Better Post-Maintenance Performance

Think so, huh? Read about the Jiffy Lube scam here:

It's reminiscent of the Sears scam some years back:

I remember taking my old VW to the VW dealership for a flat-rate tune-up that included plugs, points and valve adjustment. The invoice had checkmarks alongside each of those items. There wasn't a fingerprint on either the distributor or the valve covers so I had them pull a plug. They hadn't been changed either. The service manager scolded the mechanic and forced him to perform the service with me standing there. Ya, sure, you betcha. Use the proper form. The service manager will take care of everything, including making excuses and chewing ass.

I remember the Buick dealer's service manager telling me I needed a brake job only two weeks after getting a brake job at a muffler shop. Thinking the muffler shop might have ripped me off I had them pull a wheel and show me how bad they were. Upon seeing the new brakes, he explained that they had confused my paperwork with a different vehicle. Ya, sure, you betcha.

What dose do you recommend?

I had an opposite problem about twenty years ago. Mechanics at two different shops told me that my alternator was good and that I needed a new battery. Three different stores that sold batteries told me that the battery was good, and that I needed a new alternator.

Geez, Michelle, don't leave us hanging! How did this story end?

The car continued to not start when the engine was hot. The problem was never properly diagnosed nor was it ever fixed.

We wound up selling it to a friend for $300 (it had about 150,000 miles on it, and we had had it for about fourteen years), and he sold it to a friend of his because he's allergic to cats. Don't know what happened to it after that.

It was a 1975 or 76 Mazda GLC, by the way.

Ask for the old parts you stupid dumbfuck.

You can always tell when someone is losing a debate. They inevitably revert to the slurs of their adolescence. Whose old parts do you think I'd get, mine or someone else's? I'll bet if they had asked Jiffy Lube to produce the gas filter they didn't change they would have produced one in a heartbeat. Be nice now. I'll give you a second chance to win this one.