I had to make a call to a car dealership last night after the service guy had told my fiance it was going to cost her over $500 for a mandatory 30,000 mile routine maintenance check-up to keep her car under warranty. This seemed completely ridiculous to me, as I know they just look under the hood, change the oil, and rotate the tires. Well, the service guys she talked to had left for the evening, so this poor girl at the dealership had to hear my rant about it.
Anyway, I told her that unless they are going to make sweet sweet love to the car, there is no way it should cost that much, so please tell me what exactly I would be getting for my $500+. She clearly had no idea what to say, so she put me on hold for a minute and then came back, slowly reading through a list she looked up, "Well, uh... they will check the spark plugs and the battery, and uh... change the oil... and, uh.. well, it's a pretty, uh, exorbitant inspection."
I had to laugh at this, and then I say, "Yes, I agree with you completely. It sounds very exorbitant to charge over $500 for what I must have done for state inspections that cost only $40 anyway. I think the word you were looking for was comprehensive, but ironically you hit the nail right on the head."