Help Internet People!
My car is being serviced and they've just called me up to offer me two extra things 1) an Air Con clean out to prevent bugs building up in the system, and 2) a Fuel Injector clean up by putting something in the fuel tank to clean out the inside of the engine. They are £30 each.

Is this a massive con or should I go ahead with it?
(Bazongaloid, Wed 18 May 2011, 12:07, 6 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

it's £60
that is not a "massive" con, nobody would bother ripping you off for spare change. just do it!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 18 May 2011, 12:09, Reply)

However, this advice comes from someone who thinks that £10 for a take-away salad isn't a rip-off.
Sorry Swipey!
(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Wed 18 May 2011, 12:10, Reply)

if it was as tasty as those long-lost delicious salads
it was cheap at twice the price. sigh.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 18 May 2011, 12:12, Reply)

The service alone is already costing £200
so it's a 33% increase in the cost.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 18 May 2011, 12:12, Reply)

Don't do it

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 18 May 2011, 12:10, Reply)

That was my initial reaction
I can't imagine that in one year of existance my air con system has developed legionella, and the fuel injector stuff is just them putting things in the fuel tank.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 18 May 2011, 12:11, Reply)

you could probably buy the fuel stuff for a tenner and pour it in yourself
the aircon thing sounds lik bollocks, unless it is failing to pump out cold air. Tell them to fuck the fuck off
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 18 May 2011, 12:12, Reply)

or to come the fuck in

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Wed 18 May 2011, 12:14, Reply)

don't bother with either
although an aircon clean is less robbery than the fuel injector bullshit. Unless they are just chucking air freshener in the vents.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 18 May 2011, 12:20, Reply)

Thanks, I didn't bother.

(Bazongaloid, Wed 18 May 2011, 12:24, Reply)

sounds like a con to me

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 18 May 2011, 12:10, Reply)

It's a con, neither BMW or Mercedes have every offered this to me on service day
They're after pub money and a laugh at your expense
( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Wed 18 May 2011, 12:13, Reply)

I thought this might be the case.

(Bazongaloid, Wed 18 May 2011, 12:13, Reply)

£60? pub money?
that's only one round!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 18 May 2011, 12:16, Reply)

They're off down the local shit boozer, not Gordons Wine Bar

( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Wed 18 May 2011, 12:18, Reply)

oh god i love gordons
outdoor seat, lots of booze, massive plate of awesome cheese...

we should all go RIGHT NOW.

al's getting the first round, he's just saved £60.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 18 May 2011, 12:20, Reply)

That's not really going to help my health conscious period of sobriety is it

( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Wed 18 May 2011, 12:22, Reply)

what, cheese, alcohol and the company of internet weirdos?

( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 18 May 2011, 12:33, Reply)

Sad to say but yes, it's origami or bust at the moment

( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Wed 18 May 2011, 12:38, Reply)

so your choice is essentially paper or breasts?
not much of a choice, surely. and i'm not even a licker.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 18 May 2011, 12:40, Reply)

I'm currently constructing my own series of resin based classical busts in conjunction with my new found love of origami, life just doesn't get better

( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Wed 18 May 2011, 12:45, Reply)

maybe.....
........ i still think it could be improved with lashings of booze and red-hot rampant sex, myself.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 18 May 2011, 12:47, Reply)

www.b3ta.com/questions/offtopic/post1206922
( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Wed 18 May 2011, 12:53, Reply)

i can see how lashings of booze might not help
but what's wrong with lots of rampant sex? what better way do you have to keep fit??
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 18 May 2011, 12:56, Reply)

Origami

( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Wed 18 May 2011, 13:06, Reply)

blimey
that must be some energetic, hot, sweaty, thrusting folding technique you have there.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 18 May 2011, 13:08, Reply)

Still, nice to be able to focus all your 'chi' into aggressive masturbation for a while, eh?

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 18 May 2011, 12:41, Reply)

Ah, but what an outlet

( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Wed 18 May 2011, 12:43, Reply)

i hope your neighbours have umbrellas

( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 18 May 2011, 12:48, Reply)

I popped in there for a sherry recently, it's great.

This is a very gay post.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 18 May 2011, 12:36, Reply)

grandfather-ish, rather than gay, i would say!

( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 18 May 2011, 12:41, Reply)

I'm a sucker for an Old Oloroso.


And so the gayness continues.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 18 May 2011, 12:41, Reply)

darth?
monty wants to ask you out, but is too shy to do it himself...
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 18 May 2011, 12:45, Reply)

aircon does need sorting
Mine is shite as I was too tight to pay
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 18 May 2011, 12:14, Reply)

That's recharging though, not spraying dettol into the air vents.

(Bazongaloid, Wed 18 May 2011, 12:16, Reply)

Ahh, OK
Fuck them off
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 18 May 2011, 12:19, Reply)

Thank you internet contributors
I phoned them up and said "Martin? Martin, you listen here and you listen good. If you think for one second I'm stupid enough to fall for your stupid con tricks about my motor, you've got another damned thing coming. I ain't putting up with that shit Martin, I just ain't gonna do it." and then I slammed down the phone.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 18 May 2011, 12:19, Reply)

You will need to get your aircon cleaned out now
as Martin will have shit in it
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 18 May 2011, 12:23, Reply)

Darth has been crying for the last hour because of this.

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 18 May 2011, 13:19, Reply)