Posted by Mike Rosenberg on December 15, 2005, 6:57 pm
> All those are very good bargains in that you are establishing yourself as
> regular customers at the dealer (assuming the dealer has a good shop).
> When a bigger problem inevitably comes along you will have good standing.
> It's amazing how much advantage there can be having a dealer to stand up
> for you.
Also, with this dealership, if I use their shop for all scheduled
maintenance, they'll give me free tires for life and warranty the engine
for 300K miles.
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Posted by Jean B. on December 16, 2005, 2:49 am
Mike Rosenberg wrote:
>
>
>>All those are very good bargains in that you are establishing yourself as
>>regular customers at the dealer (assuming the dealer has a good shop).
>>When a bigger problem inevitably comes along you will have good standing.
>>It's amazing how much advantage there can be having a dealer to stand up
>>for you.
>
>
> Also, with this dealership, if I use their shop for all scheduled
> maintenance, they'll give me free tires for life and warranty the engine
> for 300K miles.
>
Really! Where are you? I gather not in Massachusetts.
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Jean B.
Posted by Mike Rosenberg on December 16, 2005, 2:53 am
> Really! Where are you? I gather not in Massachusetts.
Jacksonville, FL. The dealership is some 35 miles south, in St.
Augustine, but I bought my Prius there rather than one of the five
closer dealerships (including one just two miles away), partly because
of the service dept. incentives, but mostly because their waiting list
was just over two months at a time when everyone else around here was
six months to over a year.
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Mike Rosenberg
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Posted by Jean B. on December 16, 2005, 2:51 pm
Mike Rosenberg wrote:
> Jacksonville, FL. The dealership is some 35 miles south, in St.
> Augustine, but I bought my Prius there rather than one of the five
> closer dealerships (including one just two miles away), partly because
> of the service dept. incentives, but mostly because their waiting list
> was just over two months at a time when everyone else around here was
> six months to over a year.
>
Well, you really lucked out--x2! I am most envious!
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Jean B.
Posted by Mike Rosenberg on December 16, 2005, 7:42 pm
> Well, you really lucked out--x2! I am most envious!
But wait - there's more! They also provide a free loaner car when
you're having major service done, and that includes the larger scheduled
maintenances such as 30K.
Oh, and they threw in a set of ginso knives because I ordered before
midnight.
Okay, I'm kidding about that last one.
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> regular customers at the dealer (assuming the dealer has a good shop).
> When a bigger problem inevitably comes along you will have good standing.
> It's amazing how much advantage there can be having a dealer to stand up
> for you.