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so i finally hit 60K on my 01 civic. just got my service done at the dealer (in yonkers, ny) and i paid $600 - i *know* i got ripped off but im particular abt getting my service done at the dealership - so i guess i paid for the *name brand*. anyway what have other people paid for this kinda service??

 
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no..you probably did the right thing..cos you're at 60k now.. Is your civic preppier now...?

 
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you got ripped the *** off. no joke but you payed $600 for a $30 oil change, rotate tires, check the brakes (proably dont even remove any wheels), check parking brake (if its tight when they pull it, they wont adjust it), inspect steering components (takes 5 seconds, if even at all done), check everything under the car (again takes a few seconds), check and adjust drive belts (99% says they looked and said they are ok), replace you ac filter $30, and maybe replace your brake fluid.

You paid $600 for an inspection and parts that were not even $80. you could have done that yourself.

 
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For $600 you could have had 8-10 hours of work done at alot of places, and most stealerships hire techs straight out of school with no practical experience, and they give the simple jobs like that to them.

For matenance I'd do most your self and then take it to a Jiffy Lube or similar place get a tranny flush, a fuel system clean, if you like spending money get every service they offer and it still will only top out at $150 with full sythetic oil.

 
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wow, amazing. i can understand wanting dealer to do it (even tho their techs arent even all that), but if you did those few things separately, there is no way it would cost that much. at 60k i will assume they did everything, oil change $26, tranny fluid $50 brake fluid and check $50 maybe, replace filters $40 and even coolant for $50. i doubt they even did all that! what did they do for 600! seriously i cant figure it out. this is more than what they charged to put a new cylinder head on mine.

 
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i guess i learnt the hard way - they say my next "big" one is at 90k. i prolly wont be doing it at the dealership. but yeah y'all are true - most of the stuff says check this and check that - replace "if necessary"

oh well - thanks for the input guys.

 
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Go back and demand they show you exactly what your $600 got you. Did they give you a new clutch and brakes, cause if not, you've been fuct. I'd really like to know what's on the invoice, too. My 30k service was like $80, but i didn't have them do brakes or air filter. I have an intake, and I can handle pads and rotors myself. I think the $80 got me new "dust and pollen filters" (which did look pretty dirty), an oil change, and a bunch of "checks" of various belts, etc.

 
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Well if it makes you feel any better, alot of people have spent over $600 on their vics to make um louder and not any faster .......so its a leson learned but not the end of the world.

 
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i actually got the 10k service done at my old dealer, but it only cost $30 after all the discount and coupon they gave for buying car there lol.

 
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i havent gotten any service done on my car since i bought it, i have 27k miles...should i get it done

 
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3 yrs is a good time for coolant flush and brake fluid change, and trans fluid.

 
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ok well 3 years will be like june of '07 so ill wait till than, thanks

 
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He may have gotten the timing belt replaced! I got the 60,000 mile service done they replaced the timing belt, flushed everything but the power st. Inspected everthing cost me around 539. Still a rip off!!

 
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you could of gone 50K more miles untill the timing belt needs to be done. it is needed at 110K miles.

 
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Yeh but i had the money and figured screw it they can do it. Oh well, now i dont need it for a while.

 
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damn... can you sit down yet?

$300 at the dealer got me
oil change
tranny fluid flush and fill
coolant flush and fill
blinker fluid flush and fill (teehee)
2 new tires
tires rotated
new wiper blades
3 plastic push clips
1 white nut (the one in the fender that the headlight screws into)
and something else
1 of those chrome "i <3 honda" licence plate frames.. i gave it to my mom

but the best part.. my stepdad paid for it ... that was 37k ago

 
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i have an '06 civic and at 30,000 mile check said i needed rear brakes, due to highway driving? anybody else heard of this

 
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Surprised the rears wore out quicker than the fronts but the 06 have disc brakes so I don't know.

 
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chck the rear brakes urself. does it loooook all eatened up? ita all eaten up when you have about a 1/3ish cm left.