TOM WALKER wrote in a message to WAYNE CHIRNSIDE:

TW> The whole PM thing has been turned into a Money Tree by Mechanics. 
TW> For a 30,000 mile Maintenenace schedule they don't even bling 
TW> in Charging $500 or more.

That's more than I paid for my last several vehicles.  :-)

TW> Anmd when you read down the list of things done, Which have been 
TW> worded to sound very impressive, you wonder what in the hell is 
TW> going on. But in all fairness since my day of Automobile work 
TW> things have changed. A Dealer used to make his money form Car 
TW> Sales. that is no longer fully true. They now sell cars at the 
TW> slimist of Margins and would go out of business it they depended on 
TW> Car Sales Profit to stay in business. THE new "Cash Cow" is the 
TW> Mainteneance/Repair side of the business.

Which is why I've (mostly) never done any business with dealers,  excepting
to buy parts that only they would stock.

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