Thats pretty disgusting.

Shows why I never took my cars (when they were new) to the dealership. I go to a mechanic I trust that still carries out the logbook service for warranty purposes.

Shows there are some "good" ones out there, but far too few and far between.

Another thing that irks me is the labour cost variations. Your paying the same branded dealership for the same service on the same car. why isnt labour cost standard?

Playing Devil's advocate... I have gone to STI Docklands for quite some time and NEVER... I Repeat NEVER had an issue with their work. I have had family get ripped of by Non Dealer services...

Rule is... People will bitch about anything and everything.


You mention "trusted mechanic" yet seem to rule out a Dealer Mechanic. That's kind of stupid - If you find a mechanic and you trust them they may or may NOT be a dealer mechanic. Just thought...

Last straw for me was a quoted service @ Mazda for $400.I paid $160 at Midas.

My 60K VY Holden came back from a dealer service with grease on the red leather in the door trim?? when i stormed back in there, i got a hmm whatever attitude. **** that.

Thats all too typical of a dealership attitude, that is why I don't think of them favourably.
As mentioned before Subaru Sti Docklands sounds as though they are good, but it just seems as though a majority of dealerships are hopeless, expensive and not very willing to discuss what work they have carried out.

befour;129696 wrote:

Thats all too typical of a dealership attitude, that is why I don't think of them favourably.
As mentioned before Subaru Sti Docklands sounds as though they are good, but it just seems as though a majority of dealerships are hopeless, expensive and not very willing to discuss what work they have carried out.