Sister at Oil Changers:

"youshiftem" (torinosport302) 02/24/2015 at 10:53 • Filed to: None

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"You need your air filter replaced but it's really hard to get to so it's going to cost more."

How do you know it needs to be changed if you can't see it?

"uuuuh"

Don't touch my car.

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > youshiftem 02/24/2015 at 10:55

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Don't even let them change the oil.

youshiftem > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie 02/24/2015 at 10:56

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My response to her was to just bring the car over to my place and we'll change it ourselves.

Coty > youshiftem 02/24/2015 at 10:57

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Not that girls can't know about cars, I just like this meme.

DoYouEvenShift > youshiftem 02/24/2015 at 11:00

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What car?

youshiftem > DoYouEvenShift 02/24/2015 at 11:00

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128i

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > youshiftem 02/24/2015 at 11:01

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Right answer.

DoYouEvenShift > youshiftem 02/24/2015 at 11:02

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I see, never seen one of those hehe.

uofime > youshiftem 02/24/2015 at 11:25

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they're saying the filter needs changed based on mileage most likely. If you look in your owners manual you will see the service interval for the airfilter it may be that the car is past it.

last time I was at one of these places they did this and I saw that it was from their computer system that had these suggested intervals in in.

They also could just be trying to get her money, but lets not jump to conclusions prematurely here.

youshiftem > uofime 02/24/2015 at 11:34

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Except they had no reasoning, not even a decent lie, so I have jumped to the ripping-her-off conclusion.

uofime > youshiftem 02/24/2015 at 11:38

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What do you mean they had no reasoning? They didn't know the mileage?

youshiftem > uofime 02/24/2015 at 11:45

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When asked, they said: "uuuuuh, well, you just have to change it"

uofime > youshiftem 02/24/2015 at 12:08

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Did they know the mileage?

or are you sure you know better than the manufacturer on when things on their vehicle should be serviced.

youshiftem > uofime 02/24/2015 at 14:03

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How would they know when it was last changed? Maybe I changed it 1000kms ago and I don't drive on any dirt roads. I think I know my car better than someone who's never seen it before.

uofime > youshiftem 02/24/2015 at 14:34

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maybe you changed it last at the previously recommended service interval, wouldn't that be the most logical assumption to make?

Given how few people take their cars on dirt roads, I doubt that was a major consideration in the design for the recommended service intervals on the vehicle.

If you just had that component serviced then you would tell them, "no thanks I just had that done"

NJAnon > youshiftem 02/24/2015 at 21:55

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That's fortunate that she noticed the glitch in the Matrix and didn't have the car worked on.

some autoshops will stoop to levels you can't imagine.....