Can someone explain to me....

[Abailey21]

How can my local Honda dealer do my oil change for me for about $25.00, but if I go there to buy the oil and filter to do it my damn self, it cost $43.00???

Seriously?

 

[mylovehx]

Maybe you mis-read some stuff?

 

[Abailey21]

No, I took the oil and filter back and the guy apologized that he didn't mention it before.

It was legit pricing, which juts baffles me because, why am I going to pay an extra $20 to do it myself?

 

[lowlife9]

because the people that do the oil changes are usually teenage idiots and if you want it done rite you have to do it yourself. plus they have huge vats of oil not pree packaged quarts and bulk orders of filters and the job only takes 15 minutes.

 

[AlaskaB16]

"Remember Johnny, this is the $25 special, only put in 3 qts of the used oil. This way when stuff breaks he'll have to come back and that makes the boss happy... Also, reuse the filter and don't tighten the oil drain all the way down."



LOL

 

[Abailey21]

Which brings me to my next question.....

who online sells Honda oil, at a lesser rate than the dealer?

 

[xxBLOOD88SHOTxx]

Which brings me to my next question.....

who online sells Honda oil, at a lesser rate than the dealer?

Why are you so dead set on buying that? Also who knows why it cost less if the dealer does it, they probably sell the used oil to another business and make up the difference that way. That way they can keep honda customers coming back for other maintenance and charging stupid amount of money for other things.

 

[rey_boricua]

Which brings me to my next question.....

who online sells Honda oil, at a lesser rate than the dealer?

http://www.handa-accessories.com/civmaint00.html

 

[mymmeryloss]

 

[AlaskaB16]

^^ I swear you have a 100G HD full of pics like this. Miley, Bush... LOL

 

[emerican]

like stated before they get bulk discount its only an extra 20 bucks for you to buy it yourself for just the amount you need so imagine the discount they get for buying it in the amount that they do.

 

[Tom]

Yeah when the work is done at the dealer its cheaper due to the bulk tanks that they get, discounts in bulk right, but the thing I think we should have never done was change to a basic synblend oil, which resulted in Honda charging us the dealer more, thus in turn also bumping up the retail price of oil per bottle to about $5.00 each, however the filter hasn't changed much in price in several years, and that should only be $7.04 each.

 

[Abailey21]

Why are you so dead set on buying that? Also who knows why it cost less if the dealer does it, they probably sell the used oil to another business and make up the difference that way. That way they can keep honda customers coming back for other maintenance and charging stupid amount of money for other things.

I'm more dead set on this because i've tried 3 other oils and my car ran like s**t afterwards..

so then what oil doesnt suck for a stock engine?

 

[xxBLOOD88SHOTxx]

How did your car run like s**t from using a different oil? I've ran mobil 1 for years, never had an issue. Mobil 1 is generally what most automakers use. On a cheap beater I wouldn't go all out or spend that much, as long as you change it on time and use a good filter you'll be good.

 

[Tom]

Why are you so dead set on buying that? Also who knows why it cost less if the dealer does it, they probably sell the used oil to another business and make up the difference that way. That way they can keep honda customers coming back for other maintenance and charging stupid amount of money for other things.

At the dealership I work for we reuse the old oil for heating in the winter, cost effective energy savers, nothing like free heat, best way to recycle it and put it to use.

 

[R3dline]

wow, tom is back

 

[Tom]

wow, tom is back

:p:eek:

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[Abailey21]

How did your car run like s*** from using a different oil? I've ran mobil 1 for years, never had an issue. Mobil 1 is generally what most automakers use. On a cheap beater I wouldn't go all out or spend that much, as long as you change it on time and use a good filter you'll be good.

I've tried Quaker State, Pennzoil, and Valvoline

After my oil change my engine would stutter on acceleration, rough idle just an overall bad feeling engine.

I went to the dealer to get Honda oil and my car has run fine since....except my oil leaks lol

I've heard great things about Mobil 1 Synthetic, but I don't want to switch to synthetic at 177,000 miles

 

[lethal6]

I've heard great things about Mobil 1 Synthetic, but I don't want to switch to synthetic at 177,000 miles

Why not? It isn't going to hurt. If anything it might help. Mine has 172k and I have been using mobile 1 full synthetic for over 2 years. I do my oil changes at ~3k miles and it comes out looking almost brand new each time.

 

[Abailey21]

I've just read in multiple places where you shouldnt run synthetic on a high mileage car because the engine has run for thousands on regular oil and changing it wasn't a good thing