boltuprite

Well they try. Look the Honda is an excellent car but I had to just shake my head at the dealership yesterday. My engine service light came on as I was down to 15% oil life so I pulled in for an oil change.

They inform me, Oh well the engine computer says your due for B1 sevicing. What's that I ask. "oh well we inspect the CV boots, supsension struts fuel lines, clutch travel, brake and fuel lines, fluid levels etc."
And how much is this I ask ($199.00).

I mean what a racket, the key word in all this is inspect. Like it's a car that is 10 months old, it has all of 11,500.00 km's on it. So I say well, the car is under full bumper to bumper warranty and if there was a problem with any of the components you listed would they not notice it when the car is up on the hoist? (the oil change comes with a 25-30 point visual inspection anyway).
So I politely decline. Then they ask would you like your tires rotated. Sure I reply , "well that's $34.99" to rotate tires"! (I didn't ask you to balance them). I have never paid more than $15.00 to have tires rotated so I declined (and did them myself at home and saved $35.00).

Then this one really floored me "do you want a new oil filter or just new oil"?
Um I always thought an oil change included a new filter but apparantly these new "smart" engines only require a new filter when the computer tells it.

I opted for a new filter, which to me is 1/2 of the point of an oil change.

I then purchased new wiper blade refills at the parts desk, so the clerk at the counter says, "we can install them for you" I just asked "yes and how much for that"? Miraculously it was no charge.

lazieb29

sooooo stuuupiddd! man i hate dealerships.. rip offs.

R_Squared

yeah, my Si is the first brand new car I've owned. I'm interested to see how my dealership experience goes upon my first oil change... :a:

boltuprite

I had no problems when I went in for my first oil cahnge (other than the fact I went in at 5000 Kms and they wouldn't do it becuase the oil life still showed 35%).

This was the second servicing interval.

thomas

thats why they call it the stealership

sherwood

They charged for installation in the price of the blade refills :chuckles:

Generally when you say you're going to do it yourself at the counter they'll hack the price. (when I got my OEM antenna replacement it cost me $180 instead of $300 straight from the counter)

boltuprite

Actually the wiper blade refills are relatively in-expensive ($5.77 CDN each).
Of course they are just rubber strips and not the whole holders.

twinring

actually in Japan they change the oil only after 3000ks and then the oil and the filter after another 3000, its quite normal, saves you money.

sherwood

on the $10 filter?

give me a break.

boltuprite

yea, I can't see putting new clean engine oil in, and then running it through a dirty filter. That just doesn't make any sense to me.