Car Status

The car sits in the driveway most days because I am too scared to drive it for long distances.

It has been confirmed that the dealer will do nothing to repair the transmission. They have provided us with a document that states that automatic transimissions are not covered under the "60 day all-inclusive guarantee". Brandon had one of his guys at work find a "transmission specialist" and we'll pay for the repairs ourselves... chalk it up to yet another lesson learned. Brandon calls this hit to our bank account the "Stupid Foreigner Tax". I'm not sure what we could've done differently besides avoiding this dealer and perhaps buying a more expensive car, but that's still no guarantee that we wouldn't have had a problem. The good news is that the transmission guy began describing our problem on the phone before even being told what symptoms we're experiencing... hopefully he'll be a little more trustworthy than the other Czech car guys we've encountered so far. Sounds like the price tag will be a maximum of 45000 Czech Crowns, or approximately $2000. Ouch.