Originally Posted by
Seattle Forrest
I have to do
a $700 or $800 "tune up" every 15,000 miles to keep the warranty on my Subaru. Before you laugh, I've had to use the warranty when something went wrong, and it's covered some of the costs of other maintenance I've had to do, so I'm not keen on blowing it. Anyway, it's been 2.5 years since the last of these "tune ups," and I've got about 4,000 miles until the next one.
The average American drives 12,000 miles per year, so bike commuting is saving me around $500 per year this way. If I biked every day, instead of most, it would be even more.
Sounds like a scam... I'd read the fine print on your warranty... I bet it says otherwise, just like the one on my new-ish prius. The dealership would have us believe that we need to do the same kind of $500 regular maintenance. My wife came home with their story. We read the warranty and saved a bunch.
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