When a dealer offers 10% off maintenance?

What does it mean if a dealer tells you they will give you 10% off
maintenance? Will they really give you the discount, or will they
jack up the price by 10% so that it doesn't mean anything?

 

They're trying to get you in the door because they know chances are good
they will find other stuff that needs fixing.

Most people do nothing to their cars until they get an enticement like the
one you got. And neglect breeds big repair bills.

 

They're trying to get you in the door because they know chances are good
they will find other stuff that needs fixing.

Most people do nothing to their cars until they get an enticement like the
one you got. And neglect breeds big repair bills.

 

Yeah I go once a year, for the oil change, and tell them to do
whatever kind of maintenance is necessary. I don't drive much
though... maybe 5-10K miles a year.

 

Yeah I go once a year, for the oil change, and tell them to do
whatever kind of maintenance is necessary. I don't drive much
though... maybe 5-10K miles a year.

 

You my friend are a service managers wet dream!


G-Man

 

You my friend are a service managers wet dream!


G-Man

 

He didn't say he told them to perform whatever REPAIRS are necessary, just
maintenance. What he's doing is GOOD.

 

He didn't say he told them to perform whatever REPAIRS are necessary, just
maintenance. What he's doing is GOOD.

 

I don't agree. Most dealerships go way above and beyond what is in the
"What is needed" schedule.

I would go as far as to agree to everything that IS on the schedule. Even
that is crap sometime. I learned when at 60k on an accord years ago, they
changed the drain plug. There was nothing wrong with it, but it was on the
schedule. This was YEARS ago.

G-Man

 

I don't agree. Most dealerships go way above and beyond what is in the
"What is needed" schedule.

I would go as far as to agree to everything that IS on the schedule. Even
that is crap sometime. I learned when at 60k on an accord years ago, they
changed the drain plug. There was nothing wrong with it, but it was on the
schedule. This was YEARS ago.

G-Man

 

True, which does no harm except to make your wallet a bit thinner and
your car more reliable.

I myself go above and beyond the official maintenance schedule and have
done so for 16 years. The car now has nearly 300,000 miles on it and is
wonderfully reliable.

Replacing a drain plug is NEVER on ANY "maintenance schedule" outside of
TSB or recall replacement. I do not believe you.

 

True, which does no harm except to make your wallet a bit thinner and
your car more reliable.

I myself go above and beyond the official maintenance schedule and have
done so for 16 years. The car now has nearly 300,000 miles on it and is
wonderfully reliable.

Replacing a drain plug is NEVER on ANY "maintenance schedule" outside of
TSB or recall replacement. I do not believe you.

 

For the extra $100/year it might involve, why not, especially if they
send you flowers afterwards. I'm willing to humor them, a little.
Haven't been to one that would stick an ice pick in your radiator
otherwise, not since some mumble years ago, and it was not Honda.

J.

 

For the extra $100/year it might involve, why not, especially if they
send you flowers afterwards. I'm willing to humor them, a little.
Haven't been to one that would stick an ice pick in your radiator
otherwise, not since some mumble years ago, and it was not Honda.

J.

 

they'll give you a discount, but they'll find over $1,000 of stuff that
"urgently" needs to be done.

 

they'll give you a discount, but they'll find over $1,000 of stuff that
"urgently" needs to be done.

 

At MY dealership, I get the 10% discount off the final, before-tax
price.

 

At MY dealership, I get the 10% discount off the final, before-tax
price.

 

The OIL drain plug can require replacement after several removal/
replacements during oil changes.
So, perhaps the mechanic noted that the hex head was becoming a little
worn and relaced it. I replaced mine
on my 2001 Civic a few years ago for that reason, and am about to
replace it again. But I change my oil 4 times per year
due to the high miles I drive (110/day commute). But it is NOT on the
maintenance schedule to replace it.