dealership or local garage!
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dealership or local garage! hey guys i got 47k on the clock on my 02 Z28. im wanting to do a coolant flush to just keep up with maintenance. which one would u have do it? they both charge the same. i know its an easy job, but i wanted to get it hooked up on a machine and flush everything out!! my thing with the dealership is that i dont want to have problems later on, and they try to say, its cuz u have all those mods done!! and the local garage looks very clean, and they have alot of cars.. so there business must be good. my only thing with them, is i dont know how good of a coolant flush machine they have!! so lemme know guys!! thanks
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i hear ya!! anybody else!! i know its a simple job im sure, but its just making sure that i wont have any problems. that local garage looks like a good shop too!! they both charge the same. lemme know whatcha guys think?
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for any work i ever need done thats not underwarrnty or even if it as at times and dont want to deal with the dealer ship messing somthing else up i normally take it to a sponser or a a place i know that works on fbody's and vettes alot. smart thing to do.
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Honestly it doesn't really matter. Just tell the service advisor you will drive the car into the shop and stand there and watch while they do the service. If they say they can't let you drive it in or you can't be in the service area, turn around and walk out. You will find one eventually that isn't afraid to let you see what they are doing.
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Honestly it doesn't really matter. Just tell the service advisor you will drive the car into the shop and stand there and watch while they do the service. If they say they can't let you drive it in or you can't be in the service area, turn around and walk out. You will find one eventually that isn't afraid to let you see what they are doing.
It's usually not that they don't want you to see what they are doing. Most if not all dealers and regular shops have insurance restrictions that don't allow customers or non-employees in the service areas. It's not worth the financial risk to them if you were injured.
However, I know where you are coming from. I feel more comfortable if I am allowed to monitor their progress on my car.
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i think ill just go ahead with the local shop!! but ill check them out first. but they do look squared away!! thanks alot guys!! im just skeptical on dealerships. especially seeing how some of our members were getting f*cked by them!! thanks
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I agree. Dealerships are for buying. I never take the car back there. Find your own equivalent of the local 'hot rod' shop and make friends. Learn to do as much as you can on your own, then to the shop for things you can't. You can flush your own coolant system and save a bunch. A dealer or any shop is going to charge you a couple hundred bucks for what is basicly draining some fluid mixed with water and filling it back up again. Read up on here and do it yourself.
I just drain out the coolant in the radiator every other year and replace it. I know this is only half the coolant in the system but I feel doing this every other year will keep all the coolant clean and fresh. Very easy too.