I hate going to the dealer for stuff like oil changes. I have a Mazda3.
When I bought it, the dealership tried to sell my a service plan that included oil changes, etc... buy the plan, get the oil changes at a discounted price, that king of thing. The problem I have with that - or any kind of service plan - is two fold: #1 - the dealership is inconvenient. You have to make appointments, sometimes leave the car there, etc. #2 - the service plan does oil changes every 3,000 miles. And they make you come in within 500 miles or something of your scheduled maintenance or you don't get it. My Mazda3 *OWNERS MANUAL* recommends changin the oil every 6,000 miles. If the manufacturer recommends doing it every 7,500 miles, why should I do it every 3,000 miles? Changing your oil every 3,000 miles is ridiculous unless you're driving in horrible conditions, like if you drive on 20 miles of dirt roads every day or do a lot of off roading or crazy stuff like that. Only companies selling oil change services want you to do it every 3,000 miles. Now, if you get the oil changes for free - fine. Granted, you're paying for them anyway they're just rolling it into the price of the vehicle, but that's not really relevant. In that case, you're still faced with the inconvenience of having to go to the dealer. /vent off Rick ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:216058 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
