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PCIntern

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2. I know exactly how this went:

Reply to dalton99a (Original post)

Mon May 25, 2026, 10:17 AM

Monday

The design engineers were all sitting around a table, and one of them said that the only thing a consumer could do on a car was change its oil. Someone else piped up and said what can we do to fix that?

Somebody said that we will make it very, very difficult to access the mechanism and a requirement that it be put up on blocks or a lift. That should discourage most people from doing their own oil changes. Of course, while they are at the dealership getting their oil changed, the technician will find 17 other things wrong with the car which need to be remedied immediately.

And, as an aside, did you ever notice that repairs to cars are in multiples of $600? It is uncanny.

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'It Takes Me To A YouTube Video': Man Changes Oil In Toyota Tundra. Then He Has To Scan QR Code To Access Oil Filter [View all] dalton99a Monday OP

It's easy to change the oil in my '21 Cherokee Mysterian Monday #1

I know exactly how this went: PCIntern Monday #2

+1. It is 'engineering' for dealership profit protection dalton99a Monday #3

It's funny... PCIntern Monday #4

+1. You can't check the transmission fluid anymore in some cars dalton99a Monday #5

Interesting. Thanks! PCIntern Monday #6

especially in CVT's. nt miyazaki Monday #8

Yep. CVTs actually need more attention than traditional transmissions dalton99a Monday #9

Apropos, there's a "Mythbusters"... keep_left Monday #12

I have a 2014 Ford Escape that I love except... Phoenix61 Monday #7

It is poor design to put a battery way in the back dalton99a Monday #11

I was a part time shuttle driver at a dealership. I saw a few customers crying when they get the bill. Swede Monday #10

Didn't seem particularly difficult hardluck Monday #13

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