not so good of an experience

[thepartsmancometh]

hence the dishonesty. but, the point is, it's not illegal to sell people something they don't need. It's the consumer's burden to determine if they trust the seller and the product/service

I 100% totally agree that the aforementioned practice is wrong.

[bronsin]

Gee that stinks. My daughters Toyota wasnt running right and the dealer said $3200 to fix it. Which included a new radiator and water pump. My brother in law fixed it and we paid him $800 (cracked exhaust manifold) He said radiator and wp were fine.

[Sam8madness]

Why to so many people assume that a dealer is any better then a local shop?

It doesn't matter what the building says, it matters who's doing it. Get to know your mechanic, and go to the same guy for everything.

If you can do it yourself, do it. I still don't understand why people don't check their own tire depth and rotate their own tires. Oil is completely beyond me, the simplest thing to do besides putting air in your tires (and people don't even do that most of the time.)

[thepartsmancometh]

Originally Posted by Sam8madness

Why to so many people assume that a dealer is any better then a local shop?

It doesn't matter what the building says, it matters who's doing it. Get to know your mechanic, and go to the same guy for everything.

If you can do it yourself, do it. I still don't understand why people don't check their own tire depth and rotate their own tires. Oil is completely beyond me, the simplest thing to do besides putting air in your tires (and people don't even do that most of the time.)

ding ding ding we have a winner.

its all about the mechanic! there are trustworthy mechanics at dealerships and independents. the trick is to find one. The only thing a dealership has over an independent is OEM parts and Toyota Techstream. A lot of the internal info can be solved with alldata, and the independent can get OEM parts if you want