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Crazy. Even my local Tractor Supply has them still for $74.99 and that store is the highest usually on everthing.
Walmart oil prices - Ah!
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I just bought 12 jugs of 5w30 at that price
Us BITOGers pay very little for services, cuz we do them ourselves. I wonder what dealers and shops are doing? Profit on parts is important to their bottom line.
Oil changes at dealer are rarely designed to be money makers. They usually give discounted prices for oil changes hoping to find other items they can sell you.
My Subaru dealer charges $120 for an oil change with a coupon. That's a lot in my opinion especially when I was getting oil for $30 or less with rebate and buying filters in bulk. At one point, I was paying maybe $20 for an oil change doing it myself. I am assuming they pay even less for oil and filters than I do. Just my opinion though.
This is definitely true at the Toyota dealers near me. I think it’s $80 for the 4Runner. Ram, on the other hand, wanted $145 to change the oil in my Hemi truck. My buddy’s Cummins was over $500 for a full compliment of fuel and oil filters, oil, and a rotate and balance.
Its a lot compared to DIy, but from business point of view there is not much profit in it. They have to pay mechanic, they also need him to look over other things besides oil, the car is on the lift, they need to pay for rent, insurance and etc. I bet after all is factored in, they maybe make $30 profit on it.
The quick oil change places like Jiffy lube has a lot more profit per oil change
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I agree there likely not making money. But here its $85 and they use lube jockeys not licensed techs. They also tend to screw things up so $120 if its actually a tech would probably be worth it.
I went to the Toyota dealer when mine were "free" which was the first 5 years - SE Toyota forces the platinum plan on everyone. The upsell stuff they try to pull, and did pull on others I observed, was funny and sad all at once.
f355spider
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BMW North America has been running an oil change deal for several years...currently priced at $249 for three years (they started the program 6 years ago at $199). The change is based on the oil life monitor, which means a minimum of annual changes even if parked, and if you drive a lot, could be two or three a year.
I still do my own, but on this V8 that takes 10 quarts, even on BMW's "special" they usually charge $179.99. So the $249 deal for three years is a "no brainer" bargain for those that don't want to change it themselves.
I can do my own change with the oil of my preference for around $80. Two jugs of Mobil 1 ESP 5w-30 LL-04 and a factory BMW (Mahle) oil filter.
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f355spider
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Agreed, labor and overhead...around here the Toyota dealer charges $200+ an hour, and the BMW dealer charges $280.
Awhile back it was $700 CAD and change for Jiffy Lube to perform an oil change and fuel filters on one of the company diesel Rams and that was before price increases. It costs me around $300 in parts for Rotella and OEM filters. This is in Alberta
So which oil is having best price and where to buy to stock up now every one ?
I'm headed to pick up some more PP 10W-30 at AAP. Five quarts comes with a free CQ filter until the 19th. If I order online, I can get a CQ EP and a jug of oil for $20.
