Originally Posted by
Mark
I'm in a different camp, but I would embrace free oil changes if I lived near a dealership. I never took advantage of White Bear's free oil change, because they are 3.5 - 4 hours away. If I lived in the Twin Cities area, I would have.
If I had a new Mirage today, I would do my first oil change early (2,000 miles or so). The 2nd one would be 3,000 miles later at 5,000 miles. I would do every 5,000 miles from there for my driving, which is sort of what I do now.
Given what I just shared, my third oil change would be done when my Mirage reached 10,000 miles. I trust myself doing an oil change more than anyone else. The best mechanics at most larger shops/dealerships aren't the ones doing oil changes. If someone uses a small town mechanic's shop, that might be different.
I can do an oil change faster @ home than any place I would drive to have it done. Everyone's situation is surely different!
Funny you said that. I had a mirage story.
My G4 reached 5k miles 2 months ago. I took it to the dealer for a free 1x oil change, courtesy of Mitsu Motor and they did thatÂ…except it was sadly a rush job. This happened 1 hour before service dept close. Due to my availability.
How did I knew it was a rush job? WellÂ…When I got home, I popped the hood and checked the oil level and it was a hair over F, which was fine but it was not 100% cleaned up below the oil filter. The filter was tight as expected. I was not too happy about it.
So I took the survey and mentioned my dissatisfaction, provided by Mitsu Motors online and they somehow passed it on to the dealer to get it resolved. Dealer called me and I didnÂ’t answer. They left me a voice message stating theyÂ’re sorry and would want to clean it up. That it. Nothing else. I didnÂ’t bother calling them back.
Next time, IÂ’ll do the oil change myself, even with the CVT service. Free service is not even worth going for it if thereÂ’s going to be dissatisfaction. Warranty repair is an exception of course. But then IÂ’ll need to make sure to check their work before driving off the lot. TheyÂ’re not Toyota as far as competency goes.
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View my fuel log 2023 Mirage G4 SE 1.2 automatic: 43.2 mpg (US) ... 18.4 km/L ... 5.4 L/100 km ... 51.8 mpg (Imp)