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I actually think this is a pretty good idea, especially if you can also handle the annoying, piddly maintenance stuff, like tire pressure, fluids and perhaps oi
by mring33621 10y ago
I actually think this is a pretty good idea, especially if you can also handle the annoying, piddly maintenance stuff, like tire pressure, fluids and perhaps oil changes for me.
- Alupis 10y ago> fluids and perhaps oil changes for me You're wanting a full service mechanic to come out to you. That's not what this service is (nor do I think you can commercially change oil and other fluids in random parking lots).
- softawre 10y agoHere you are, on HN, saying why things aren't possible. Yet these guys are out there making them work. Food for thought.
- Alupis 10y ago> Here you are, on HN, saying why things aren't possible. Yet these guys are out there making them work. Food for thought Just because someone has an idea doesn't make it a sound idea, nor legal. Changing vehicle fluids commercially in random parking lots is not allowed in a lot of places, for fairly obvious reasons. And frankly, the company this thread is about even acknowledges the legality of what they are doing may be shaky. Driving around town with hundreds of gallons of fuel is likely to make certain regulatory bodies unhappy. In another article, the San Franciso fire department stated fuel delivery services were not permitted[1]. [1] http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-05-02/gas-delivery-startups-want-to-fill-up-your-car-anywhere-is-that-allowed http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-05-02/gas-delive...
- CamperBob2 10y agoEasier to apologize later than to get permission first. If you disagree, and it sounds like you do, there are plenty of other sites.
- tlrobinson 10y ago> nor do I think you can commercially change oil and other fluids in random parking lots YourMechanic seems to offer that: https://www.yourmechanic.com/services/change-oil-and-filter https://www.yourmechanic.com/services/change-oil-and-filter
- nick007 10y agoYep, it's not mentioned in the article but we actually air-up your tires and service them (if needed) as well through a recent partnership we made with Firestone. Depending on the market, we're also offering oil changes and other maintenance things too. Working on expanding these wider.
- overcast 10y agoSo you're taking into account proper inflation(it differs, even per axle) for each make/model? How do you plan on changing things like oil when cars hoods are locked? Jacking up cars with alarms?
- nick007 10y agoWe let you set the PSI that you want your tires set to. We'll show your the factory default, but you can adjust it to whatever you'd like. Don't want to share too much about oil changes yet, as we're still trying to figure out a lot of the details ourselves and are only testing this in a very limit scope right now.
- overcast 10y agoWhat type of gas options are there? All Octane levels, Ethanol free? I actually go out of my way to find the latter.