Last winter I took my car to the dealer to find an annoying rattle in the steering column area. They drove the car, and couldn't find it. On the way home, I was furious! It was there, clear as day.

I cleaned EVERYTHING out of the car before taking down, so there was nothing moving around.

I went back and complained. I had cooled down, and calmly asked if they could check again. Good thing it took a few minutes to drive back!

Anyway, again they couldn't hear it. Okay.

On the way home, there it was again! Clear as day! The next morning I was running some errands and realized that there was a snap-clasp on my gloves that "clinked" and "rattled" while I was driving thanks to the minute vibrations through the steering wheel. Cripes did I feel terrible. I had them road test the car over again thanks to my stupidity.

I never fessed up, and just never raised the issue again...

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John Shellenberg
1998 C230 "Black Betty" 240K

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Feeling "sheepish" sounds rather like a lonely Kiwi or Aussie to me. I know there are some ANZ on here, speak up....

I would go back to the dealer and apologize profusely. They will still think you're a moron but at least they will consider you a moron with dignity!

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Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan "press on" has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.
Calvin Coolidge (1872 - 1933)

oh and yes I've done things like that and it always feels better to fess up.

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Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan "press on" has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.
Calvin Coolidge (1872 - 1933)

...and it'll raise your credibility and good name next time you deal with them. It pays to develop good relationships.

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95 E320 Cabriolet, 159K

Sure have!

Years ago, I was with friends and was making fun of people with turret's syndrome, when a man who actually HAS turret's walked by with his mother. No joke; we'd seen him and his mother many times before.

I don't think they heard me or knew what I was doing, but I sure felt like an idiot. And I'm not proud of it.

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Current:
2014 VW Tiguan SEL 4Motion 43,000 miles.

2016 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport (wife's).

Past:
2006 Jetta TDI 135,970 miles. Sold Nov. '13.
1995 E-320 Special Edition. 220,200 miles. Sold Sept. '07.
1987 190-E 16 valve. 153,000 miles. Sold Feb. '06.
1980 300-D 225,000 miles. Donated to the National Kidney Foundation.
1980 240-D manual, 297,500 miles. Totaled by inattentive driver.

A similar thing happened to me.

I had a vibration / clattering in the dash area and it was driving me crazy.

I finally realized that it was my new keychain that was hitting the dash as it swung back and forth.

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Paul S.

2001 E430, Bourdeaux Red, Oyster interior.
79,200 miles.

1973 280SE 4.5, 170,000 miles. 568 Signal Red, Black MB Tex. "The Red Baron".