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.
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.
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?
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.
The average car is driven 12000 miles a year. That’s two oil changes.
Which are easy to do yourself. I taught my daughter to change the oil and filter on her Corolla.
Sure but I think it’s obvious we can agree that one oil change every 6 months isn’t “costly maintenance”.
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.
I’ve spent like $300 maintaining my 2013 Subaru for 4 years lol
Did yours chug coolant like mine?
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.
Depends on the car. That’s one oil change on a Lexus.
That’s 3+ oil changes on a beater.