So I know I should be all positive on here but today I need to vent. I have decided that my biggest pet peeve and absolute least favorite thing to do is taking my car in for an oil change.
I hate how every time I go in for a simple oil change they tell me there are about ten other things I need done. And the worst part is...I'm always sitting there wondering which ones really need to be done and which ones they are just listing to do extra work for more money.
I have known since before I was sixteen that many mechanics try pulling stuff on women because we typically do not know as much about cars and will fall for it. So I have always been the type that says "let me think about it" or "I have a guy that I usually go to.... I'll just take it to him". My family used to have a guy that we trusted and that worked on our cars on bigger things than oil changes. Until we realized that our cars were being worked on almost every other month because something kept going wrong. Yeah...he was screwing us over. So now I'm even more skeptical about everything a mechanic tells me.
I just wish there was a way for me to really know. Or better yet... if I could find a mechanic who was honest and not trying to screw me over. I know things go wrong with cars and that some stuff can't wait...it needs to be fixed. I just wish I wasn't being conned every time I walked in to a place.
And that's exactly why Dylan won't let anyone touch the oil but him! I'm begging him to teach me how to change it because at some point I'm going to need to know how. Crazy right?
ReplyDeletehahaha, Rebekah, I CANNOT picture you changing oil!! :)
ReplyDeleteI also hate getting my oil changed. Mostly I just don't like having to sit and wait...the place we go has a VERY cold waiting area. And getting gas; I hate that too. I HATE having to touch the pump...just think of all the yucky hands that might have touched it!! Ick!