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Limiting the RPM's would be fantastic. The ability for the Cobb device to monitor attributes like RPM & Speed is AWESOME. Is there a likelihood the service personnel would disconnect the Cobb device during the service period?

370zdub - working up a relationship with a service technician--that's a great idea. A few months from now, the situation could be much more reliable. It'd be a struggle for me in the beginning to trust any unknowns...

I'm considering a GPS/GSM gadget, for location, speed & unexpected travel, but that's reactive. Would prefer to keep the key fob altogether.

Man, I would love to change the oil myself. And have downloaded the service manual, (and props to the guy(s) that took the time to download, collect & share same). Just as you described, oil is doable, and there's a buddy to help me with the brakes. Is saving your receipts for materials sufficient support to maintain warranty, as others have indicated?

My current residence makes self-service unlikely, might have to impose on a friend. Which brings up something I've wondered about for ages--where can we go to rent garage space (either with ramps, or maybe a lift, etc.). A kind of do-it-yourselfer's motel 6?

Thinking of ways to hurt them...slowly

Lug & Pharmacist, you guys are my new heroes.

kenchan

that is usually the case. some dealers are arseholes to begin with so not sure if all will be as accepting as others.

azn370z

Some dealers have a window you can look through to watch your car being serviced. There's not a whole lot you can do about them joy riding it. Do the walk around with the tech before and after and take notice of miles on odo.

You really don't need to have anything serviced before 50k miles unless you track your car. The oil needs to be changed regularly though.

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Tyrell Tyson

If you are crazy obsessive like me you can do the following things i have done with my Porsche Boxster

1. Get to know your mechanic (this takes time buy while this is happening)

2. Write down your exact miles/kms on your car soon as you drop it in

2.Wait at the dealer the entire time they are doing the service (which leads to)

3. Ask them to ride along for the test drive after finishing the service

4. If you can't be there due to work commitments etc and don't trust your mechanic you can always bring the car in for service with barely any fuel left and make a point of telling them "ops didnt have time to fill the car up" They will usually just take it around the block once and will minimise the crazy long joy rides i have seen happen so many times

-Ty

280z/300zx

Limiting the RPM's would be fantastic. The ability for the Cobb device to monitor attributes like RPM & Speed is AWESOME. Is there a likelihood the service personnel would disconnect the Cobb device during the service period?

Once the cobb is downloaded they wouldn't be able to turn it off as they would need the actual cobb tuner (which would be at your house) to do so. Go to cobbtuning.com to read about how it works

I'm considering a GPS/GSM gadget, for location, speed & unexpected travel, but that's reactive. Would prefer to keep the key fob altogether.

So why not do that? They don't need the fob once the car is running to move it. In theory if you left the car running they could then take the car to the service bay to do the work. Once they shut it off there will be no starting the car again until the fob is back in the car. In theory they wouldn't need the key from you until the work is done at which point the time from when you handed them your key to the time they pulled your car up would be minimal ensuring very little time for them to joy ride. Just a thought. Then again there might be cases in which multiple start ups or test drives may need to be done to ensure no leaks and such.