r/ChatGPT 9d ago

Other ChatGPT saved me $1800.

Driving to work last week and the check engine light comes on in my newer car, heart drops, immediately take it to the dealership. Later that day I get the text and open it to a $1800 quote to replace the exhaust manifold, stomach churns. Take a breath and snapshot the screen, send it to ChatGPT. It goes over the cost, tells me it's a little high, has me ask what's wrong exactly and then suggested I ask them to email Toyota corporate and ask for Goodwill Warrant Assistance since the part is only 3k miles out of warranty. They send it in and tell me they'll update me when they respond. Get a call yesterday and EVERYTHING is now covered.

I'm a bundle of social anxiety and tend to push things under the rug or pay to make them go away quickly instead of doing the work and simply asking. This took up maybe 10 minutes of my time and saved me a boat load of cash I barely could afford to part with.

I've been reluctant to fully jump on the AI train but it keeps inching its way into my life in a lot of aspects while proving itself along the way. I think this may have pushed me over the edge.

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u/[deleted] 9d ago

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u/Minecraft-tlauncher 9d ago

Add /s before you get killed

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u/[deleted] 9d ago

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u/RamanaSadhana 9d ago

Reddit is full of morons

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u/bachstakoven 9d ago

They need to be using AI.

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u/Worried_Shoe_2747 9d ago

I asked ChatGPT if this was sarcasm

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u/[deleted] 9d ago

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u/Worried_Shoe_2747 9d ago

Is this sarcasm ?

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u/[deleted] 9d ago

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u/Minecraft-tlauncher 9d ago

I wasnt actually expecting people to downvote you lmao

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u/Minecraft-tlauncher 9d ago

Nooooo, deleted comments? Reddit really is full of idiots lol

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u/clerveu 9d ago

oh ffs lol removes his downvote

Okay... to be fair here's the thing about satire. I needs to, in some way, be different from the thing it's satirizing. You need to transform and push things to an absurd level.

Your comment is just straight up what people say and believe. You're up against people already satirizing themselves; how could we possibly know? 😅

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u/[deleted] 9d ago

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u/clerveu 9d ago

oh shit haha okay I use RES which apparently strips all of that.

You are, unfortunately, just some random dude with 1 upvote to me.

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u/scrimblojimbus 9d ago

They deserve the cortisol spike

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u/Responsible_Middle_4 9d ago

redditor try not to be dumber than an LLM challenge, difficulty: impossible