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Do car shops (oil changes, inspections) ever not hustle customers?
Posted on 10/2/14 at 12:13 pm
Posted on 10/2/14 at 12:13 pm
Amazing they try to get away with borderline bullying unsuspecting customers. It would be like going to a doctor or a dentist and they are searching for procedures to tack on to the bill.
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Posted on 10/2/14 at 12:14 pm to lynxcat
5 minute oil change doesn't bother me. They show me my dirty air filter, but they don't push me on it. And it usually is dirty anyway, so I don't fault them for it.
Posted on 10/2/14 at 12:14 pm to lynxcat
You can say no
Posted on 10/2/14 at 12:14 pm to lynxcat
BRAH! YOU NEED TO LET US CLEAN THESE FUEL INJECTORS!
$79.99 BRAH!
$79.99 BRAH!
Posted on 10/2/14 at 12:14 pm to lynxcat
never had an issue where I go, but then I know enough about cars to know when something is needed versus when it is "recommended"
Posted on 10/2/14 at 12:14 pm to lynxcat
They are pretty awful. What do oil changes cost now, $50? bullshite.
Posted on 10/2/14 at 12:15 pm to lynxcat
u got to get hooked up with a good mechanic and get him to do work for you on the side - or do it yourself.
Posted on 10/2/14 at 12:16 pm to lynxcat
I'm the one who takes care of all that, but the rare time or two my wife has had to take her car in for that, they want to rebuild it on the spot, they never try much of that with me, she hates their arse 
Posted on 10/2/14 at 12:17 pm to LSU1NSEC
I go to Wal-mart for oil change for about $16
Posted on 10/2/14 at 12:17 pm to LNCHBOX
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5 minute oil change doesn't bother me. They show me my dirty air filter, but they don't push me on it. And it usually is dirty anyway, so I don't fault them for
One time the guy showed me a dirty filter and said they needed to change it.
I looked at my truck and saw that my filter was still attached.
Dishonest bastards. 
Posted on 10/2/14 at 12:17 pm to LSU1NSEC
I know very little about cars but they push so much crap on customers it would be impossible to tell when it is actually needed versus a simple upsell.
Posted on 10/2/14 at 12:18 pm to jb4
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I go to Wal-mart for oil change for about $16
Wal-Mart broke the latch to my hood. They just denied it.
Posted on 10/2/14 at 12:18 pm to lynxcat
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it would be impossible to tell when it is actually needed versus a simple upsell.
It is all upsell. Folllow your car's maintenance schedule.
Posted on 10/2/14 at 12:20 pm to lynxcat
My oil change place is classy, they have a cappuccino machine that was cleaned when George H.W. Bush was president.
Posted on 10/2/14 at 12:20 pm to lynxcat
No way! I would have had no idea my headlights were leaking headlight fluid if they hadn't caught it for me.
Best $600 ever spent, as far as I'm concerned.
Best $600 ever spent, as far as I'm concerned.
Posted on 10/2/14 at 12:21 pm to lynxcat
Nope.
Do scheduled maintenance when it's scheduled. It really is that simple 99% of the time. They even put it in the owners manual in nice little charts. It's pretty idiot proof.
Do scheduled maintenance when it's scheduled. It really is that simple 99% of the time. They even put it in the owners manual in nice little charts. It's pretty idiot proof.
Posted on 10/2/14 at 12:23 pm to Buck Magnum
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My oil change place is classy,
that's funny, the place where I normally go has one of those, and their bathroom is decorated like a den or reading room, complete with a settee, sometimes, even when I don't need an oil change I'll just get a book and go up there and sit in the bathroom and read, with a nice cappuccino
Posted on 10/2/14 at 12:23 pm to jb4
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I go to Wal-mart for oil change for about $16
$16 + 3 hours of your life you'll never get back.
Give me the $50 / 5 min oil change all day every day over Wal mart's automotive dept.
Posted on 10/2/14 at 12:23 pm to LNCHBOX
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5 minute oil change doesn't bother me. They show me my dirty air filter, but they don't push me on it. And it usually is dirty anyway, so I don't fault them for it.
The questions you should be asking are - did they really change the oil and filter and IS that my air filter?
Posted on 10/2/14 at 12:23 pm to SabiDojo
Delta world tire is $40 with a free tire rotation. My dad has all the tools to do it so i do it myself though.
This post was edited on 10/2/14 at 12:25 pm
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