$350 for Oil + filter for MB vehicles.

[hattaresguy]

Originally Posted By: Quattro Pete
Originally Posted By: VNTS
My neighbor has a 2010 MB SUV, it comes with free 5/50 full free service,

Just to clarify. It does not come with free service. He probably got upsold on it by the dealer when he bought the vehicle. Dealers are happy to sell their maintenance contracts.


$1,700 on a G550, direct from MB North America. Not terrible really.

 

[hattaresguy]

Originally Posted By: dailydriver
Originally Posted By: fdcg27
If the thing has a drain plug, which I'm sure it does, he could have also saved the cost of the fluid extractor.
Who would pay three fifty for a simple oil change?
Apparently some do.


All of the elitists in neighboring towns (especially Short Hills) driving these (and Bimmers, Stuttgart's finest, Land Rovers, and Four Ringers), which it seems is ALL they are allowed to drive by their own self-inflicted uppity status quo, would GLADLY pay 3 TIMES THAT AMOUNT for the same exact service in order to not be bothered with it (or maybe to just BRAG about how much they over-pay for something?).

Gordon Gekkoism/Thurston Howell the 50th ism personified.

The good dealers go a step further for good customers. Your car is picked up in your driveway in the morning and replaced with a loaner, you go about your day, come home and your car is back again, shinny and detailed.

 

[VNTS]

No he did not get upsold, it has free maintenance for the firts 5 years 50K, he showed me the manual! he gets all free oil changed for first 50K!

Note isnt my type of vehichle, but I will not bash something that is well engineered, but more expensive to maintain. THe battery is buried under the cowl and is kidney shaped so he will pay premium money when it comes time to replace. He already had to buy tires.

Originally Posted By: Quattro Pete
Originally Posted By: VNTS
My neighbor has a 2010 MB SUV, it comes with free 5/50 full free service,

Just to clarify. It does not come with free service. He probably got upsold on it by the dealer when he bought the vehicle. Dealers are happy to sell their maintenance contracts.

 

[Kestas]

Let the "elitists" have their fun. I'll buy the vehicles when they're finished with them. The prices on these uber-luxury vehicles drop like a rock with time.

 

[Quattro Pete]

Originally Posted By: VNTS
No he did not get upsold, it has free maintenance for the firts 5 years 50K, he showed me the manual!

What manual?

The price of maintenance may have been baked into his purchase deal, but it is not free by any means.

 

[dailydriver]

Originally Posted By: hattaresguy
Originally Posted By: dailydriver
All of the elitists in neighboring towns (especially Short Hills) driving these (and Bimmers, Stuttgart's finest, Land Rovers, and Four Ringers), which it seems is ALL they are allowed to drive by their own self-inflicted uppity status quo, would GLADLY pay 3 TIMES THAT AMOUNT for the same exact service in order to not be bothered with it (or maybe to just BRAG about how much they over-pay for something?).

Gordon Gekkoism/Thurston Howell the 50th ism personified.

The good dealers go a step further for good customers. Your car is picked up in your driveway in the morning and replaced with a loaner, you go about your day, come home and your car is back again, shinny and detailed.

The ones I've mentioned above would probably expect even more yet from said dealers, no matter how much, or how little they over-pay.

 

[HTSS_TR]

Mercedes had free scheduled maintenance 4 years/48k miles from 2000 until around 2005-2006. It includes oil change every year, coolant at 3rd year, brake flush at 2nd and 4th year ...

 

[hattaresguy]

Originally Posted By: dailydriver
The ones I've mentioned above would probably expect even more yet from said dealers, no matter how much, or how little they over-pay.

Oh, well than going a step further you wouldn't even waste your time talking to a dealer on the phone. You would have your household manager handle it.

 

[HTSS_TR]

Originally Posted By: Quattro Pete
Originally Posted By: HTSS_TR
Tools he needs are oil filter cap wrench and fluid extractor, these two tools cost about $90-100.

Forgot to mention one other thing regarding tools. Some of these newer MB engines have funky oil pans and as a result, just sticking the oil extractor tube down to the bottom will not get all the oil out. The dealer uses a special tool that goes on top of the oil dipstick tube to seal it and to get most of it out. This tool can be bought for about $20 or so. If you're DIY, it's definitely still worth it.

Possibly one of the rubber adapters that comes with a MityVac might work as well.

How is this tool works for newer MB engines ? You insert large end into the oil dipstick tube then connect Mityvac large hose to the smaller end ?

Fluidevacuators.com website is very bad, seems difficult to get information and order page.

 

[Quattro Pete]

Originally Posted By: HTSS_TR
How is this tool works for newer MB engines ? You insert large end into the oil dipstick tube then connect Mityvac large hose to the smaller end ?

