OT: new car advice

[Dan Lund]

The odd thing is I know plenty of people that have had the opposite in results.
One guy I know actually had his engine totally dry of oil when he got
home. (well, probably enough to get home obviously, but not enough to
read on the dipstick.

In the end, they replaced the engine, but not after quite a bit of
going round-about with upper-management, and the management below
saying that all of the bases were covered, etc.

Many other cases, also.

If it's under warranty, I'll take it to the dealer though.  Nothing
like free service. ;)
I do most of my own work, anyway.  Having only a motorcycle now makes
life that much easier too.

--Dan

On 11/22/05, Kurt Granroth <plug-discuss at granroth.org> wrote:

> It's hard to argue that coming from a strictly cost point of view.
> Lately, though, I've been taking all of our cars to the dealer and
> absorbing the extra cost.  Why?  Because when I bring it to the
> dealer, the work gets done right.  I have maybe a 50% success rate
> with 3rd party shops.  And in some of those cases, the cost is
> significantly higher than if I had just brought it to the dealer when
> you factor in the multiple trips needed to fix what the shop screwed
> up the first time.
>