CarFax makes no secret of this it’s a selling point from their perspective. The reason? State Farm, also known as “the scumbags who let their ‘approved repair shop’ joyride my first wife’s SRT-4 for 210 miles back in 2005 during a singularly inept attempt to repair the dashboard after a break-in and then sent a hatchet-faced female representative who literally laughed about it with the body shop manager,” had received information from a third party about the user’s odometer reading.Īfter some back-and-forth discussion between this person and various other individuals on Twitter, one user determined that the quick-change oil place had probably sold the information to CarFax, which had then sold it to State Farm. Yesterday, a Twitter user posted a letter he’d received from State Farm informing him that his “low mileage discount” would be removed. The bad news: some of that cost savings comes from another way the shop makes money on you, without you even knowing. If you’re working two McJobs to make ends meet, the Valvoline Oil Change down the street might be your only practical choice. You might not have the space, the tools, the ability, or the time that’s required to do it correctly yourself. Not all of us have the luxury of doing our own oil changes at home, however. Nor would I trust my mighty Accord V6 to somebody whose path in life hasn’t qualified them to work above ground. My 993, as an example, has two oil filters, while my Boxster requires a 32-step process to get to the air filters. As fate would have it, most of my vehicles aren’t compatible with the quick-lube business model of having some sweaty dude waving your air filter in your face and telling you that it has the Zika virus while an actual rhesus monkey cross-threads your drain plug using an impact gun. The price of motor oil rises and falls - mostly rises - but the pricing stays at $19.95 or $24.95 or whatever your local market will bear. Ever wonder exactly how the various “quick-lube” places in your city made a profit?
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