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Dealer Service Prices

I just want to bitch.

We just took my wife's 1999 Forester in for its 30,000 mile service. (That's right, the car will be six years old next month and only has 30,000 miles on it. Talk about little old ladies... and take into account that the 30,000 miles include a trip from Virginia to Phoenix and Salt Lake City and back.)

The dealer reported that the license plate lights were burned out. They wanted $38 parts and labor to replace them. Two bulbs cost $2.68 and the labor was less than 15 minutes, not counting time for the trip to the parts store.

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John Varela
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Edward Hayes

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Crash

The dealer in Silver Spring Md is quite a bit more expensive. They wanted $650 for the 30,000 maintence. I shopped around and found a non-subaru service center to do it for $350. They also put on new brakes, aligned all 4 tires, and did a complete fuel system flush, washed and vacuumed the car for $840. I could actually tell that the had maintence. It was quicker and more solid. So I'll stay away from the dealer. Seems to me people go there because they are "Experts" with that car. Car maintence isn't rocket science, it the service thats difficult to find.

I keep the records myself.

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ssuing8825

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