My husband know nothing about cars!!!
I love him but he is like a dumb blond when it comes to cars.
I can say this because I am a blond- more like a dirty blond when my hair is not colored- but a blond none the less. And I have a lot of dumb blond moments =0)
I do not know alot about cars but have picked things up over the years from my brother and my father who are obsessed with cars!
So I was very frustrated when my husband called me last week after taking his Mazda 2008 in for service stating that there was over $500 of work that needed to be done on it.
Of course I asked the following
1) What?
2) How bad is it?
Of course he did not ask those questions.
So he called the dealer back and they said it was not something that needed to be done now.
I then found out what the dealer was saying was wrong and called my brother (who is in to cars and also has a mazda). After a couple minutes on the phone I decided we are going to start looking for a new auto repair shop other than the dealer. The previous time we took it in they also found a lot of things wrong with it. The warranty is almost run out which means they are going to start racking up the bill every time we come it.
It does not make sense that my Mercedes Benz which is a 2003 is costing us less to maintain than the Mazda which is a 2008!!! Especially, considering that I am the one who drives my car hard since I work all the way in Bethesda and Joe works 10 miles from home if even that.
Furthermore, the place I take the Mercedes is a placed over in Dulles. I really have been happy with the service but it is quite a drive for us- to the point I am going to start looking for someone new to service the mercedes.
Any suggestions on an auto place that does Mazdas or Mercedes?
We LOVE AIM auto in fairfax 50 and 123, ask for John tell him we sent you. We don't take the cars anywhere else. Even the CRV gets it's checkups done there. The only time it goes to the dealer is for a free oil change or something else with a coupon :)
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