Not individually. Multiply $100 visits times hundreds of clients and it adds up for the dealership.
That’s without mentioning how often they use a simple oil change visit to tell people something else in their car needs replacing even when it doesn’t really yet.
Yeah, they don’t give away those free oil changes with new cars for nothing. The local dealer would try to sell alignments on the first visit, and they always had at least $40 in “needed” maintenance to add on.
When I bought my Hyundai Ioniq Hybrid it had scheduled maintenance every six months.
One time I brought it in for its regular maintenance and my bill was $900. Sold it right after that and bought an EV. My apartment also has free charging so it made sense :)
My econobox Prius C had scheduled six-month maintenance, too. That said, it was free for the first three years as a factory standard, and I paid (probably too much) for the extended warranty that upped that to five years.
It’s obvious that dealerships are trying to kill EV sales or they would actually be putting forth effort.
Gas cars require costly maintenance every 6 months. EV’s need minimal maintenance once a year.
Come on. I can’t wait for ICE to die, but what are you doing to your poor ICE that it needs costly maintenance every 6 months?
The average car is driven 12000 miles a year. That’s two oil changes.
Depends on the car. That’s one oil change on a Lexus.
That’s 3+ oil changes on a beater.
Sure but I think it’s obvious we can agree that one oil change every 6 months isn’t “costly maintenance”.
I’ve spent like $300 maintaining my 2013 Subaru for 4 years lol
Did yours chug coolant like mine?
Not individually. Multiply $100 visits times hundreds of clients and it adds up for the dealership.
That’s without mentioning how often they use a simple oil change visit to tell people something else in their car needs replacing even when it doesn’t really yet.
All of that adds up to a LOT of missing money.
Which are easy to do yourself. I taught my daughter to change the oil and filter on her Corolla.
And any time a vehicle goes in for an oil change, that’s an opportunity to upsell all kinds of stuff. Overpriced air filters, wiper fluid, etc.
Yeah, they don’t give away those free oil changes with new cars for nothing. The local dealer would try to sell alignments on the first visit, and they always had at least $40 in “needed” maintenance to add on.
When I bought my Hyundai Ioniq Hybrid it had scheduled maintenance every six months.
One time I brought it in for its regular maintenance and my bill was $900. Sold it right after that and bought an EV. My apartment also has free charging so it made sense :)
My econobox Prius C had scheduled six-month maintenance, too. That said, it was free for the first three years as a factory standard, and I paid (probably too much) for the extended warranty that upped that to five years.
Ford lost $36000.00 on every EV sold last quarter!
It’s the service center, they make bank off ICE cars that need this type of maintenance. EVs require basically none.
They are really just speeding up the death of dealerships, it’s all good.