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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Oil change for two cars. One of the cars needed air filter, cabin filter, wipers change, and battery cable cleaned as well.  All for 160$. Too much or reasonable?  [/quote]

Alright so I have some comments on this.
Oil change - is this synthetic or regular?  Regular most places charge 25-40 depending on where you go.  Synthetic would be 60-100 (look for coupons).
battery cable cleaned = wtf?  No charge
wiper blades = 30 bucks but you can do this yourself easily
cabin air filter and engine air filter = WAY TOO MUCH.  I saved this for last because places are charging something stupid like $1,000 - $1,500 an hour for this.  You can buy the OEM filter from the dealership and do this yourself in 1 minute in many cars but it really varies by vehicle though.  Some cars require you to basically remove the dashboard while others are literally a 1 minute job but they act like it's going to be $25 labor.  Check out how easy these filters are to replace in a camry.  The cabin air filter is literally just removing two pieces of plastic - the hardest part is cleaning out your glove box first.  The engine air filter is even easier.

This guy shows it for 2012 but it's exactly the same for all modern Camry's, including the current models.  Have you ever replaced your furnace filter?  This is basically the same, make sure the arrow points the right way.
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLezPP56WBs[/youtube]

The hardest part about replacing the engine air filter is washing your hands afterwards.
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RO-sa9w8FI[/youtube]

So just look up your car and if it's easy like this do it yourself unless you like paying people $25 for one minute of "work".[/quote]

Thanks for illustrating to the PP that $160 is a fair price to avoid dealing with all of the above. I work on my own cars but it's not as easy for people who are not familiar with the process.[/quote]

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