Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That sounds pretty low tech to me. My Mercedes’ oil change costs $400 and tire rotation is $125.

Oil change and tire rotation require almost no skills, no matter make/model. You are just paying for an overpriced mechanic to do a menial task

This is true but you are also paying them to deal with the tools, oil disposal, mess, selecting the correct grade and filter, checking for other potential issues.

You can save a lot of money doing it yourself but there are reasons people pay for this.

My point was there is no reason to pay more than $100 for an oil change even if it is a Mercedes, any mechanic can do it.

Anonymous wrote:Pretty basic car question, but my "new" Chrysler Pacifica 2020 has been running well enough. The oil life is now at 1% and I have 8,500 miles clocked. I see when I go to the dealership it's suggesting oil change at $108, rotate tires $40, and inspect CV joints $40 for 10K suggested maintenance. I've always had low tech cars and just took my cars to walmart for their oil changes...maybe $65ish, not sure if I should get all these done and is necessary. Also if I don't do the CV join inspection does any of this void any warranty in the future?

oh man, that's a very bad idea. you are worried about saving a few bucks?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That sounds pretty low tech to me. My Mercedes’ oil change costs $400 and tire rotation is $125.

Oil change and tire rotation require almost no skills, no matter make/model. You are just paying for an overpriced mechanic to do a menial task

This is true but you are also paying them to deal with the tools, oil disposal, mess, selecting the correct grade and filter, checking for other potential issues.

You can save a lot of money doing it yourself but there are reasons people pay for this.

Anonymous wrote:That sounds pretty low tech to me. My Mercedes’ oil change costs $400 and tire rotation is $125.

Oil change and tire rotation require almost no skills, no matter make/model. You are just paying for an overpriced mechanic to do a menial task

That sounds pretty low tech to me. My Mercedes’ oil change costs $400 and tire rotation is $125.

If you are changing oil that infrequently you must be using synthetic. 100 is a reasonable price for that. I would not do anything else. Cv joints check sounds like a scam

Anonymous wrote:Your owners manual should tell you what need to be done at 10k and I highly doubt CV joints need to be inspected at this mileage. You should still be under warranty so if anything needs to be repaired to the CV joints, it should be free of charge.

I'd make a joke about Chrysler reliability necessitating they be inspected early, but 10k miles sounds ridiculous

Your owners manual should tell you what need to be done at 10k and I highly doubt CV joints need to be inspected at this mileage. You should still be under warranty so if anything needs to be repaired to the CV joints, it should be free of charge.

Pretty basic car question, but my "new" Chrysler Pacifica 2020 has been running well enough. The oil life is now at 1% and I have 8,500 miles clocked. I see when I go to the dealership it's suggesting oil change at $108, rotate tires $40, and inspect CV joints $40 for 10K suggested maintenance. I've always had low tech cars and just took my cars to walmart for their oil changes...maybe $65ish, not sure if I should get all these done and is necessary. Also if I don't do the CV join inspection does any of this void any warranty in the future?