re: Dirty Car Dealer Tricks

Facts. The world is all a big scam now. Call these people out as much as you can and let them know how big of pieces of shite they are. That’s seriously all you can do.

When I get my oil changed at my dealership, they always come tell me my windshield wipers are streaking. I tell them yes I know but only when it rains.

BG MOA oil conditioner: not a bad product. But completely ppintless if you are using a quality oil.

EFI service: at 15k pointless. But if someone was willing to pull my injectors and flow test them for 309 bucks I'd probably pay it just to watch them want to kill themselves. Realistically, they probably meant dump a can of seafoam in.

AC service: properly cleaning the condensor is a good idea. As is cleaning the air intake below the wipers. They are realistically not going to do either.

Alignment: I actually do like to check the alignment about 15k miles in. Why? Because I'm incredibly rough on a vehicle. Nice to know if the suspension and steering components are holding up.




Having said all of that, some of you are retarded.

"The service department doesn't work on commission." A good service writer makes 10-15k a month. The majority of it...commission.

"The service department mKes more than the sales dept." They do well. Not that well.

"It's a scam to offer people goods pr services during a free service." It's a loss leader. You can have this free...and they get the opportunity to sell you other shite.

Building In Your Car AC

I just googled and this came up. So may make sure every now and then. But not at $15k miles. But it also sounds like when you suspect.

Oh wow, you went to a place where they sell things and they offered to sell you something!! The gall.

It is not exactly trickery, if you have any semblance of competence.

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explain what builds up in an ac system

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exactly

This is right there with HVAC companies telling ppl that they need to get their air ducts cleaned. Companies that do this should be burned down.

I got service at a dealer one time years ago; it might have been a Toyota dealer. Everything was fine until they asked me to review the invoice before running my credit card. I did a quick scan of the numbers in the ones column and they did not add up to the total invoice amount’s ones digit; the total was a few cents more than it should have been. This was a computer printout. I asked and the cashier was baffled. They re-totaled the invoice and it came out correctly so I paid and left.

I’ve thought afterwards how pennies add up and it was probably a sleazy way to add a few dollars to their bottom line every day.

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explain what builds up in an ac system

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condenser should be cleaned often, evaporator, too, but less often imo especially for city figs.

What dealership