I don't have the room to do my own oil changes, so I went to Valvoline's Jiffylube knockoff. I asked for oil and a new oil filter. The guy seemed insulted and said they always include the filter. He then proceeded to inspect all over my car and suggest stuff for me to buy. I mentioned that I was going to take my car to the dealer and have them do all that stuff. Then he went on and on about how much cheaper they can do it - belts, changing tranny fluids, etc. I'm sorry, but I don't think the dropouts at Valvoline need to pull my car apart. Then I paid for my $56 oil change and left - muttering about how these guys need to STFU and try not to strip out my oil plug.
You paid $56 for an oil change? It had to be for synthetic oil at that price. Around here a garden variety change is about $32. Those places pray on women like they are serial rapists.
So, if you don't trust "dropouts to change a belt, why would you let =
them change the oil?
You paid $56 for 5 quarts of Valvoline and a filter???
--=20 "I get the impression that Jamie is a papusa or two short of a combination plate." - Kent Wills
"So you think AUK is some kind of really tight knit CABAL? ROTFLMAO! Its a bunch of lazy tossers with too much time on their hands and few friends. WELCOME TO USENET. Drive thru please..." - =A7=F1=FChw=A4=A3f
"pray on women" "ON YOUR KNEES 3!7C5!!!" ROFL, prey. But, yeah=20 they do and guys that have the mechanical aptitude of a 9yo also. I know =
someone who paid over $1000 for a brake job including turning AND=20 resurfacing the rotors. On a Dodge Neon that had about 14,000 miles on it= =2E
--=20 "I get the impression that Jamie is a papusa or two short of a combination plate." - Kent Wills
"So you think AUK is some kind of really tight knit CABAL? ROTFLMAO! Its a bunch of lazy tossers with too much time on their hands and few friends. WELCOME TO USENET. Drive thru please..." - =A7=F1=FChw=A4=A3f
I didn't know the grammar police were out tonight. A friend of mine had a VW bus that he took to a garage for brake work. He was given a quote of $1,200 to fix his problem. When I asked him what the problem was he said his parking brake didn't work. Twenty minutes later after adjusting the rear brakes with a screw driver, all was well again. If everyone would request their old parts be returned to them then most of the rip offs would not occur, IMO.
That's more than an oil change with top of the line Amsoil and 2=20 filters...
--=20 "I get the impression that Jamie is a papusa or two short of a combination plate." - Kent Wills
"So you think AUK is some kind of really tight knit CABAL? ROTFLMAO! Its a bunch of lazy tossers with too much time on their hands and few friends. WELCOME TO USENET. Drive thru please..." - =A7=F1=FChw=A4=A3f
So for $56 you a Valvoline brand mixture of synthetic and=20 conventional oil. If you're going to change it every 3-5K miles I think=20 I'd just use the cheap stuff.
--=20 "I get the impression that Jamie is a papusa or two short of a combination plate." - Kent Wills
"So you think AUK is some kind of really tight knit CABAL? ROTFLMAO! Its a bunch of lazy tossers with too much time on their hands and few friends. WELCOME TO USENET. Drive thru please..." - =A7=F1=FChw=A4=A3f
Any SAE certified brand of conventional oil is good enough when it is changed every 3k-4k miles. IMO, the exception is if you live in a very cold area where oil viscosity at startup can cause excessive wear and/or difficult starting. Even in hot climates the engine should never run outside its upper temperature range if it has a properly working cooling system.
Just for the record.... there are a lot of businesses whose bread and butter is the "extras" they can talk you into. One simple example is the extended warrantee (although in my next life I plan to put out the bucks for the extended warrantee on my body :0). Buy a car, buy a home, a boat, or whatever. They'll try to talk you into upgrades. Upgrade the carpeting, upgrde the stereo, upgrade the trailer. I don't condone it, but, I know as part of the job employees are instructed to push customers to get those add ons because they'll cost more if you decide to add them later, or some other excuse. My last 65 Mustang went to JippyLube and they wanted to drill and install a drain in the C4 tranny pan to make it easier to change the fluid. I told them 'no thanks just change the oil as I asked.' Next thing I know is the manager is in my face telling me how important this simple little task is, and he got miffed when I declined. A few blocks away is a JiffLube that has never tried to talk me into the extras.
What makes you think you are any safer at the stealership? I had the step-daughter take the mini-van to the dealership for a simple oil change... She ended up calling me in a panic... They told her the van needed an IMMEDIATE brake job and one of the hubs was bad... and they felt it was such a safety issue they couldn't let her drive home... and it was going to be about $600... I knew there was no problem with the van... brake pads still had like 50% left... The dropouts working at the dealership just seen her as an easy target...
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loved their service as well, sorry it sucked for you :(
I contacted Their main headquarters and they told me the same thing that it was my computer's fault, I never used their crappy site again..
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Darrin View profile More options Sep 26 2007, 2:23 am
Newsgroups: USA Car Buyer, misc.CarBuy, misc.CarBuy.Rental, leasing, From: "Darrin" Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 10:31:00 +0100 Subject: Their website was the best
Their products are excellent quality and I loved their service. They even emailed me with extra info I requested at no charge.
jOnAhG View profile More options Sep 26 2007, 4:12 am
Newsgroups: USA Car Buyer, misc.CarBuy, misc.CarBuy.Rental, leasing, From: "jOnAhG" Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 12:04:35 +0100 Local: Wed, Sep 26 2007 4:04 am Subject: Re: Their website was the best
Good for you.
There were more problems then I could list, but I'm limited to not spending the WHOLE DAY telling you all the things that were bad about them. Here are a few: Dead Server (way too many times), Not compatible with Firefox (they fixed it I think), Some security bug- that made my SCREEN FREEZE.. etc.
Ashley View profile More options Sep 26 2007, 7:44 am
Newsgroups: USA Car Buyer, misc.CarBuy, misc.CarBuy.Rental, leasing, From: snipped-for-privacy@bashton.net (Ashley) Date: 26 Sep 2007 07:44:06 -0700 Local: Wed, Sep 26 2007 7:44 am Subject: Re: Their website was the best
loved their service as well, sorry it sucked for you :(
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