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I hate that, Jeff.
Thankfully, with one exception that really wasn't that egregious, the local Toyota dealerships maintenance department is great and reasonably priced.
I took my 1996 LC in (they have a guy who knows them very well) for an oil change, filters, tire rotation, etc. and to look at the a/c, which is blowing tepid. I live in a part of the world where, as I have said many times, you can wear the air. No a/c is, to put it in aviation terminology, a downing discrepancy.
Just got off the phone: "3/4 low on R Whatever, passed 20 minute vacuum test, can't find the leak if there is one. We put a tracer element in the R Whatever and recommend you bring it back in 2000 miles. It will take us 10 minutes to find a leak if there even is one. It might be the original stuff. A/C is blowing cold.
The rest of the 100 Point Inspection is clean."
$310 with taxes. I know a 100 Point Inspection is the "Family Size Deodorant" of the auto repair game, but they, perhaps because some of the kids that work there went to school with my kids, I've owned seven Toyota's and have had my cars serviced there for 25 years, they have been fair.
Still, trust but verify.
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1996 FJ80.
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