Recommended fuel service

[Landshark]

call it whatever you want,

I will. Thanks for your approval.

 

[JCA]

Dude - if you got the fuel service and paid whatever $ they charged you, would you be able to get your $ back by calling it a 'scam' either at the dealership or in court? as I said, the best you could establish is that they sold you sth you don't really need. but once you agreed to the service, that's a purchase of service. if they performed it, it's delivered. I am sure you are smart enough not to get yourself into it in the first place. but that's not what we are talking about here, isn't it? it's not ethical, and by no means I am on dealer's side. call it whatever you want, but you are unlikely to get your $ back by calling it a scam. it doesn't stand in court. if somehow you manage to get your $ back, you are benefiting from their good faith and public image. They don't have to make any concessions.

This isn't binary -- nobody's suggesting the OP go back and demand their money back or take the dealership to court (which you're correct is likely to fail). But that doesn't mean we can't call it a scam informally and suggest that next time it be avoided.

I've found reading what the maintenance code/manual calls for and only asking for those things helps. "I'd like the oil changed and tires rotated" (or whatever), never "I need a 30,000 mile service" or even an "A1 service", which leads them to pull out their list of "dealer recommended" 30,000 service items which is much longer and more expensive. And even then, I only ask for the "action" items like changing oil; most of the "inspect <X>" things are basic visual inspection that they should be doing anyway (and often advertise elsewhere that is included with every service), not something that should be an extra set of charges.

 

[PHEVDave]

Dude - if you got the fuel service and paid whatever $ they charged you, would you be able to get your $ back by calling it a 'scam' either at the dealership or in court? as I said, the best you could establish is that they sold you sth you don't really need. but once you agreed to the service, that's a purchase of service. if they performed it, it's delivered. I am sure you are smart enough not to get yourself into it in the first place. but that's not what we are talking about here, isn't it? it's not ethical, and by no means I am on dealer's side. call it whatever you want, but you are unlikely to get your $ back by calling it a scam. it doesn't stand in court. if somehow you manage to get your $ back, you are benefiting from their good faith and public image. They don't have to make any concessions.

Definition of scam: a dishonest scheme; a fraud.

If a dealership tries to tell you that you need service that you don’t really need, I could classify that as a dishonest scheme.

 

[Mowcowbell]

I do the same when I can find it. My bees need that extra 6% of energy when climbing the mountains sometimes!

Surprisingly hard to find…

100% gasoline is widely available in Okla. In fact, there are more stations in my area that sell 100% gas than those that sell E10.