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re: Shady tactics from dealership “service advisors“
Posted on 1/23/26 at 2:34 pm to toratiger
Posted on 1/23/26 at 2:34 pm to toratiger
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Went in for a "free" oil change on a 6 month old car.
They said I had a bent frame and the cost for repairs would be $800.
Car was never in an accident.
How big a baw are you?
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Posted on 1/23/26 at 2:37 pm to LSUTANGERINE
A very good friend of mine is a mechanic at the MINI dealership I go to. Any major things that need to be done we'll arrange to do outside the dealership for a reasonable price and a six pack.
This post was edited on 1/23/26 at 2:39 pm
Posted on 1/23/26 at 2:37 pm to Porter Osborne Jr
Honestly I’ve had nothing but good experience with Firestone. They tend to always hook me up with discounts and they’ve done some free work and only charged me for parts on a few more serious repairs.
Posted on 1/23/26 at 2:44 pm to Geauxld Finger
Guess it depends on the store
Posted on 1/23/26 at 2:50 pm to LSUTANGERINE
I just buy old ones and run to fail.
Posted on 1/23/26 at 3:58 pm to LSUTANGERINE
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A good honest mechanic is worth his weight in gold
My wife took her Toyota in to the dealership for oil change etc. It had just under 50k miles but was just past the 5 year warranty.
She was sent a video saying all looked good, everything was fine. When she went to pick up the car, she was told that her car was leaking oil in an area that would require the entire engine to be dropped out of the car. She was told it would cost about $4,000... but maybe the warranty wold cover it.
Nope, the warranty would not cover it.
So we took it to a mechanic I had dealt with for my older car and who had seemed honest, He would not tell you something needed to be fixed unless it did and even then would tell you how urgent it was.
He put the car up and looked around... no leaks. Not even in the slightest. He showed us everything he was looking at. He said there is no way this car needed that $4k repair. And then he proceeded to charge us nothing.
My wife went back to the Toyota dealership, told the service manager everything. He asked the guy who told her the car needed the expensive repair about it and that guy quit on the spot.
Needless to say, my wife plans to never return to that dealer and when we were looking for a new car for me, we scratch Toyota and Lexus off out list.
Posted on 1/23/26 at 4:11 pm to LSUTANGERINE
This is why Tesla is superior
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