Help! Quick Lube screw up.. - Page 2

Zahir · 2012-12-01 03:29:54

I thing for a lot of people its a labor of love. Its not about saving money. Its about feeling accomplished in doing something yourself. Lol yep I never talking my car to dummy lube.. They are all dummies sorry to say I hear more story's about they not putting oil in engine or forgot to put plug back in tight enough or something ,, never I love doing it my self Been doing it since I was 15 and my son since he was 10 years old ..only cars I take to dealer is my wife Lexus's cuz of paper work and warranty and just incase it messes up they can't say it was not taking care of , simples stuff breaks and tune ups I do on her cars but the ones that really matter dealer. In Stephen King's "Christine," wasn't an oil change the first thing the kid did to to the car? Yes - it's an accomplishment. An act of bonding. And yes is very true lol Ken

12-07-2012, 02:46 PM

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To provide you with an update to my original post. It was not the Goodyear Lube place that was trying to rip me off but the two dealers. The one in St. Louis said that the drain plug was messed up, could not be taken out and I need a new oil pan. He also rotated my tires, told me my front breaks were all gone (at 40k miles!!) and I needed rotor and break pad work done. Total estimate was $380+ for replacing oil pan and another $480 for new brake pads and rotor work for a total over $800.

I went back to the Goodyear place, gave him a $6 drain plug. He was easily able to use a wrench and get the old drain plug out,put in the K7N oil filter and the oil I handed him and charged me under $20. I told him about the breakpads,he removed the front tires, took the brake pads out and brought them to me in the waiting room, showed me that they still had 60% wear left and asked if I still wanted pads replaced. I said"no", he put everything back in place and charged me $15. Total cost $35. He has been honest and I can do the oil changes there in the future.
For those of you who ranted about how I should change the oil myself, fact is that I am 64, with a back that was operated on 2 years ago and I can't do it myself like I used to with my Honda Civic in the 70's.

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