Comments by "Aaron Britt" (@aaronbritt2025) on "The Car Care Nut" channel.

  1. Dealers in Vegas are now charging $200/hr and up. That's an increase of $50 to $75/hr from 2019. I used to work at a Nissan dealer in Vegas and still know a few people there. The techs haven't received any across the board rises, only merit raises that they would have received anyways. So, where's that extra labor money going? Also dealers in Vegas charge customers MSRP + 20% for anyone walking in the door. If you press them, they'll drop the price to MSRP. There was a Nissan dealer here in Vegas that regularly put out 20% off coupons. So, they raise the price 20%, then give you a 20% coupon. Nice of them, right? Also, if you get an oil change at a dealer, the service department buys the parts from the parts department at full retail, then marks them up and sells them to you. All of the departments at a dealership act like separate, independent businesses. Also, at the dealership I was at, when I went to parts to get my parts for an oil change, they'd give me a filter and 4 quarts of non-synthetic Nissan oil. Most of the Nissans call for 5 quarts. I was told to use 4 quarts and then top off with bulk oil from the hose. The Nissan Maxima's at the time were supposed to use Ester Oil. That's the factory fill. Parts had Ester Oil, but they wouldn't give it to us, even though the RO said "Ester Oil" on it. I left the dealership after 4 years. Started my own shop.
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  2. @10:00... Fuel smell is common in all direct injection engines. DI is great for emissions, but horrible for longevity. The oil gets full of fuel and the intake valves get carboned up. @21:30... Not ALL makes. I'm a Nisan Master Tech. Nissan oil level must be checked after the car has been sitting for 30 minutes. This is from Nissan. This came about due to the way the dipstick is in the VQ series of engines. @22:30... That's cool. Nissan's don't have that feature. It's cool that Toyota thought to program a "service position" into the BCM. @27:00... Been working on cars for 35 years. I'm actually diagnosed with a "bad back". Been told I may need surgery soon. It's bad enough that I won't work on a car without a lift. I'm 6' 3" and need to raise a car up a foot or so just so I don't have to bend over the engine. @31:30... That stuff should be caught during PDI. The problem is that many dealers now have non-techs doing PDI's. Lot porters, lube techs, etc... People that don't have the knowledge or skill to fix these issues, but that the dealership pay 1/2 what they pay their techs. This means the dealer pockets more of that PDI money.
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