Over Christmas the SG-GF got both of us replacement cabin air filters for our cars. She had been threatening to get new ones for a while, and she finally did it. Well after looking online for how to do it, I spent about 4 minutes replacing mine, and 2 minutes to replace it in her car. No tools required. She was saying "That's it?" after it was done. Yep, that was it. "They wanted $60 to do that!" Now you know why dealerships are so shiny.
Anyway, today I got an email from the local dealership promoting various "specials" (*cough, cough*). Yeah, they're "special" all right. For $50 they have the special to replace the filter on my car. I checked online, and the filters cost less than $10 each, and I am sure the dealership pays less than I do for the filters. I know they have overhead, but give me a break. Charge me $30-$40 for 5 minutes of work, and then review the car to find other things you recommend to be "fixed" at your "cheap" rates as well? Ugh.
That's a "Service Deal Special"???
January 9th, 2015 at 01:49 pm
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My current vehicle is the only one I have ever bought from a dealership. The marketing material they send is always highly amusing to me (regarding maintenance).
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January 10th, 2015 at 04:23 am 1420863811
They never pulled that stunt on DH. I'd take it to our mechanic who said, ' well there's potential danger crossing the street.' Maintenance needs to be done but mostly when needed, not because business is slow at the dealership. What bothered me most was that the actual work was done by a high school student on one of those apprenticeship programs with some level of observation from the mechanic. Client's pay journeymen rates; the dealership gets government support for participating in their apprentice program.