Or one could do what I did, which was to do lots of research and find an excellent Tech at a superb dealership, who changes my oil himself (no underling) for $79.95, with my then keeping the $920.05 for my next Corvette.

I understand rmorin1249, for I had to learn the hard way. First, I chose the closest Chevy dealer to me. That was a disaster on my brand new Corvette. In doing a simple oil/filter change, they scratched the fender, left oil residence on the valve cover, some more on the driver’s door handle, and even some on the rear fender. At least when I brought him back to the car to show him those things, the SA acknowledged that all those things were done by his service department.

Next I chose to drive by the closest dealer to the second one from me, and while not a disaster, not a success either. So then I did extensive research starting with attending local car events, and going up to every Corvette owner there, and asking them to please tell me where they had their Corvette serviced.

Now, as a consequence, I drive by two Chevy dealerships closest to me, go 38 miles each way, but now have total piece of mind. Never been disappointed.

We do not go to the closest restaurant, nor to the closest dentist, yet amazingly how many Corvette owners make one of two typical mistakes in choosing their service department:

1) Assume that they need to the dealership where they bought their car (often a major mistake);
2) Get lazy and by default, take it to their closest dealership.

It is nice to have an option of multiple dealers to choose from. Our dealer here is a Chevy- Buick-GMC-Cadillac-Chrysler-Dodge-Ram-Jeep dealer. So the tech that repairs Jeeps also services Corvettes. If I drive east or west one hour I can get to another multi line Chevy dealer. Then it is a three hour drive from home to the next closest Chevy dealer.

So much depends upon where you live.