Taking my business elsewhere!
I recently switched one of our cars from getting oil changes at "Jiffy Lube" to "Oil Can Henry's" - the final straw was when I overheard the snotty lady who was managing the Jiffy Lube making a snarky comment about the dead bees in the back window (So I leave the windows rolled down. So sue me.)
The new Oil Can Henry store in Smokey Point is run much more efficiently, although I don't care for the fact that there is no waiting room- They give you a free USA Today and you are trapped in your car for the whole procedure, of course it's the same as all oil change places, they will "recommend" various dubious procedures and manufacturer recommended changes of this and that, My Ford Exploder has almost 300 thousand miles on it, It's like a cut-rate aquarium under there (My seals are old and brittle) huh? nevermind...
One thing I like about Oil Can Henry's is their costumes, I guess supposed to evoke the early days of automobiles, but it seems vaguely Cockney British to me... I expect them to say something like " 'ow about we 'ave a go at a new air filter under the bonnet, guv? Else the road dust could get in 'er, a nasty bit o' business to be sure!"
This would be a pleasant change from my last Jiffy Lube trip - "Dude! Your air filter is like, totally thrashed!" (I bought one at Schucks, bad enough I let them install a stupid brake light bulb, it's just that it seems we have more cops than crooks, so honest citizens must walk the line)
The new Oil Can Henry store in Smokey Point is run much more efficiently, although I don't care for the fact that there is no waiting room- They give you a free USA Today and you are trapped in your car for the whole procedure, of course it's the same as all oil change places, they will "recommend" various dubious procedures and manufacturer recommended changes of this and that, My Ford Exploder has almost 300 thousand miles on it, It's like a cut-rate aquarium under there (My seals are old and brittle) huh? nevermind...
One thing I like about Oil Can Henry's is their costumes, I guess supposed to evoke the early days of automobiles, but it seems vaguely Cockney British to me... I expect them to say something like " 'ow about we 'ave a go at a new air filter under the bonnet, guv? Else the road dust could get in 'er, a nasty bit o' business to be sure!"
This would be a pleasant change from my last Jiffy Lube trip - "Dude! Your air filter is like, totally thrashed!" (I bought one at Schucks, bad enough I let them install a stupid brake light bulb, it's just that it seems we have more cops than crooks, so honest citizens must walk the line)
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