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      02-16-2011, 01:40 PM   #9
Clarence Watson
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Drives: 2008 BMW 335i
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Originally Posted by malter2.0 View Post
After all, these people fix your car for free under warranty and they want to make sure you do things their way...the way it was designed from factory. Wouldn't you do the same if you sold cars and had to warranty them?
On that basis, wouldn't it be in the dealers' best interests to charge only a reasonable (i.e., independent shop's) price for an oil change so that they can discourage as few owners as possible from having that service performed by the dealer and thus minimize the need for warranty repairs caused by things such as mixing oils? Seems like forgoing a bit of excessive profit on those kinds of services would give them more control and keep them from having to make as many warranty repairs.
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