! Tinting is done outside a window. What I was trying to explain to you earlier is the OEM window was scratched because the tinting was rubbing on something on the inside of the door. Something that needed to be buffered by a substance called felt. No felt=scratched tinting. Not a real mystery and not rocket science. Is this a mystery to anyone else who happens to peruse this thread? OK, let me reframe the end result for you, coolmazda5. Whatever they did(my dealer)they did it good, they did it right, and the tinting is not scratched and the job is weathering the test of time. There was no charge, so this is a win-win for us. Keeping that in mind...and knowing that it looks good and pristine and costed us no money at all, how it this a negative thing? coolmazda5...are you telling me that you really believe that they replaced two of my Lancer GTS' windows? Are you for real, bud? Can I get a witness? Who knows about automobile window tinting reading this? Please attach reason to this thread and confirm that window tinting is outside a window and sticks on to it. If I'm wrong I'll renounce my belief that the Pittsburgh Stealers really did steal Super Bowl 40 from the Seattle Seahawks and they received abundant help from bought-off referees. 
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