montravia
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It's not the cost. It's the feeling of being manipulated for automatic rip off.
We're all subject to main dealers rigidly following manufacturer ticky boxes, attending to items whether necessary or not.
More often overlooking or ignoring 'more difficult' tasks which would be preventative of later failures. I've had it.
My runabout is a FIAT. I've almost always had a crappy little FIAT. I love 'em. Ran a 500 for nearly 10 years, flickety flick, my first car was a 600 (there's posh).
FIAT 124 Spyder Lusso. Just the job.
Serviced at main dealer each year.
Booked MOT. Service light on, cleared temporarily. She's done 2,632 miles since last service. Pandemic induced. Probably typical of many.
Minimum they will do to reset the service light permanently is an oil change.
£211 or so.
another £56 with the MOT.
For a job I could do myself.
So my top notch synthetic oil has degraded or hydolysed in 12 months?
Really?
I've read that the service indicator can be reset by a series of accelerator pedal depressions, but dubious as to whether permanent.
She's booked in but it really pi$$es me off.
Should a cheapy OBDC thingy be able to reset it permanently or not.
What think?
Robin
We're all subject to main dealers rigidly following manufacturer ticky boxes, attending to items whether necessary or not.
More often overlooking or ignoring 'more difficult' tasks which would be preventative of later failures. I've had it.
My runabout is a FIAT. I've almost always had a crappy little FIAT. I love 'em. Ran a 500 for nearly 10 years, flickety flick, my first car was a 600 (there's posh).
FIAT 124 Spyder Lusso. Just the job.
Serviced at main dealer each year.
Booked MOT. Service light on, cleared temporarily. She's done 2,632 miles since last service. Pandemic induced. Probably typical of many.
Minimum they will do to reset the service light permanently is an oil change.
£211 or so.
another £56 with the MOT.
For a job I could do myself.
So my top notch synthetic oil has degraded or hydolysed in 12 months?
Really?
I've read that the service indicator can be reset by a series of accelerator pedal depressions, but dubious as to whether permanent.
She's booked in but it really pi$$es me off.
Should a cheapy OBDC thingy be able to reset it permanently or not.
What think?
Robin