My vehicle is always returned to me looking spotless both inside and out and like new.
Maybe where you live the dealer uses pimply kids but not at the dealer that I use.
Perhaps they just don't like you?

Telcoman

 

I was with you right up to your last comment. Appearance is a matter of personal pride. It is a feeling and feelings are never open for debate. I'm with Blue Dream. This car is more than transportation to me even as a daily driver. It is a prideful hobby and statement of my values. I also spend significant effort toward keeping my historic landmark-designated house looking top notch beyond what any rational person would do. It's important to me and that's all that matters.

 

I don't let anyone wash my car other than myself. As soon as I got it, I fully clay barred it, polished, waxed, everything. Headlights always clean with no haze. My paint is as smooth as it gets. I keep up on everything with the car as I learned with my dads mustang and Camry. I wouldn't pay a mechanic again or a dealer, only if it was a major job as they just suck money out of you. If you want something done right, you have to do it yourself which is how I was taught. I keep up on maintenance and fix things that are going to go out, it's nice to know that everything is taken care of I would not say I'm inexperienced as I have been around cars my whole life and have learned a lot. I was just posting this to say you can't trust many shops. I would not trust my local Infiniti dealer as it took the worker 20 minutes to understand the crush washer I needed for my car leaking oil and also tried giving me the wrong pulley. Not all dealers know what they are doing, some are clueless. My local dealer has mostly 18-20 year olds working there.

 

Also my car is a 80-90 mile a day commuter to college, the paint is in amazing shape, mechanically in great shape besides a bad ball joint that will be replaced soon. Putting a lot of miles doesn't matter as long as it's taken care of.

 

I guess you missed the point of my post...

My point was do it yourself... save a ton of money, use superior aftermarket parts, and get the satisfaction and guaranteed security of knowing the job was done right.


I'm glad that you feel happy with the service and price that your dealer is offering you, but I still did my brakes, and changed my wiper blades for less than 1/3 of the price you paid and it only took me about an hour and 20 minutes in my driveway by myself while using Project MU B-Force pads and replacing all my brake fluid with Amsoil while I was at it. If you feel that $680 for a similar service is a good deal, maybe it is for you since you may not want to get dirty or possibly want to spend your time doing other things.

Also... The in-cabin filter change is a money making sham. No need to do that ever unless yours is completely plugged up or you've had a bad mold or rodent infestation in your vehicle's HVAC system.

Me personally, I can easily afford to pay for someone else to do it, but I don't let anyone else work on any of my cars, trucks or motorcycles because I don't trust anyone else and look at it as a hobby and a chance to inspect other things when I'm under there. So I get to save $400+ in the process while also cleaning the inside and backs of my rims, and washing\waxing the Brembo calipers and checking for and touching up paint chips in the fender edges around the wheel wells while i'm under there.

People don't come to this forum for a 12-15 year old 2-4 previous-owner car looking for advice in the realm of "go to the dealer"... .they're generally here to learn how and what to do themselves an in a fiscally responsible manner.