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LightFoot
Indeed - Im surprised they didnt add , " cabin air filter " $95I go to stealership for maintenance.
I always arm myself with coupons, and tell them what I want done to my vehicles.. not the other way around.
Indeed - Im surprised they didnt add , " cabin air filter " $95I go to stealership for maintenance.
I always arm myself with coupons, and tell them what I want done to my vehicles.. not the other way around.
Lol...And just EXACTLY what is BG brake fluid conditioner? In all of my years I have never heard of brake fluid conditioner.
BG = Big Grin.
That's what the dealership gets when they sell you this snake oil.
I sincerely feel for this person -- Mazda at some point needs to send a few Ronin here to go thru every dealership and tune them up !
This is definitely what is happening with EVERYTHING....cars, houses, etc. The prices the pros charge for repairs isn't sustainable but as long as people live on credit and charge these services to their card it won't get any better.Were going into a DIY age, do it yourself or they tear you a new one- could be a good new motto for some dealers ! , Try starting with simple things like an oil change , which gives you confidence to do something else ...also you can start learning to inspect the brakes , belts , gaskets , oil pan, fluids ( you should do this anyway ) etc yourself and take some control of the situation --best
Gotta love stealerships. Hate them to the core but that's their job to bring in money.
You aint whistling dixie there brother !This is definitely what is happening with EVERYTHING....cars, houses, etc. The prices the pros charge for repairs isn't sustainable but as long as people live on credit and charge these services to their card it won't get any better.
Conversely with the HUGE labor shortage in the trades maybe these prices will become the norm. Either way, I feel like DIY is the only way to truly save any money...but if you don't enjoy it at all then it's going to be torture doing this stuff yourself.
Man even that first line...in what world is a basic synthetic oil change a $143 service? OK, they tack on a tire rotation....question still stands, and depending on where you bought your tires, you can probably get that done for free.Sorry about the poor image quality. Other than the first row, how likely are these needed at 56k miles, assuming they are telling the truth? I don't see any of these mentioned in the maintenance schedule in the manual. The car has been regularly maintained and serviced.
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I was going to say that also.Indeed - Im surprised they didnt add , " cabin air filter " $95
Lets call and remind them !I was going to say that also.
Strange. The advisor must have forgot about the obvious.
In my case I have the Dealer do all services except performance modifications. I am an Engineer by trade and 63 years old. I am smart enough to tell my Service Writer how much I will pay in advance and only approve EXACTLY what I want accomplished. This way there are NO surprises when I get the bill. I am past the point of try to save a few bucks on an oil change or service item. My time is indeed money and if I cannot afford to pay for service I have no business owning a nice car.This is definitely what is happening with EVERYTHING....cars, houses, etc. The prices the pros charge for repairs isn't sustainable but as long as people live on credit and charge these services to their card it won't get any better.
Conversely with the HUGE labor shortage in the trades maybe these prices will become the norm. Either way, I feel like DIY is the only way to truly save any money...but if you don't enjoy it at all then it's going to be torture doing this stuff yourself.
In my case I have the Dealer do all services except performance modifications. I am an Engineer by trade and 63 years old. I am smart enough to tell my Service Writer how much I will pay in advance and only approve EXACTLY what I want accomplished. This way there are NO surprises when I get the bill. I am past the point of try to save a few bucks on an oil change or service item. My time is indeed money and if I cannot afford to pay for service I have no business owning a nice car.
I am smart enough to tell my Service Writer how much I will pay in advance and only approve EXACTLY what I want accomplished.
I can't say I enjoyed doing my rear brakes recently but I did enjoy saving a pile of money!Some of us actually enjoy working on our cars and doing our own service.
I can't say I enjoyed doing my rear brakes recently but I did enjoy saving a pile of money!
I used to enjoy wrenching on my cars but I've transitioned that hobby to motorcycles as I find them to be of an easier scale for my old self to manage.
Exactly why I included my age in my post.Some of us actually enjoy working on our cars and doing our own service. Saving some money by doing things ourselves is just a bonus. I can certainly afford to pay someone else to do the work, but I would never dream of it.
Doing it myself guarantees that it's done right the first time.
As am I but I still do it myself and as long as I'm able to lift a wrench and crawl under my cars, I'll continue.
Hopefully in your case that you are correct. However, people doing repairs themselves does not guarantee that it's done right. Just the opposite in a lot of cases.Doing it myself guarantees that it's done right the first time.
Hopefully in your case that you are correct. However, people doing repairs themselves does not guarantee that it's done right. Just the opposite in a lot of cases.
Just one example: look at all the posts over the years on here from DIY'ers doing rear brake jobs without knowing or going into maintenance mode? How many guys ruined their calipers in the process? That is but one example.
I've perused some pretty funny postings on the internet from mechanics that had to fix cars that the owner worked on themselves. Some of the stuff that owners did, or tried to do, were beyond scary.
Sorry about the poor image quality. Other than the first row, how likely are these needed at 56k miles, assuming they are telling the truth? I don't see any of these mentioned in the maintenance schedule in the manual. The car has been regularly maintained and serviced.