problem with Honda dealership oil change.

[Leo99]

I've only purchased 3 brand new cars over my lifetime, so limited experience.

When I bought the 2007 BMW, I ordered it off of an allocation, and waited 9 weeks for it to arrive.

The order was "mine." I could call an 800# or go online to see where it was in production. It was even the wrong color for 3 weeks as it was an existing allocation which someone cancelled.

I could have had the car shipped to any dealership, pick it up in Regensburg (order would have been done differently), or at the SC Performance center. I'm convinced that this order, build, allocation, was mine. Why? Because BMWNA had my name associated with the build.

This is 100% not the case when one "orders" a Japanese car. The "order" is strictly between the customer and the dealer (think about the sales as I type of a Lexus LX). I suspect, and probably people here know, that Corvette is no different than the Japanese car. But I could be wrong. Maybe GM is aware of who ordered the vehicle. I just would not think the level of gouging would exist if it were like BMW (used to be $75k over list for a Z06 and today I think even higher).

This goes back about 25 years but a coworker's husband ordered a Corvette. Paid his down payment. When it arrived, the dealership gave him back his down payment and sold the car to someone else paying more money.

 

[Urshurak776]

I'm weirdly obsessed with watching TE Videos on TikTok. The guy is a Honda tech and he just makes videos about what he's doing that day but he has funny phrases for everything and he's constantly talking to himself. I think most of the talking to himself is an attempt to make sure he has done everything he needs to do by saying it out loud. I don't know a whole lot about being a mechanic but he seems to be very efficient, very methodical in his work, and he really cares about doing it the right way. Interestingly, he does plenty of regular oil changes as opposed to a minimum-wage oil tech. The problem is for every one of him, how many out there don't care?

New crush washer for ya Bud? Love this guy. Hilarious dude and he knows his stuff. He left the Honda dealership and is doing his own thing these days. Set up a garage in his house. He is super clean and super organized. It’s quite interesting to watch him. I love the “grunts” when he does the oil filter and how he tightens down a bolt.