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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
Which are easy to do yourself. I taught my daughter to change the oil and filter on her Corolla.