aZnVoYCe

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Well, I took it to the Honda dealer for its 30k maintainance. And guess what?!?! I paid $600 for it ($608 to be exact)!!! They told me that they have to flush the tranny, brake fluids, and then they do their maintainance routine. I dropped it off there at 9 am and told me it'll be ready at 5 pm. So I get back home my parents were b*itchin' and b*tiched at the dealer and guess what? They told us to pick up my car at 12. So we picked it up and the salesman said just pay $600 flat. For sure I ain't going to the dealer again... I'm bring it to my brother's mechanic from now on.

aZnVoYCe

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My dealer is such a b*tch... [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-mad.gif[/IMG][IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-mad.gif[/IMG][IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-mad.gif[/IMG] Sorry, had to vent... [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif[/IMG]

7thGenerasianCivic

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It's aite...dealers always charge soooooooooo much. Why is that...? Just to get quality work? You can get that somewhere else if you look hard enough...[IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-confused.gif[/IMG]

aZnVoYCe

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That's very true... By the way, I like your name.

VTECTypeR

iTrader: (4)

ya dealers are so gay. Much better to take it to a mechanic you know.

Voiceofid

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isn't the 30k maintenance basically a transmission flush, oil change, break fluid change, and a belt change with a couple checks here and there? [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-confused.gif[/IMG]

otep12

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The dealer near my place is charging "approx $440 + tax" on the 30K miles maintenance check. I asked why approximately and he said because there are some stuff that doesn't have to be done and some that need to be done extra. He gave me a to-do-list and it's pretty much a lot. Just don't know if they will actually do everything that's written on the list. I would have posted what's on the list but I left it at work.

So I guess $600 is somewhere in the same neighborhood.

Crashoveride

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When I go in for any service I tell them what to touch and what not to touch. There is no point in doing some things like rotating the tires, if they are aftermarket because the setup is different, and I wouldnt trust them to do it cause they would scratch them all to hell. I end up just telling them to change the oil, look everything thats still stock over, as well check my levels and grease everything up. The rest I will do, I would do all that myself too, but I dont have a place to really do all that, so I let them do it.

bluericeburna2k2

iTrader: (1)

oh yea no dealers for me i do everything myself or have one of my shops do it

KomplexicPnoi

all my checkups are free... up untill 75k or so I think.. so Im straight. ;D

Mbow

Service intervals are almost pure profit for dealers. They do a few things like changing the oil, tran fluid, etc.., but they mainly check stuff like whether your door opens and shuts. LOL 80% of the bill is for them to check the car over and make sure no problems are arising. THis may be important on other makes but not so much on hondas. Contrary to what some would have you believe, honda EARNED its reputation.

Do the tranny flushes, oil changes, timing belt, etc., but never pay for one of their services. It's simply not necessary unless it makes you feel better.

Ronin

Transmission flush and belt change at 30K??

Damn, you guys have a lot of money to burn. This generation Civic is supposed to have slightly longer service intervals... why not take advantage of that? Follow the severe schedule in your manual (shorten it slightly if it would make you feel better) and you should be fine.

$600 ... damn... when you think about that in terms of a percentage of what you paid for the car, it's pretty darn high. I would expect service costs like that for a luxury car, but not an econobox Civic.

Voiceofid

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i drive it hard (don'
t we all?) and i've been hearing a lot of weird sounds lately.. maybe i should bring it to the dealer to have it take a look at..