Yup.

Alternatively, you could try sticking one of the mityvac rubber adapters inside the oil dipstick tube to seal it - it worked for some people.

Quote:

Fluidevacuators.com website is very bad, seems difficult to get information and order page.

Yeah, they're not very customer friendly. I called them up to order it, but it's not easy to get a hold of them.

 

[HTSS_TR]

Thanks Pete,

The standard/normal procedure to extract oil in my older E430 is working very well, before I do oil change I checked the dipstick to estimate how much oil in the engine, the Mityvac 7201 siphoned either that amount or a little more than I estimated, sometimes up to 1/2 to 1 pint more.

If my friend buy that 2011 E350 and if he asks me to help him I will try the usual way, then insert the rubber adapter into the dipstick tube to see if it will extract any more oil.

 

[VNTS]

The thing in glove box LOL, owners manual!

All maintenance including fluid changes covered first 5 yrs or 50 K miles. Not hard to believe, I told him to dump the diff, tran and t-case early.

 

[rjundi]

Originally Posted By: Kestas
Let the "elitists" have their fun. I'll buy the vehicles when they're finished with them. The prices on these uber-luxury vehicles drop like a rock with time.


Sadly for (MB) a simple Lexus offers easier servicing and luxury with good reliability. However their prices do not drop like a rock for a reason. MB does not get it.

 

[SteveSRT8]

^^^Super astute!

The market always reveals the TRUE value of any car!

 

[SwampSurvivor]

Does sucking the oil out give as good of an oil change?

 

[JHZR2]

Originally Posted By: Miller88
Does sucking the oil out give as good of an oil change?


I did the test on my 83 300D, a car that wasnt really even intended for sucking out. I had to pull the pan anyway, so I did the suction.

I found that it gets the oil out at least equally as well as draining from a plug.

 

[JHZR2]

Originally Posted By: dailydriver
Originally Posted By: fdcg27
If the thing has a drain plug, which I'm sure it does, he could have also saved the cost of the fluid extractor.
Who would pay three fifty for a simple oil change?
Apparently some do.


All of the elitists in neighboring towns (especially Short Hills) driving these (and Bimmers, Stuttgart's finest, Land Rovers, and Four Ringers), which it seems is ALL they are allowed to drive by their own self-inflicted uppity status quo, would GLADLY pay 3 TIMES THAT AMOUNT for the same exact service in order to not be bothered with it (or maybe to just BRAG about how much they over-pay for something?).

Gordon Gekkoism/Thurston Howell the 50th ism personified.

yet there are a ton of good indys in North Jersey that will take awesome care of your car. We even have one on this forum.

 

[SteveSRT8]

Originally Posted By: JHZR2
Originally Posted By: Miller88
Does sucking the oil out give as good of an oil change?


I did the test on my 83 300D, a car that wasnt really even intended for sucking out. I had to pull the pan anyway, so I did the suction.

I found that it gets the oil out at least equally as well as draining from a plug.


I cannot believe any amount of suction from a tube equals a fast flushing drain from the hole located at the lowest point of the pan.

It may not make much difference in engine longevity but I want the crud off the bottom, and even high volume suction through a tiny tube will be less effective.

 

[Quattro Pete]

Originally Posted By: SteveSRT8
It may not make much difference in engine longevity but I want the crud off the bottom, and even high volume suction through a tiny tube will be less effective.

Wouldn't crud be picked up by the circulating oil and carried to the filter anyway? And if it's stubborn crud that won't circulate because it stuck to the pan, then it won't free flow out of the drain hole on its own anyway.

 

[dailydriver]

Originally Posted By: JHZR2
Originally Posted By: dailydriver
Originally Posted By: fdcg27
If the thing has a drain plug, which I'm sure it does, he could have also saved the cost of the fluid extractor.
Who would pay three fifty for a simple oil change?
Apparently some do.


All of the elitists in neighboring towns (especially Short Hills) driving these (and Bimmers, Stuttgart's finest, Land Rovers, and Four Ringers), which it seems is ALL they are allowed to drive by their own self-inflicted uppity status quo, would GLADLY pay 3 TIMES THAT AMOUNT for the same exact service in order to not be bothered with it (or maybe to just BRAG about how much they over-pay for something?).

Gordon Gekkoism/Thurston Howell the 50th ism personified.

yet there are a ton of good indys in North Jersey that will take awesome care of your car. We even have one on this forum.


Most of these CEO/Investment Capital bankers' trophy wives could not even be bothered with that, or they would feel they are not being 'elitist', or uppity enough if they saved some coin by going to an indie. (Like it is "beneath" their status in life or something.

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