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Date:         Mon, 21 Jun 2004 15:32:15 -0400
Reply-To:     Tim Demarest <tim.demarest@POBOX.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Tim Demarest <tim.demarest@POBOX.COM>
Subject:      Re: JiffyLube, extras
Comments: To: Fin Beven <FinBeven@MSN.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <BAY11-DAV24oRdUYPuj00000de2@hotmail.com>
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At 12:02 PM 6/21/2004 -0700, Fin Beven wrote: >My impression is that shops like this use the oil change as the inducement >to get you into the shop, then "get you" with the extras.

You are 100% correct, they *always* do the little dance of asking you out of the waiting room to tell you about some other service your car needs... it has happened every single time I've been in a Jiffy Lube, regardless of the vintage of the vehicle. If your car is fairly new, they like to try and sell you windshield wipers, an older vehicle like a Vanagon gives them a field day.

If you really want to know what your Vanagon needs, check the service intervals in your Bentley manual. I'm sure you will find a wide range of overdue service items (greasing the CVs, changing the brake fluid, stuff like that)... but Jiffy Lube would *not* be my choice for working on critical systems. Find yourself a good, independent mechanic (the guy who owns his own shop has *much* more incentive to do quality work than a chain-shop employee), who is willing and able to work on Vanagons. If you can't find a vanagon guy, at least find a guy who looks excited by the idea of working on an unusual vehicle, rather than someone that seems pessimistic or unwilling.

Don'y let the Jiffy-Losers do more than an oil change, and make sure you check the dipstick and the drain plug when they say they are done!

Just my $.02...

Tim


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