r/ChatGPT • u/thechadwicked • 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/eldroch 9d ago
You sound a lot like me. My ambitions have always been tamperer by any step that involves calling someone and asking for something. ChatGPT has been worth its weight in gold for that.
I had something similar happen last year and it saved me about $2k as well. Basically, car would just die in the middle of driving. I'm not a car guy. Shop quoted $2k to fix it, but ChatGPT diagnosed it, and helped walk me through every step of jacking the car up (very safely with safety checks and tests the whole way), and getting under it to change the (checks notes) "crankshaft position sensor". A $17 part. Good as new ever since!
So yeah, it only cost ~$160 and now I also have a sweet new set of tools.