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Jiffy Lube Announces Extended Oil Change Service?

Joe Marconi

By Joe Marconi
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CARMandP Proficient

CARMandP

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Those numbers are when most people change their oil anyway so you are right its just a marketing ploy. All they did was let the customer do what the customer was already doing anyway and make the customer think that they were in control. LOL

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FROGFINDER Rising Star

FROGFINDER

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What's next? We make a recomendation that a vehicle needs a transmission service at 65,000 miles based on the condition of the fluid and we get sued because the owner's manual states 100,000 miles. This is crazy. We make recomnedations based on condition. It does not state in the owner's manual when to change wipers and brakes, but if a car needs them, you replace them. Right?

 

We are the pro's. The car maker wants t sell cars and create the illusion that their cars don't need a lot of maintenance. If customers followed our recommendations, cars would last a long time, break down less, pollute less, have a higher resale value, perform better and would be more fuel effecient.

 

That's exaclty what the car maker does not want.

 

Agree or not?

 

Agree.

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Gonzo Grand Master

Gonzo

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Agree. I find that more people believe only what someone else tells them and hardly what the mechanic tells them. Unless, like you've stated you have those types of customers that take pride in their car and are more than interested in what the professional mechanic is telling them.

 

It's the myths and rumors of how to maintian a car that get thrown into everyday conversation as if its facts.

 

Like I've said before, print "Avoids Trees" on a golf ball and some dummy will buy it thinking he'll never hit a tree ... ever again.

 

 

What's next? We make a recomendation that a vehicle needs a transmission service at 65,000 miles based on the condition of the fluid and we get sued because the owner's manual states 100,000 miles. This is crazy. We make recomnedations based on condition. It does not state in the owner's manual when to change wipers and brakes, but if a car needs them, you replace them. Right?

 

We are the pro's. The car maker wants t sell cars and create the illusion that their cars don't need a lot of maintenance. If customers followed our recommendations, cars would last a long time, break down less, pollute less, have a higher resale value, perform better and would be more fuel effecient.

 

That's exaclty what the car maker does not want.

 

Agree or not?

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