"Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
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> On Tue, 15 Oct 2013 22:07:54 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
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>>I never tried. My dad said you don't really wind up saving any money
>>especially since you have to take the used oil somewhere and pay to dump
>>it.
>>But they do not cost $20 here. More like $80! I just had one done at
>>Jiffy
>>Lube. My van needed one and I had gift cards. Then wouldn't you know, my
>>mechanic sent me a coupon for a free one! But it had to be used right
>>away.
>>So I lost out there.
>
> It was $20 back then, closer to $35 now. I have a receipt on my desk
> for 33.95 for my recent change at a local independent shop If you are
> paying $80, perhaps you need to find a better shop. That seems very
> high unless they are doing tire rotation at the same time.

I think that's what I am usually charged at Jiffy Lube although I try not to
use them. I don't see the prices listed online. But often when I have been
there, they find something else that I need so it the LOF might not really
be that much. I also get some kind of oil that costs more. But for some
time now I have been trying to get the LOFs at the dealer. The problem is
that the dealer is pretty far away. I don't know of any good mechanics in
this area. Or I should say mechanics that don't rip you off. The one
nearest us was going to charge $6,000 to fix my husband's car. He took it
to a place in Lynnwood and they charged $2,000! There are a lot of good
mechanics in that city but it's just not very convenient to where we live.