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So I noticed oil spots on the garage floor the past couple days where the fiancée parks. So I just asked her if she had the oil changed in her car recently. She said she did and that it cost her $120. I flipped the fuck out! We're trying to save money to put toward the wedding and I hear this shit. I'm pissed. So I asked to see the bill....

 

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What the hell are these places thinking charging this much for this shit? I asked her to talk to me before she gets her oil changed again.

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That's how they make money, by charging people way to much for parts they don't need near as often as they tell the people they do. My buddies wife got a new air filter every other oil change for a year at one of those places. He was pissed when he was helping her clean the car, and found those receipts.
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Why be upset at the company for charging what they do?

 

 

Be upset at your lady for having someone else change the oil, or being dumb enough to approve 120$ worth of work when your trying to save money...

 

 

Just my .02, my wife knows better..

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Why be upset at the company for charging what they do?

 

 

Be upset at your lady for having someone else change the oil, or being dumb enough to approve 120$ worth of work when your trying to save money...

 

 

Just my .02, my wife knows better..

 

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Shame on them for charging her money to do work on the car

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I used to manage a jiffy lube and I would get sick and tired of people calling in and bitching

About how it's too much, I ripped them off , yada yada bullshit. It cost less than having the dealership do it and it was done a lot faster what more do you kind of people want

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I used to manage a jiffy lube and I would get sick and tired of people calling in and bitching

About how it's too much, I ripped them off , yada yada bullshit. It cost less than having the dealership do it and it was done a lot faster what more do you kind of people want

 

Bullshit, my dealership is cheaper on the oil change an it comes with some free flat repairs. Rotations are cheaper, but dealership air filters are about the same.

 

and while we're on the topic, I bet money that our prices for brakes are cheaper then places claiming to be "brake specialists". I do a dozen $139 brake jobs a week, 1axle, pads, and machine rotors. I used to manage a Monro, and we are by far cheaper.

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Don't these places make u sign something ahead of time with a estimate? Really.......

 

No but they go up to you and say "Hey, this is your airfilter, it looks like balls, we can replace it for you for $XX, do you want to do that?"

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I agree most dealer ships do a oil change and tire rotation cheaper than quick lubes but you don't have to wait as long again "quick lube"

Air filters are +\- $2. Flushes are a bit more at dealer ships

 

Maybe if you go by the "quick lube" with retards standing by the road with signs because nobody wants to go there.

 

My point is that while there are some things at dealerships that suck price wise, there is plenty that is the same or cheaper. Besides if you really want your car inspected you can ask for a technician to look at it at the dealership, not some $8hr punk who either doesn't care or looks at the couple things he gets pushed to look at, ie air filters and serp belts.

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Maybe if you go by the "quick lube" with retards standing by the road with signs because nobody wants to go there.

 

My point is that while there are some things at dealerships that suck price wise, there is plenty that is the same or cheaper. Besides if you really want your car inspected you can ask for a technician to look at it at the dealership, not some $8hr punk who either doesn't care or looks at the couple things he gets pushed to look at, ie air filters and serp belts.

 

You are way to angry right now

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The $120 oil change, the oily spots on the driveway/garage floor, and the unneeded filters replacement are just the insults.

 

The injury was why wouldn't your fiancee take her car to you or ask you first ?

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Those are pretty standard prices. However, those Valvoline guys are still a bunch of chodes. I took my girlfriends Pontiac in with less than 50k, they said they would change the belt for free since they knew her from high school. Ended up snapping the bracket off trying to remove the old belt :dumb: Couldn't find the part given the hour and she was without a car for work for 3 days. Edited by Miller
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Be upset at your lady for having someone else change the oil, or being dumb enough to approve 120$ worth of work when your trying to save money...

 

I am and I told her so. The oil change itself, I don't really care about. The air filters and tire rotation is what I'm mainly pissed about. I told her from now on, when they change her oil, they can do the free shit like topping off fluids or whatever, but that's it.

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I just worked on a 2012 MDX that had came from a valvoline instant oil change place with an oil leak, car has 4k miles on it, they destroyed the aluminum oil pan from there reatarded ass hourly guys not knowing how to torque, that or they'll replace the oil drain plugs on newer cars
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