Scheduled maintenance - dealer vs local shop?

friendtodogs
Wed, 12 Jan 2011 14:58:48 +0000
Maintenance/Repairs

As an avid cyclist and reasonably handy guy with a wrench, I know that the annual bike tune-up is, to put it indelicately, a rip-off. Basically you pay a pile of money for some air in your tires and a little chain lube.

So is the dealer tune-up a similar high-margin money maker for the car dealer?

Once a vehicle is no longer under warranty, is there tangible benefit in returning to the dealer for scheduled maintenance vs taking it to my local shop who I know and trust and who charges significantly less due to his reduced overhead?

I?ve got a 2009 VW EOS that is due for a 40k mi maintenance and I?m torn… dealer ? vs ? local shop.

Any thoughts?

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