EXACTLY how many jobs were lost when Obama/GM shut down dealerships all over the country?
Many were in rural areas, making it harder for people to get maintenance & other dealer items done timely.
The new GM cars are built with SEALED dipsticks for Oil & Transmission fluids. I never heard of anything so stupid. I live in N Nevada-—in a state- along with many other Western states where everything is miles apart. If something doesn’t sound right, and you try to check the transmission or oil, it VOIDS YOUR WARRANTY !!!!
Neighbor bought a new GM vehicle maybe 3 years ago. When I would hear him driving past my gate, the sound of his car just wasn’t right. I finally caught him & told him about it. He drove into my gate & I told him to open the hood & I would check his transmission fluid.
He was half-panicked. OH NO!! IF that seal is broken, The Warranty is voided!!!! What the Hell? Nothing here is less than 25t + miles or more apart.
I told him to drive directly to the dealer-—right then & see what was making the trans sound like it was having trouble shifting....
A week later, he drove in & thanked me.
Apparently, to ‘save weight’ in transport from the factory, there is MINIMAL fluid in the radiator—trans fluid—engine oil & even rear end fluid.
It is up to the dealer to top off everything before the car is sold & given to the customer.
His car had NOT been topped off. He got them to ‘extend his warranty’, but I told him he needed to get it in writing-—for the life of the car.
Meanwhile-—neither he or I could check the dipstick !!!
I have a 1976 Chevy 1 ton dually truck & a 1979 Buick station wagon. Truck has 348,000 miles on the chassis & Buick has 24,000 miles. Owned truck 32 + years-—Buick 37 + years.
I can check & refill fluids as I wish.
On this ‘warranty policy ‘ alone, I will NOT buy a new vehicle.
This is why I’m driving a 2016 Scion iM (neé Toyota Corolla iM hatchback). I can easily check all the fluids and unlike most everyone else, Toyota still sells quite a lot of sedans and hatchbacks. Indeed, the upcoming 2020 Corolla sedan (coming in March 2019) will be a hot seller, most because there’s almost no competition!