Random Thoughts

[CCoburn]

Well, I for one am unapologetically inclined to inquire under a conspiracy theory premise... so in regards to your last comment "being voted down" I can say that it was highly likely that any collection of information accumulated by experience and observation would operate against the "prime directive," namely "profit."

Well it was voted down again and hopefully they'll leave it alone this time so I won't have to worry about being criminalized for taking the 'greenless' route less traveled.

Aside from maximizing the dealership profits they might also think that the general public is too incompetent to perform scheduled maintenance on a vehicle whereby this might result in road hazards or other potential problems created by inferior workmanship.

The latter of the above is partially derived from the fact that on some vehicles they took our transmission dipsticks away from us rendering a closed system maybe because they felt that the average user was unable to competently check/adjust fluid levels thus possibly damaging the transmission so this particular maintenance would be best left to the dealership.

In summary it's probably a little of this and a little of that, but ironically I believe the work that I myself perform may likely be an improvement over that obtained from the 'stealership' since I am under the impression that often times an individual will care less about something if it is not theirs.