@Tarantado wrote:
@parkcitybrian wrote:
I drive new Mini Cooper which requires premium gas. All the MF red & white gas shops require a purchase of at least 2 gallons of gas + in store purchase for a reimbursement of a maximum of $5.00 and the job fee was $9.00. So, today I drove 4 miles to do the shop. Since I live in a popular touristy mountain town everything is more costly. My gas purchase of 2 gallons @ $3.45 per gallon = $6.70. My in store purchase (the absolute cheapest item I could find = $.26 making a total outlay of $6.96 (gas + in store purchase). Since I will only be reimbursed by MF for $5.00 I wind up negative $1.96. Bottom line: $9.00 shop fee less $1.96 = $7.04.
Hmmm...me thinks that I should have bought a different car or...don't do MF gas shops. The car is too much of a total blast to drive therefore the second option is the one that I'm sticking with.
$1.96 less fee, but 2 gallons of gas, where $5 of it was reimbursed. Assuming this is just the mystery shop variation of the shop, not the one that includes a photo audit, I'd say those gas station shops are worth it, depending on how you fit them into your route and schedule.
@parkcitybrian wrote:
I drive new Mini Cooper which requires premium gas.
@bgriffin wrote:
@parkcitybrian wrote:
I drive new Mini Cooper which requires premium gas.
Mine only requires mid-grade.
@bgriffin wrote:
I think mine says the same. Here 91 is midgrade in *most* places and premium is 93.
@TerryJane wrote:
so true I also wonder about the fact that when a shop is first posted for work it is at $15.00 then when the date draws near and they cannot get anyone then they up it to $25.00 To me they would not have so much trouble if they raised their rates. We have to spend time studying for the shop drive to do the shop and then drive home and then spend more time filling in the forms. I am wondering if the $15.00 is worth it.