As an authorized Bel radar installer I assumed that Specialty Automotive Treatments (SAT) would be a reputable place to go to have them check my Bel StIr detector along with a Lidar Laser Jammer and a Curb Alert all were not working or had issues.
Good professional looking web site, a Ferrari on the shop floor and a metallic silver wrapped Audi RS on the forecourt added to my confidence that I was dealing with a top notch company...... how looks can be deceiving.
I dropped my P85 off at 8am explaining in detail that the Bel had not registered any radar in over a month, it was however warning of red light cameras (it does this through a GPS locator).
I also left them with a laser tester (which give out low level signals to check radar detectors and jammers)
The Lidar Laser Jammer was giving intermittent warnings about #4 sensor not working
The Curb Alert was not registering at all.
That was exactly what I told the salesperson who wrote it all down.
I went to work and noticed they had not touched the car till 2:50pm at which time the car was driven out to I95 expressway and topped out at 80mph
As most of you will know Visible Tesla shows me a Google map of where the car is, where it was driven, what time, how long, how fast, how much power and a host of other information including open doors, hood just about everything that the car is doing at any particular time.
I called the shop and asked had they driven my car? > "YES"
Why were you on I95 doing 80mph? > "I don't know I will talk to the tech".
About 5 minuets after that conversation the drivers door and passenger door were opened, in 10 minuets they closed and the car was not touched again.
When I arrived at the shop I asked again why was my car on an expressway doing 80mph no one had an answer other than "We had to test drive the car".
I was told by the owner that all my issues had been fixed, so I checked the Curb Alert, It did not work > " The curb alert is a piece of s**t he told me "take it off")
OK did you fix the Bel Radar Detector? > "YES". I was told I had the settings wrong (I had done a factory reset two weeks ago so I know they are correct)
I asked if they hooked it up to a computer and used the Bel Diagnostic Tools? > "NO"
Did you check it with the tester I left you > "NO" "It does not register laser and if it did you already been tagged and have a ticket"
OK how about the laser jammers > "They are working".
I paid the $135 under protest and left. On driving out of the parking lot I get a warning the "Laser Jammer #4 sensor is faulty".
So I go back to the shop and demand my money back, this was the only time this place did what I had asked them to.
Like I said looks can be deceiving.
Just so you do not make the same mistake I did here is where not to take your car:
http://www.satreatments.com/
Good professional looking web site, a Ferrari on the shop floor and a metallic silver wrapped Audi RS on the forecourt added to my confidence that I was dealing with a top notch company...... how looks can be deceiving.
I dropped my P85 off at 8am explaining in detail that the Bel had not registered any radar in over a month, it was however warning of red light cameras (it does this through a GPS locator).
I also left them with a laser tester (which give out low level signals to check radar detectors and jammers)
The Lidar Laser Jammer was giving intermittent warnings about #4 sensor not working
The Curb Alert was not registering at all.
That was exactly what I told the salesperson who wrote it all down.
I went to work and noticed they had not touched the car till 2:50pm at which time the car was driven out to I95 expressway and topped out at 80mph
As most of you will know Visible Tesla shows me a Google map of where the car is, where it was driven, what time, how long, how fast, how much power and a host of other information including open doors, hood just about everything that the car is doing at any particular time.
I called the shop and asked had they driven my car? > "YES"
Why were you on I95 doing 80mph? > "I don't know I will talk to the tech".
About 5 minuets after that conversation the drivers door and passenger door were opened, in 10 minuets they closed and the car was not touched again.
When I arrived at the shop I asked again why was my car on an expressway doing 80mph no one had an answer other than "We had to test drive the car".
I was told by the owner that all my issues had been fixed, so I checked the Curb Alert, It did not work > " The curb alert is a piece of s**t he told me "take it off")
OK did you fix the Bel Radar Detector? > "YES". I was told I had the settings wrong (I had done a factory reset two weeks ago so I know they are correct)
I asked if they hooked it up to a computer and used the Bel Diagnostic Tools? > "NO"
Did you check it with the tester I left you > "NO" "It does not register laser and if it did you already been tagged and have a ticket"
OK how about the laser jammers > "They are working".
I paid the $135 under protest and left. On driving out of the parking lot I get a warning the "Laser Jammer #4 sensor is faulty".
So I go back to the shop and demand my money back, this was the only time this place did what I had asked them to.
Like I said looks can be deceiving.
Just so you do not make the same mistake I did here is where not to take your car:
http://www.satreatments.com/
