re: Oil Change Interval

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Right, but every other time, they don't actually change anything. They laugh while you're inside reading those out of date magazines or playing on your phone.

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Actually had this happen to me at the dealership.

Pulled into the local "5 Minute" oil change shop. The tech told me my oil was awfully dirty and should be changed more often. I replied that it had been changed 3,000-4,000 miles previously at the dealer.

The tech showed me the oil filter -- his shop writes the date on the bottom of the filter. The filter he pulled off my truck was the one he installed the last time his shop did an oil change. In the interim the dealer charged me for an oil change that never took place.

I pulled out of the "5 Minute" place," drove straight to the dealer, and told the service manager what I had learned. He "hemmed & hawed," said it was impossible to trust those "quickie oil change places" -- then I showed him the old filter.

Had it been physically possible he might have turned red in the face. He finally acknowledged that I was "possibly correct." He never offered a refund, and I've never been back to that dealer.