there is nothing "fleece" about this stuff. it's strange terminology.
On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 5:41 PM, WILTON <[email protected]> wrote: > Real fleece is wool (unwoven), isn't it? There are likely some imitation > (man-made, wool-like) fabrics called "fleece," too. > > Wilton > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Hurst" <[email protected]> > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, August 23, 2009 5:12 PM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Oil change cost > > > anybody know why they call this medium "fleece"? it seems to be some kind >> of polyester instead of paper, but i don't see anything "fleece" about it. >> >> On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 8:05 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > ...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/f598cbc8/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 >>> >>> -------------- next part -------------- >> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >> URL: < >> http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090823/fffdae5b/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 > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090823/7e1a0225/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
