I put the front of the truck on jack stands, then use the hydraulic jack to each back wheel that I’m working on (with another, lighter jack stand for safety). So, no lift, but yeah I lift it up. You really should be rotating your tires often. Maybe not every oil change, but every other probably.

It would be an absolutely prime opportunity for taking bets on how few come back. Never will there be 13.

a good point

Right - math should have been happening and each item should have been evaluated separately, instead of bundling it together into a fuck-it-bucket of ‘get it done now’

totally. most of these items (maybe not the serpentine belt) could have waited, and emergency do-it-now items are never good for the customer, financially.

my oil changes take longer when I do them than the “ten” minute (usually 25) oil change centers can do it, but I have at least one beer while waiting for the oil to drain and I know for a damn fact that the oil drain plug is where it should be and torqued, the oil filter was put on by hand, the oil cap is back where…

I’m just having a hard time imagining that someone in NYC actually decided to leave the dealership to do something in the 2 hours that pitazki referenced. I mean, I’d be farther along in duolingo, but 2 hours in a lobby on a sunday doesn’t usually mean your time is going to be well spent, compared to the 2 hours that…

Or, you’d be expected to be there for 12 hours. You may not get to work (and get paid) 12 hours...

Totally agree that one should spend money to keep their DD moving, until the value drops to about $200 which is basically scrap. But, the repair bill vs car value should shoot red flags up and make one really pick those repairs a la carte, not just ‘to hell with it, fix it.’

“small, but existent value,” and goes on to spend 20%, generously, of the car’s value in unnecessary service, at a 24 hour shop, on a Sunday.

I don’t agree with most of this, but damn if I can’t disagree with the 3rd paragraph.

Are you really assuming that he didn’t just wait in the lobby? Really?

Putting a dollar amount on peace of mind is pretty difficult. The person who is willing to spend $750 because of coolant needing flushed and brake fluid being flushed is the same kind of person who is willing to get all of that headache done in one day and just pay that first quote.

A perfect solution, for everyone on 1/2 acre lots. Rage, rage against the people purchasing the vehicles they choose to purchase.

I do this math in my head a lot when I drive back to see family every month. So, invariably, I drive up at 75mph and come back at 65.

tell me about it. so jealous of the west’s free access to blm areas. in central illinois, you have to drive 5 hours, hope the private park is open, hope that the park is open to full size vehicles and not just atv/sxs/dirt bikes, pay a fee, and then it’s dark and the trails close.

I’m not saying that it isn’t useful - just that it’s ridiculous to find much of a difference between this and other ‘look at this video’ articles. Maybe because auto guild isn’t putting out as many videos, and therefore less assailable opinions, than engineering explained.

auto guild had like 5 subscribers. no authority or credentials were implied, not that any was really needed - it felt to me like several, several hours of wikipedia and forum research, distilled into a video.

I mean, you also could just watch stuff on youtube instead of getting notified with “here’s a YT video.” It’s really all just a round-up of auto news and happenings.

It’s pretty difficult to square this practice with a mindset of reducing waste. We’ve just turned an easily reusable item of value into a one-time-use piece of garbage, depending on how much you trust your local disposal company’s recycling abilities.