Process Modeling

(If it works, go with it)

Besides rather haphazard record-keeping for maintenance and repair work, how people go about dealing with the dealer or repair shop depends on whether or not they have been fortunate enough to find a shop they can trust. The processes are dependent on whether or not the car is still under warranty in some cases and where the problem takes place. In many cases the customer needs to take the pragmatic approach and accept whatever they can get. They need their cars and will pay to get them back on the road even if they walk away from the experience feeling victimized and stupid. The situation is similar to the "dancing bear" analogy from Allen Cooper's The Inmates are Running the Asylum (1999); there is no other choice.