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dembotoz

(16,783 posts)
9. mixed feelings
Mon Jun 25, 2012, 10:12 AM
Jun 2012

as they have cut funding for the program year after year it has become harder to get the vehicle in for testing.
There is no facility in ozaukee county and i have to go to west bend.
my mothers friend recently had hers tested and they spent a wacky 1/2 a day trying to find the place (a 3 hour tour, a 3 hour tour).

so opening it up to many more locations is good.
question is --can you trust the locations.....

i do have a mechanic that i trust and a fall back or 2 i could use....
but i also know that the local Midas shop which does oil changes--loves to push for new serpentine belts--they are always cracked and glassy and a quick add on to make the cheap oil change more profitable.

was in advertising (coupons) for a number of years and the cheap oil change purpose is not to be a customer friendly event--it is to give the garage the chance to look under the hood and give the customer a shopping list.
an oil change with no add ons is a fail

fear this could be the same.

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