Hell Sawtroll this thread doesn't amount to a hill of beans. The orginal poster that started this thread was unhappy with a 357 that fried due to a air leak after 6 months. If it had a air leak then any saw would fry after 6 months. The only thing in all seriousness I'll say about it is this. If that were a saw I sold, air leak or no air leak, the warranty period would have went out the window. I would have picked up the phone, called Stihl and explained what took place and ask nicely if we can help the guy out abit. I sit here knowing as well as I'm breathing Stihl would have told me fix it, send us the bill, keep your customer happy. Seems to me his dealer would have done the samething but apparently did not. Why is the real question in this thread, its not about saws at all, its about a unhappy customer.
The rest of this thread is mostly all good fun, the usual back and forth, the tug and pull between brand loyals. Same ole same ole. I will make no bones about it, I favor Stihl because of how far they will bend the warranty period to keep people happy. If others back theirs as well then more power to them I say. I still wonder why the posters 357 wasn't taken of. Seems now he's heading over to Cuttinscotts to look at Dolmars. That in itself shows that 357should have been taken care of. Wouldn't you agree ole feller?,