Rodriguez Tire & Automotive has been in business since 2005. Our family- owned and operated auto shop has been "growing with the community. Rodriguez Tire & Automotive has been in business since 2005. Our family- owned and operated auto shop has been "growing with the community.
Hey Ken thanks for your feedback. And I want to thank you for your business all these years. I took a look at the invoice/notes from earlier this week and verified everything with my staff. In most cases $115 would be entirely too high for wipers and a bulb. In most cases half of $115 might be a little high still. But for the Passat, the wiper arms can only fit a European style adapter. Besides that, we only carry a high quality wiper blade in the Goodyear Assurance WeatherReady Max for your vehicle. So where you may be accustomed to paying $20 to $25 for wiper blades, the Passat will probably always be over $50. I spoke with Edgar, your service advisor, and he agreed that he didn't know enough about the differences between the options to have given a proper explanation. But we went over that this morning.
The other issue with the tail light bulb, the manufacture used "special" tamper resistant screws to assemble the tail light. If it was a simple phillips or flat head screw, anyone could have performed the task. Thats why you were turned away by another mechanic. Not everyone is willing to invest in the tools or training to perform what used to be considered a simple job, on a modern vehicle.
We're always more than happy to help, we hope to see you again soon. And if sometime in the future, you find a great deal on wiper blades, by all means bring them in and we'll install them for you.