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my take on dealerships is that you just have to know the maintenance schedule for your vehicle, and like you mention, understand how to gauge wear items yoursel
by jerkstate 4y ago
my take on dealerships is that you just have to know the maintenance schedule for your vehicle, and like you mention, understand how to gauge wear items yourself, because they will try to sell you services ahead of schedule, or on the "extreme use" schedule. as long as you pay attention and are willing to say no, dealerships are reasonable places to get your car serviced.
I've had bad luck with independent mechanics taking on jobs they weren't capable of doing properly and ruining a car in the past. Although it sounds like you had an honest one, independent mechanics aren't necessarily above selling you goods and services that you don't need, especially if you don't know the maintenance schedule or have maintenance records.
- upupandup 4y agoas far as I'm aware what some Ferrari owners have started doing is purchase the after market ODB type of tool that lets you run the same diagnostics that Ferrari dealership does for several hundred dollars. The tricky part is that it voids warranty and you could very well brick your car. However, it is great for people who wants to work on their own car and resell value isn't really a concern. Adam saruwatari on youtube shows it in action.
- sokoloff 4y agoMagnuson Moss ensures that it doesn't void your warranty in the US.
- Cd00d 4y agoFerrari owner. Willing to risk destroying the car to save hundreds of dollars. I don't get it. Those two things seem incompatible to me. Ferrari isn't about frugality, and cost of ownership necessarily means hundreds of dollars is not a problematic expense.
- dwringer 4y agoAgree, at my dealership they do get very pushy about early maintenance, high-priced tires, etc. But they've always seemed to take "no" for an answer. Unfortunately they also have a habit of doing things in too much of a hurry, such as leaving fluid levels low (possibly from not letting bubbles settle out), misaligning hubcaps, and using incorrect (low) tire pressures. The last of which helps fulfill their goal of wearing out tires sooner so they can pitch replacements. This is sort of a risk with most garages, though.
- itsoktocry 4y ago>my take on dealerships is that you just have to know the maintenance schedule for your vehicle The schedule on my leased vehicle is stretched out further per oil change than a local garage suggests (15,000km vs 5,000km).
- mcguire 4y agoA lot of mechanics still use the old recommendation of 5,000km/3,000miles while modern vehicles and modern oils mean that doing that is wasting resources.
- rasz 4y agoHAHAHA Its only a waste of resources if you plan to have the car for 3 years and then swap to another new lease, perpetually 'owning nothing and being happy'. Same deal with "lifetime" sealed transmission oil. Its lifetime all right, 100K miles of it.
- mcguire 4y agoErr... I've been using the manufacturer's recommended (extended) oil change intervals since, well, when did Ford introduce the "bubble" Taurus design? Mid-1990s? I've been using the vehicle's "oil-change-ometer" since I first got a vehicle with it, which means 10-15K mile intervals for me. Admittedly, that is a small sample of 4 vehicles (said Taurus, 2 Ford F150s, and the 2002 'Vette I used to use for commuting). I've never had an oil-related failure. And before you ask, yes, they're all high-mileage; for a while I was doing 25,000 miles/year.
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