Service Department Rip Off?
06-30-2017, 03:03 AM
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06-30-2017, 09:58 AM
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F1 Crazy driver has the best answer to the question - to save money - DIY.
That said, you pay the dealer well over double to do it. Besides free time, you do get a few things for that extra money that may or may not be worth it and that will vary in degrees from individual to individual. There is no one rule.
If your car is valuable and you do not work on cars regularly, so is the dealer's experience and it is probably better to pay for it. If something goes wrong with the repair, the dealer is obligated to fix it, but unless you have a rare honest dealer, good luck with that.
A can of BG goes for under $20 on Amazon. However if you have it added at a BG certified shop (I do not know what this costs, but that dealer is obviously one) BG gives a Warranty that covers a few things and if one of them happens and is covered, the dealer will probably be happy to fix it and get the money from BG.
https://www.bgprod.com/catalog/engin...e-restoration/
Bottom line is yes service at a dealership borders on unreasonalbly expensive, but that extra expense sustains an easily accessible resource that makes it worth it (if the dealer is honest). Sort of like paying your taxes for the Public Library and schools in town.
I do most of my own routine work on my 5.0L Supercharged Mustang and Jeep Wrangler. However as a rule, I do not do ANY work on my Porsche. The dealer in New Orleans is pretty honest, and the loaners they provide are fun (and make me appreciate my own Porsche even more). It offsets somewhat the pain of what I pay them for their job.
That said, you pay the dealer well over double to do it. Besides free time, you do get a few things for that extra money that may or may not be worth it and that will vary in degrees from individual to individual. There is no one rule.
If your car is valuable and you do not work on cars regularly, so is the dealer's experience and it is probably better to pay for it. If something goes wrong with the repair, the dealer is obligated to fix it, but unless you have a rare honest dealer, good luck with that.
A can of BG goes for under $20 on Amazon. However if you have it added at a BG certified shop (I do not know what this costs, but that dealer is obviously one) BG gives a Warranty that covers a few things and if one of them happens and is covered, the dealer will probably be happy to fix it and get the money from BG.
https://www.bgprod.com/catalog/engin...e-restoration/
Bottom line is yes service at a dealership borders on unreasonalbly expensive, but that extra expense sustains an easily accessible resource that makes it worth it (if the dealer is honest). Sort of like paying your taxes for the Public Library and schools in town.
I do most of my own routine work on my 5.0L Supercharged Mustang and Jeep Wrangler. However as a rule, I do not do ANY work on my Porsche. The dealer in New Orleans is pretty honest, and the loaners they provide are fun (and make me appreciate my own Porsche even more). It offsets somewhat the pain of what I pay them for their job.
07-04-2017, 06:27 AM
#48
$800.00 oil change bad juju...