Car Dealerships... what a rip off!!! Options

[T/A6Pak]

I needed an oil change and there was a problem with my window. So they call me and tell me that I need new rear rotors and pads--> $530.00, then they tell me I need a new air filter that cost $20.00 and an hepi filter that is for the interior of the car---$80.00 installed.. they say they have to take out the whole dash to put it in.

I tell them just to do the oil and ask them if there is a charge for putting in the air filter, it's 2 bolts... I can do it myself. Dave gets the roters and the pads for $200.00, so I tell them to disregard doing that.

I talk to my dad and find out the hepi filter that costs $30.00 to buy is put in by removing two bolts in the glove compartment. I tell them not to do that...LMAO. I ask them if there is a charge to put the filter on, if so.. I will get it myself and do it. They tell me it's no charge.. so I say go ahead.

I go to get my car and they tell me the total and I say: Let me see the bill, notice they charged me $22.00 to change my air filter... wow, I tell the guy, take that air filter off my car and put the old one on, I'm really pissed that they are now charging me to put on an air filter that they said would cost nothing.

I tell them that they are just a bunch of rip off artists and I will find somewhere else to take my car now on!!!

So they take the charge off my bill and leave the new one on: I still paid for the part. I tell them that they just try to take advantage of people and that service like this is the same as theft!!! They charge a mechanics fee of $100.00 hr to do work at the dealership.

Warning--> Do not deal with dealerships unless it's warranty work!!!

[Bargod]

When I was in college my dad was kind enough to pay for car repairs as needed. The only problem was he was going to a BP Procare shop that replaced an alternator on my first car that caught fire a few days later. The fire department said it was too burnt to be sure, but it looked like they installed it wrong.
Yet, my dad still went to these guys.
So, used car #2 leaks oil. I'm putting in a quart every other week or so. There is a stain on the driveway to prove it. My dad has me take it in to the shop where they find nothing wrong. I tell them I know it's leaking. There is the stain and the fact I keep putting oil in. They check again and say there is no problem. A week later I'm about to leave my wife's (we were just dating) appartment at about 4am. I had to drive through some very shady areas to get home. I got a really bad feeling about it and stayed the night instead.
The next morning I drive home and at the most dangerous part of the freeway, in the most dangerous part of town, I throw a rod! Oil and engine parts are spewing out behind my Mazda 626! The idiot to my right stays even with my looking at the oil and smoke spewing from the hood of the car. I'm waving frantically for him to move so I can coast to the shoulder. Luckily I was close to an off ramp and a gas station. I used a pay phone to call my wife. She came and got me. I took what I wanted from the car, and never looked back.