Originally Posted by
IchabodCrane
Get em where you can as cheap as you can..
I just bought a 2017 mirage with block heater dealer installed...A $250.00 OPTION !
Dunno why dealers feel they gotta gouge us so deep.Don't they know if their prices were readonable we'd do more business with them?
OUCH! I know they need to make money... they're a business. I could maybe understand that much if it were a difficult install or time consuming install. But it's not. It took me maybe 15 minutes, and that included farting around time because I had never done such an install. Zero tools, just need the heater, a tube of silicone to transfer the heat, and maybe a couple zip ties to route the wire. Shouldn't be more than cost + markup + 30 minute labor, tops. Unless the dealer install includes a nice finished hole or sealed cover for the plug. Does the wire just come out the front by the radiator?
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