Can I get my car serviced at a 4S shop on Sunday?
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You can also get your car serviced at a 4S shop on Sunday. Advantages: The parts at 4S shops generally have official codes, genuine part models, and authentic oil specifications. Therefore, when you repair or service your car at a 4S shop, the replaced parts and oil are unlikely to be counterfeit or of poor quality (with very rare exceptions). This ensures that your car receives genuine OEM parts, giving you peace of mind. (Note: OEM parts here do not refer to the original assembly parts but rather to genuine factory or OEM replacement parts.) Disadvantages: There are also drawbacks to servicing at a 4S shop. Due to profit-driven evaluations, 4S shops in the domestic market have developed a distorted business model—they replace parts rather than repair them when they break. That’s right, if a car part fails, the 4S shop’s primary consideration is to replace it with a new one, leading to exorbitant maintenance costs for car owners. Even repairable parts are often replaced under this "replacement model" to maximize profits. As a result, even with OEM replacements, the precision of car parts may not match that of original factory parts. This is why some top luxury cars follow the repair principle: "Repair if possible, replace only if necessary, and opt for used parts over OEM replacements." Servicing at an ordinary repair shop outside 4S shops is cheaper, with lower labor costs, making it a choice for some car owners. Essentially, ordinary repair shops don’t bear the high rental and labor costs of 4S shops, so their routine maintenance fees are understandably low. However, many underhanded practices exist in outside repair shops, requiring car owners to be discerning—otherwise, they could suffer significant losses.
