[suaveflooder]

Originally Posted by nalc

Yeah, I'm at least not paying anything for it, as apparently my dealership gives it out free with every car they sell (which means they obviously think they are making a profit off of the extra service, to compensate for the warranty company). If we're really talking about close to $100 for an oil change, that's pretty steep. I guess I'll have to see exactly how much it is, and see if they're using high quality oil and the correct filter.

They played it off as being nice to their customers, but really it seems like a trick to scare me into getting all my oil changes and maintenance done there, and getting it done at a shorter interval than SoA recommends. There's some unnerving wording in it too, about it specifically covering the block, pistons, crankshaft, camshaft, connecting rods, etc. and not extending to wear items or anything not explicitly listed, so I'm not even sure if the DI ring would be covered, and there's more wording about it not covering the components it does cover if the failure was caused by a problem with a non-covered component (i.e. if a headgasket blew and it messed up a piston, they wouldn't cover it). Seems shady. Thanks for the input. I'm going to do my first oil change there anyway just to see if they treat me well, give me a fair price, and use the right parts, but I'll probably just walk away from the warranty if they jerk me around or rip me off. I usually don't change my own oil but it seems real easy with the FA20 oil filter placement.

Good call! Keep an eye and find out how they benifit. The factory asks for a 7500 mile oil change. Excess won't hurt, but it will hit your pocket book. There really isn't any reason that they should ask you to do it more often than the factory recommended interval, especially at a dealership. I would be interested to see where in the aftermarket warranty it said it has to be more often, or if it was just something they dealer added on.

Very odd, keep us updated. I would be interested to see how this all works out.