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Originally Posted by MrSelfDestruct
Seafoam is your friend. There are a few threads in Motors about it. Just otu of curiosity, what chain did the service? Most will run it so that no smoke appears that could scare the customer (there's absolutely no way to convince someone who knows nothign about cars that the cloud of white smoke is a good thing, and actually better than no smoke at all.)
If your transmission is slipping, you're fucked, anyway. You should have had the preventative maintenence done so it didn't get that way. You also have waaaaay too much faith in people if you think that the average driver will notice a gradually appearing mechanical problem.
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That's kind of my point, that people SHOULD notice gradual changes in their cars.
Example: My car was making a HORRID noise over a year ago. (Horrid to me at least) I knew where it was coming from(right front and a second noise in the rear) and could describe it to a tee. At first, spouse would roll his eyes. The noise continued to get worse, I complained, he put me off. Finally, he 'looked' under the car, announced I needed new struts and center control arm bushings. He was wrong. Struts were fine. What wasn't fine, that he thought I was crazy about, was the passenger side control arm, front stabilizers, center control arm bushings, rear linkage, total cost $1200.
We become complacent and think cars are indestructible and that mechanics 'know' everything. That's how these rip-off artists manage to stay in business-they're banking on the ignorance of so many.
The fact is, I DON'T have much faith in anyone but myself about my car and everyone should think the same way to prevent the very ripoffs this thread is highlighting.