So how many arbitrary miles would make a USED car more or less used?

Why? Would he be entitled to one if he was driving down the road fat dumb and happy and some chick blew a light? Nope. He would be entitled to the value of the USED car he was driving.

All I see from these stories is a feature on some jerk off that wants to "beat" the dealer. Next he will chime in saying they should not have allowed his car to be snowed on. Its a car, it can be fixed. But again he wants a new car, and tires, and a baby seat and this and that and the other thing.

My point is that is doesn't freaking matter where he took the car. I don't understand why everyone is assuming that he shouldn't have been driving it, or that the location he took it matters in the slightest. He took the car out with permission of the dealer for a good reason.

So what if it shows up on the report when the owner sells it? What insurance has ever covered possible value loss in the future.

What I am saying is that it doesn't sound like this drive cycle was something that a "tech" needed to do, and I see zero problem with some other person that works at the dealership and has a drivers license doing the drive cycle.

Yeah and everyone thinks that they can get their way by offering a bad review online.

Owned a few new cars in my time. Guess im just not one to fall for some schlep crying on the interwebs about a random accident.

Maybe the tech did drive it. Again, so what? Don't need to be a master tech to be able to put a drive cycle on a car. Funny how so few have ever cleared a CEL.

What does it matter that the writer isn't a tech? Would you be looking down so hard on this guy if it happened to the be owner of Subaru that was driving the car home? Liable for what? What was the error to be liable for?

Well when you bring that level of knowledge to the table it is hard to argue. Who said that the service writer was driving it to diagnose anything? Have you never cleared a CEL and needed to put miles on it to see if it come back?

What was the error that the dealership made again?

Because I don't buy into the dog pile on something I must have a stake it in?

Who said it was a joy ride? And why wouldn't the service writer be okay to drive a car. Maybe he had the longest drive home so he did the cycle on it. So what if he was driving to school? Doesn't matter one bit.

You are kinda off base. Most shops will not touch a car that does not have insurance on it at the time of the repair. Junk happens, and that's what the owner of the car has insurance.

You are kidding right? Have you ever OBD2'ed?

often

Meh, another story about how bad dealerships are. And it always ends with the owner wanting a brand new car too. ITs old.

And now I want to be a bush pilot!

Is it me or are these videos getting more and more Hipster as time goes on. I feel they are moments from offering leather bags for $2300 and a line of "manly" wearable so that your urban friends can all know you express yourself through your connection with cars.