[ian c2]

I’ve had a couple of jobs done at the dealers in the past year or so .
Some jobs just make sense to get done there .

When the independent specialist is actually charging MORE than the dealers because they “only use genuine parts” , or even if the price is negligibly less it makes sense to get the dealers nationwide warranty on it ...

The biggest problem is people are of “the stealers” mindset , and automatically presume an independent has better pricing .
Even buying genuine parts from online specialists is sometimes more expensive than the dealer parts dept would charge.

As for the REAL topic of this thread , I guess they realize straight away I’m a car guy and I’m pretty straight forward in what I’m employing them to do , insofar as interrupting when they mention “free inspection” to say they’re wasting there time but if they want to do it that’s fine ..

My local porsche dealers knew me from buying parts for projects before I ever took a car to them , so we were on the right foot straight away and it’s a pleasure having them do the odd job on my cars .
Free courtesy car and detail would probably sway it anyway , but the fact the service guy gives me the same discount the parts guy has been giving me for years makes certain jobs a no-brainer