Yup about a month ago..
sas
Scott A. Stewart
REAC/PASS-IT
(202)-475-8875
"Ray Champagne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
09/26/2006 01:29 PM
Please respond to cf-community
To: CF-Community <[email protected]>
cc: (bcc: Scott A. Stewart/REAC/HHQ/HUD)
Subject: RE: Oil Change for Free??
Scott, did you change jobs?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2006 12:54 PM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: RE: Oil Change for Free??
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> Read the fine print on any warranty you do not have to take it to a
> dealership for routine maintenance (oil changes, tire rotation etc.)
> I'm very picky about oil and filters (I only use Mobil1 and the Mobil1
> filter, it's always produced good results) and theres a place right down
> the street that does it at a resonable price.
>
> Scott A. Stewart
> REAC/PASS-IT
> (202)-475-8875
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> "Adkins, Randy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 09/26/2006 12:25 PM
> Please respond to cf-community
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> To: CF-Community <[email protected]>
> cc: (bcc: Scott A. Stewart/REAC/HHQ/HUD)
> Subject: RE: Oil Change for Free??
>
>
> Yeah My Jetta only recommends every 5K miles :-)
> But the tires to be rotated is at 7500.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rick Root [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2006 12:22 PM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: Re: Oil Change for Free??
>
> 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
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