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OO - Yes, that would be a nice gesture. Also, consider making friends with your dealer's service techs... they can help in ways you wouldn't believe when you need that $400 OEM part that can't be gotten anywhere but the dealer.

Example - Friend needed an ECU for his '94 NSX (Honda, not Acura) (Yes, there is a difference). Dealer part, end of story. Talk to dealer, $1600, and it's not even warrantied, shipped from Japan. (That's the difference.). Also, used.

Talk to another dealer that I buy parts from when they're cheaper or better quality, I can get the same ECU, again, used, from someone they know that just put an aftermarket tuning system in his car and didn't keep the OEM part... $300. (The cost of the tuning ECU he used.).

Lesson - Dealers will mark up anything they can get away with, especially when they know you can't get it anywhere else. Make friends w/the dealer, they'll cut you alot of breaks. That dealer I know could have (and by all rights, should have) charged us $1600 for that ECU. They didn't. Because I know them, and they know me.

Second Example - Back when there was still a huge craze going on with DSM products and the "crank walk" issue, a guy who always went to his local dealer for services bought a used Eclipse, outside of factory warranty, and it was suffering from the same issues. Dealer recommended long-block replacement, and he got a turbo engine in place of his standard 4G63, except the dealer didn't install the turbo. The whole job was covered under warranty, because they knew the guy. That would have made the car a total loss had it been work that was paid out of pocket. And he got to keep the Turbo, since it was the same one for his other car. (Also an Eclipse, always dealer serviced from day one, but GS-T model.)

See how you can benefit from this type of relationship? We all like to think that it'll never happen, but it could.