I usually don't like to leave things for the last day, but today's the last day when I needed to get my car inspected.
On my way home from work, I stopped at a Valvoline Quick Lube to get my car inspected. I was the third in line. I park my car and go to the Overstock store and browse a bit. When I come back, the owner comes out and I tell him again, I need an inspection. He asks me to pull up. I pull up, pull out the registration card and leave it on the dash, and go inside the shop to read a book while I wait.
Behind me was a new Odyssey that belonged to a woman with kids that were waiting inside. The owner comes inside and she tells him to change the oil, filters, check the tires...all that stuff. Owner comes back and says tires are good and that they're checking the rest. But they need the wheel lock key to rotate the tires. I thought it was strange, since she doesn't have aftermarket wheels.
I get tired of reading my book, (it's been an hour), so I go outside and watch the techs working on my car. Immediately, I notice one tech sucking the oil out of the dipstick tube on my Accord. So I ask them,
"Umm, what're you doing to my car?"
"Oil change", he says.
I said, "No. I just need an inspection."
The owner comes back and they tell him what's going on. Owner says, "Well, what the [censored] am I doing?"
I tell them that I changed my oil recently with Mobil 1 EP 5w20. So he says, "Ok. We'll put Mobil 1 in it then."
I had M1-EP oil and filter in it 2000 miles ago and wanted to go about 10-12k and get a UOA. They put the regular M1 in it, which is alright with me. On my way home, I was thinking about the filter. I get home, turn the wheels, and check the filter. My M1 filter's gone too. I believe they put a Tearolator. Eh, I'm not going back to fuss over a filter. Apparently they mistook my car with the other lady's.
So, I paid for an inspection, which I got, and received fresh M1 fluid with a Tearolator oil filter on top of it.
On my way home from work, I stopped at a Valvoline Quick Lube to get my car inspected. I was the third in line. I park my car and go to the Overstock store and browse a bit. When I come back, the owner comes out and I tell him again, I need an inspection. He asks me to pull up. I pull up, pull out the registration card and leave it on the dash, and go inside the shop to read a book while I wait.
Behind me was a new Odyssey that belonged to a woman with kids that were waiting inside. The owner comes inside and she tells him to change the oil, filters, check the tires...all that stuff. Owner comes back and says tires are good and that they're checking the rest. But they need the wheel lock key to rotate the tires. I thought it was strange, since she doesn't have aftermarket wheels.
I get tired of reading my book, (it's been an hour), so I go outside and watch the techs working on my car. Immediately, I notice one tech sucking the oil out of the dipstick tube on my Accord. So I ask them,
"Umm, what're you doing to my car?"
"Oil change", he says.
I said, "No. I just need an inspection."
The owner comes back and they tell him what's going on. Owner says, "Well, what the [censored] am I doing?"
I tell them that I changed my oil recently with Mobil 1 EP 5w20. So he says, "Ok. We'll put Mobil 1 in it then."
I had M1-EP oil and filter in it 2000 miles ago and wanted to go about 10-12k and get a UOA. They put the regular M1 in it, which is alright with me. On my way home, I was thinking about the filter. I get home, turn the wheels, and check the filter. My M1 filter's gone too. I believe they put a Tearolator. Eh, I'm not going back to fuss over a filter. Apparently they mistook my car with the other lady's.
So, I paid for an inspection, which I got, and received fresh M1 fluid with a Tearolator oil filter on top of it.
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