My nephew is shop manager and part owner of a foreign car repair shop. He says his cost for a standard oil change is @$45.00. The $18 oil change special at the local quick lube shop sure isn't how they make their money. "That transmission fluid is really dirty/burnt. See the color .. you really need to change the transmission fluid and give it a flush". I was on a multi-day trip and had one of those turkeys tell me that, and remind me that I have to do that every 18,000 miles. I asked him to look at the 8,000 miles on the odometer of my fairly new car. He just said "Oh.." and backed away from the car. No more "offers" the one and only time I ever went there. BillR
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 8:06 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [MBZ] Oil change cost > ...This BMW takes 8 quarts of oil, but I can't imagine it being more then > $40 for the oil change. Oh well, I think I will avoid the dealer... > Anybody charging 40 bucks for an oil change is making no money. For example, local Mobil 1 0W40 retails locally for $6.99 (I just bought 20 quarts on sale for $5.30 which is the lowest price for years) and 15/50 from Walmart for the usual 23 bucks for a five quart jug. And then there is the filter (fleece in my car) which might $7 or more. Or less. Plus labor, disposal fees, shop supplies etc. So my oil-change-by-Topsider just yesterday cost me about $50 and no labor charge. My MB dealer probably gets twice that. RLE -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090819/f5 98cbc8/attachment.html> _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
