BIG BROTHER ???????

Maybe it's a lucky guess. I had my 5,000 oil change done at a dealer (not the one I bought it from) and they recently made an appointment for the 10,000 and called me to confirm it. I was just over 9,000 so I told them I'd call when I was ready.

 

Spyware, andy.

 

That is interesting. Where do you take it for oil changes? Maybe somehow the info got back to the dealer?

Or it could simply be a good guess.

 

Its's OK the nice nurse has a "little" shot for you and it will be all better. Do you want to try on this nice white coat?

 

Yeah, I got the service reminder stating that my Prius recently hit 4300 miles and the 5000 mile service would be due soon. I think I had 4380 on it at the time. I'm suspecting it's just a lucky guess based on a region's average miles driven per year.

I've heard the big brother feature exists on some cars, and I know the Prius has a type of "black box" in the event of a crash... but I doubt they bothered to install a talkback device and 1) not tell us and 2) not charge us $$$ for it.

 

Yea, I'd get those all the time for my Honda's I had.
They'd say "Your 20,000 mile checkup is coming up!" while I had 60k miles on it at that point.
grin.

It's all just structural guessing.

 

GM Goodwrench sent me a reminder for my Pontiac Sunfire. Their computer estimates how many miles you drive by the frequency of your services at the dealership.