LOLZ at Dealerships

[yarrr]

Originally Posted by scape

i got the talk the other day from a dealership about carbon buildup, my car's engine has 33k miles on it. I am laughing a little on the inside, thinking how on earth could they know that from a basic oil change? This is the 2nd year they said i need to replace my wiper blades, they are still the original, apparently to them they are cracked and 'about to go', add ontop the question to balance my tires during a rotation (in my case was a swap) which unless my tire was not properly balanced to begin with would have no reason to rebalance it, as they usually stay balanced for the life of the tire. sometimes, you just have to ignore people because all they want is what they want, and that usually is not what you want...

Some crazy people like to change wiper blades before they start scoring the 4 concentric quarter circles into your windshield.

Tires rarely stay balanced for the life of the tire. This is why almost every tire place recommends balancing every other rotation.

As far as I'm concerned if you pay for an oil change on a yaris, you're open season(or maybe an open wallet). Dealerships are closing across the nation, the economy sucks, and toyota is taking the brunt of it now because of the pedal recall. If I could make 40 bucks spraying a can of cleaner into your intake, I would too. I also like how preventative carbon maintenance done by a dealer is shunned here, but seafoaming your engine is pretty much SOP.

[toy_toronto]

Originally Posted by yarrr

Some crazy people like to change wiper blades before they start scoring the 4 concentric quarter circles into your windshield.

Tires rarely stay balanced for the life of the tire. This is why almost every tire place recommends balancing every other rotation.

As far as I'm concerned if you pay for an oil change on a yaris, you're open season(or maybe an open wallet). Dealerships are closing across the nation, the economy sucks, and toyota is taking the brunt of it now because of the pedal recall. If I could make 40 bucks spraying a can of cleaner into your intake, I would too. I also like how preventative carbon maintenance done by a dealer is shunned here, but seafoaming your engine is pretty much SOP.

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[scape]

Originally Posted by yarrr

Some crazy people like to change wiper blades before they start scoring the 4 concentric quarter circles into your windshield.

Tires rarely stay balanced for the life of the tire. This is why almost every tire place recommends balancing every other rotation.

As far as I'm concerned if you pay for an oil change on a yaris, you're open season(or maybe an open wallet). Dealerships are closing across the nation, the economy sucks, and toyota is taking the brunt of it now because of the pedal recall. If I could make 40 bucks spraying a can of cleaner into your intake, I would too. I also like how preventative carbon maintenance done by a dealer is shunned here, but seafoaming your engine is pretty much SOP.

i have never needed to rebalance a tire. not a single time, ever. I am certain there are reasons to, but by some galactic-chance, I have not.
you read a few posts on seafoaming and you immediately generalize all of us? awesome.

but to tell you the truth: i'll get right on that wiper-blade change, it sounds imminent.

[yarrr]

Originally Posted by scape

i have never needed to rebalance a tire. not a single time, ever. I am certain there are reasons to, but by some galactic-chance, I have not.

Define NEED. Your car isn't gonna fall apart if you don't balance your tires, you just get a smoother ride and longer lasting tires if you do. I'm not making this up... Call a tire shop and ask how many cars never need balancing... lol

Originally Posted by scape

you read a few posts on seafoaming and you immediately generalize all of us? awesome.

No, I read them a long time ago, and generalized at a later date. I didn't realize it was rude to read people's thoughts on a forum and bring them up later.

Originally Posted by scape

but to tell you the truth: i'll get right on that wiper-blade change, it sounds imminent.

Good thinking. I know I hate when you get that first rain and the wipers just smear water and dirt all over the windshield.

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Anyways, I'm just glad to know that every other type of service worker in the world is extremely honest and nobody outside of car dealerships would ever, ever try to screw anybody over. Its so weird that dealerships work the opposite of the rest of the world. I can rest easy knowing that the plumber/electrician/contractor/etc are charging me the absolute minimum for any job, and would never do unnecessary work on my house, I just gotta check up on that dealership extra now.