Originally Posted by
juliasb
I too am eyeing the George. The questions you ask are much the same as I have as well as finding a 'close' to local dealer. for service and especially warrantee work.
There are not a lot of George dealers. In San Diego I have to travel 90 minutes to get to one, I’ve actually chose this company because they are supposed to provide excellent support so you can maintain, trouble shoot and fix the machines yourself. they have three people who just provide support for this. Their goal is to get the machine fixed in the smallest amount of time but you’re part of it.
This contrasts with the sweet sixteen people who. Will help you diagnose the machine when the mechanic can’t find the problem but make you take it to a mechanic. In addition when you do maintenance on a sweet 16 it takes six different kinds of oil. They really push you to use their mechanics. If you run into a problem the mechanic can’t fix you’re out of luck. And I had what was probably one of the most experienced sweet 16 mechanics in the U S.
so it really is two different approaches. If you have a George dealer near to you it doesn’t make much difference. If you don’t you’ll have to decide if their approach will work for you.