“In addition to being too damned small, they are far too expensive for what you get. “
Many new cars have no oil or transmission dipstick. In my Jetta the dealer charged $1000 to change just 4 of the 12 liters of fluid and the filter. There was no way to check how much you needed without draining the pan and measuring the amount that came out and adding the difference by a ridiculous special pump. The car was made so as to be unserviceable by anybody but the dealer, or somebody who had invested heavily in ridiculously specialized and expensive tools. The actual maintenance cost per 100,000 miles as done by the dealer would be around $5-6 thousand dollars. A former service writer told me they were instructed not to let the customer out of there without finding at least $1000 worth of things to change. Oh, want the dealer to change your oil? Around $100. They quote $59 or so, then, without having mentioned it, they add an oil disposal fee, shop towel fee and some others and after taxes it’s $97.
Who do they think they are? BMW?
But you DID get a spare tire; right?