Having worked in non-domestic new car dealerships all my career, I can
tell you that one good reason for the 3K oil changes is to instill
routine maintenance on car owners. American dealers are front thinking,
all they care about is selling cars. The Service Shop in the back is a
required nuisance to them. So, as a result, people would buy their new
whatever and the next time the dealer would see it would be on the
hook, for warranty service.
The Foreign Dealers were about all services, and maintenance was an
integral part of the experience. As a result, I have many times done
warranty repairs on cars with up to 80K on them, several years and 40+K
miles after the warranty ran out. The District Service Manager would
see that the owner had done all his maintenance (his part) and it
shouldn't have failed (their part). Sometime they would pay it all,
sometimes the Mfg. would pay for the parts and the owner the labor. The
owner would be happy and come back to buy another.
Yea, I know, Daddy took the old bucket down to the local gas station on
Saturdays for his oil change, but it's not the same by far. Do you know
any Gas Stations with Service Bays that are working? We looked for
things going wrong and really looked for warranty repairs, as they paid
well.
Ask me at a Meet about the Foreign Car Philosophy, and I'll maybe give
you a clue as to why Our Car Companies are slowly slipping away in the
market place.
Another point of view, Ray
Ray Jones, Mena, AR in the Ouachita Mountains in western Arkansas
Y'all com'on down and we'll sit ona porch and sip a few.
On Jul 29, 2006, at 8:52 AM, Nick Sperduto wrote:
I had read somewhere that one of the reasons for the 3k oil changes is
that after is that older cars have some slight oil consumption and
people are too lazy to check oil levels and if they drive 5k without
checking or adding, run the risk of engine damage. 3k was the magic
number they came up with where most cars would use less than 1at oil.
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