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EDGEMAN

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Never buy the other maintenance!


Too often it isn't needed.

(In response to this post by `lag)

Posted: 06/07/2019 at 08:57AM


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  Is it normal for an auto shop to charge for diagnostics? -- HokieMacDaddy 06/07/2019 08:08AM
  It is being done by many increasingly. I have a shop I have used -- fordham 06/07/2019 11:11AM
  My last visit to a dealer 5 years ago -- VaTechie 06/07/2019 09:31AM
  If I had the choice to visit a dealer or a "Merchants/Firestone," would... -- EDGEMAN 06/07/2019 09:48AM
  Yup. Either find a local mom/pop mechanic you trust -- Tafkam Hokie 06/07/2019 12:25PM
  Oh, there are reasonable dealers -- VaTechie 06/07/2019 2:25PM
  Agree on the jiffy lube -- VaTechie 06/07/2019 09:55AM
  Yes ** -- typed by ben 06/07/2019 08:59AM
  I always figure they're doing that anyway... -- `lag 06/07/2019 08:52AM
  Never buy the other maintenance! -- EDGEMAN 06/07/2019 08:57AM
  I took my truck into Firestone and said I need an alternator. They called -- dolph 06/07/2019 08:42AM
  Some shops still try to charge a $50-100 fee for reading the engine codes -- HokieNoVA 06/07/2019 08:42AM
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  Most shops roll the cost of the diagnostic into the repair bill -- EDGEMAN 06/07/2019 08:28AM
  Normal to charge. Abnormal to not roll it into repairs. ** -- vtbones 06/07/2019 08:27AM
  Local Goodyear does but rolls payment into any repairs -- TomTurkey 06/07/2019 08:22AM

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