So we head to the car dealership on Saturday. We purchased a vehicle last year, and in the vehicle purchase process they tried to sell us a maintenance package.
Well, we swindled them down to half the price they wanted, and for the most part I got my maintenance almost at cost.
When I pull in to get my 15,000 mile checkup, the guy tells me that it’s going to cost $280 for this thing. To say the least, I’m kind of ticked off. I start haggling with the guy and I want to know costs. Air Filter - $29.95. I tell him I can get one at Wal-Mart and put it in myself for $10. He gives me the “Well, you never know what kind of quality you’re going to get with those parts”. It’s a stinking AIR FILTER, I’m not asking for a Kidney here, the thing has to prevent dirt from getting into the engine. I could probably accomplish this with a wire clothes hanger and a roll of toilet paper, but Iwouldn’t exactly go that far.
What I’m more ticked about is the fact that I bought a maintenance package that apparently didn’t include actual MAINTENANCE. I told him I didn’t want anything and I left. He gave me some lovely reading material.
I get into the German car and head out with the wife and kid relaying my pleasant mood to her as she begins to read the material.
What the guy didn’t tell me is the “Dealer” recommends that maintenance because of the local driving conditions (which are akin to possibly Mayberry). The manufacturer recommends … let’s see … an OIL CHANGE. So as it turns out, the guys was hoping I would purchase a $280 widget that I didn’t need.
So now the wife is getting upset. Not at the fact that it wasn’t covered, but at the fact that the guy was trying to hustle me into a decision that I didn’t need because I looked like an idiot. So I’m mad, the wife is furious and I’m sure the kid let out a big fart just to show the whole family’s displeasure.
We’re all heading down the road looking for something to vent our frustration on, getting more and more fumed at each passing mile.
Then the wife makes the profound statement … “Car Salesmen, Mechanics, and Dentists, I can’t stand them! I wonder where we would be if they all just disappeared!!!!”
And in my rage and hatred I started to agree until I began to think about that.
“Well honey” I said, “I guess we would all be walking around with a lot of broken stuff complaining of a toothache.”
And that’s my silly thought for the day.
Well, we swindled them down to half the price they wanted, and for the most part I got my maintenance almost at cost.
When I pull in to get my 15,000 mile checkup, the guy tells me that it’s going to cost $280 for this thing. To say the least, I’m kind of ticked off. I start haggling with the guy and I want to know costs. Air Filter - $29.95. I tell him I can get one at Wal-Mart and put it in myself for $10. He gives me the “Well, you never know what kind of quality you’re going to get with those parts”. It’s a stinking AIR FILTER, I’m not asking for a Kidney here, the thing has to prevent dirt from getting into the engine. I could probably accomplish this with a wire clothes hanger and a roll of toilet paper, but Iwouldn’t exactly go that far.
What I’m more ticked about is the fact that I bought a maintenance package that apparently didn’t include actual MAINTENANCE. I told him I didn’t want anything and I left. He gave me some lovely reading material.
I get into the German car and head out with the wife and kid relaying my pleasant mood to her as she begins to read the material.
What the guy didn’t tell me is the “Dealer” recommends that maintenance because of the local driving conditions (which are akin to possibly Mayberry). The manufacturer recommends … let’s see … an OIL CHANGE. So as it turns out, the guys was hoping I would purchase a $280 widget that I didn’t need.
So now the wife is getting upset. Not at the fact that it wasn’t covered, but at the fact that the guy was trying to hustle me into a decision that I didn’t need because I looked like an idiot. So I’m mad, the wife is furious and I’m sure the kid let out a big fart just to show the whole family’s displeasure.
We’re all heading down the road looking for something to vent our frustration on, getting more and more fumed at each passing mile.
Then the wife makes the profound statement … “Car Salesmen, Mechanics, and Dentists, I can’t stand them! I wonder where we would be if they all just disappeared!!!!”
And in my rage and hatred I started to agree until I began to think about that.
“Well honey” I said, “I guess we would all be walking around with a lot of broken stuff complaining of a toothache.”
And that’s my silly thought for the day.
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