Back from the dealership with my 2011 model III

OEM tires rarely have great tread life. In fact, that's the first thing car manufacturers sacrifice for other attributes such as ride comfort, etc. when they mass order a particular tire for a vehicle. They're usually junk for the customers as a result.

Regardless of where you get the trans fluid replaced, use the Toyota stuff and don't let the Chevrolet people put in just any fluid.

 

yeah I'd call around to other Toyota dealers too

 

Sounds like a typical trip to the stealership.

 

$125 is a fairly reasonable price, what made you get so worked up?

The dealer was probably not familiar with the cost of the fluid change since few Gen IIIs have had it done at this point.

 

I am proud of 'my' service department for just such behavior, They come out and say 'we are supposed to change air filters every 30,000 miles but yours look new, we will check agian in 5,000 miles.' and the service writer said 'you do not need a transaxle fluid change yet' and I said 'but I want one.' Later the mechanic came out and said ' she has me doing a tranaxle fluid change but none is scheduled.' and I said 'I asked for it.' (mine was $109 on a Gen 2) The mechanic DID come back out and say it WAS dirty.

You may wish to be happy that your service department is concerned about unneeded repairs, even though in this limited example, they are wrong about it being unneeded.

 

The type of car you purchase and the trim level have a lot to do with the OE tires installed -- If you buy a basic sedan from any make they are trying to hit a certain price point and often the tires are made for the certain OE market.


Most people don't even do the maintenance that is recommended -- let alone do extra and have the oil analyzed.

I worked with someone once who leased his vehicles -- and he never even changed the oil -- just added it ....... I only found this out because someone else in the office bought the very same vehicle from the dealers CPO lot !

 

Wow. Glad I ruled out CPO and went with a new.

 

After researching replacement tires for my 2007 Touring Prius, I ordered Bridgestone ECOPIA tires. The ECOPIA are low-rolling-resistantce tires designed for hybrid and electric cars. We noticed an immediate 3 to 4 MPG increase in fuel economy, even before the moulding tits were worn off the new tires. As some highway speeds there's a little 'singing' road sound depending on the type of pavement. Now have about 4,000 miles and they look as new.