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Author: boris
Date: May 16, 2008 16:54

Hi,

I have a question.
Car: 2001 Forester. ~82K miles, 90 monthts since I bought the car.
Dealer wants 90K service done just now. Should I go ahead with it, or wait
till the car has 90K miles on it?

Boris
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Re: 90K service         


Author: bigjimpack
Date: May 16, 2008 18:33

It's up to you

On May 16, 7:54 pm, "boris" nospam.net> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a question.
> Car: 2001 Forester. ~82K miles, 90 monthts since I bought the car.
> Dealer wants 90K service done just now. Should I go ahead with it, or wait
> till the car has 90K miles on it?
>
> Boris
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Re: 90K service         


Author: Todd H.
Date: May 16, 2008 22:21

"boris" nospam.net> writes:
> Hi,
>
> I have a question.
> Car: 2001 Forester. ~82K miles, 90 monthts since I bought the car.
> Dealer wants 90K service done just now. Should I go ahead with it, or
> wait till the car has 90K miles on it?

Why specifically does the dealer want it done just now?

And what specific portion of the 90k service has them so eager to do
it?

Or do they just want money because it's a slow week at the shop and
the economy is sucking the big one?

--
Todd H.
2001 Legacy Outback Wagon, 2.5L H-4
Chicago, Illinois USA
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Re: 90K service         


Author: boris
Date: May 16, 2008 23:48

"Todd H." toddh.net> wrote in message
news:84prrlec1m@news.giganews.com...
> "boris" nospam.net> writes:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have a question.
>> Car: 2001 Forester. ~82K miles, 90 monthts since I bought the car.
>> Dealer wants 90K service done just now. Should I go ahead with it, or
>> wait till the car has 90K miles on it?
>
> Why specifically does the dealer want it done just now?
The manual it says: 90 months or 90K miles service (whichever comes first).

So *officially* they are right.

But I'm wondering if it's really required just now. When I started servicing
the car at that dealership some years ago, they wouldn't pay much attention
to the age of the car - but they would only pay attention to mileage of the
car. But for last couple years, they started reminding me of service due
based on age of the car.
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Re: 90K service         


Author: Frank
Date: May 18, 2008 04:30

On May 16, 7:54 pm, "boris" nospam.net> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a question.
> Car: 2001 Forester. ~82K miles, 90 monthts since I bought the car.
> Dealer wants 90K service done just now. Should I go ahead with it, or wait
> till the car has 90K miles on it?
>
> Boris

I'd hold off and do it at 90k. Also, after getting burned on a 30k
service where dealer did extra things that Subaru did not require, I
would pick out the Subaru recommended items and tell dealer to only do
them and no extras.
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Re: 90K service         


Author: John Varela
Date: May 18, 2008 11:06

On Sun, 18 May 2008 07:30:35 -0400, Frank wrote
(in article
<2f521068-c98e-4111-8c0f-1cac3a60bc2a@k13g2000hse.googlegroups.com>):
> On May 16, 7:54 pm, "boris" nospam.net> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have a question.
>> Car: 2001 Forester. ~82K miles, 90 monthts since I bought the car.
>> Dealer wants 90K service done just now. Should I go ahead with it, or wait
>> till the car has 90K miles on it?
>>
>> Boris
>
> I'd hold off and do it at 90k. Also, after getting burned on a 30k
> service where dealer did extra things that Subaru did not require, I
> would pick out the Subaru recommended items and tell dealer to only do
> them and no extras.
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