Nza wrote:
> On Nov 13, 11:15 am, SMS <scharf.ste...@geemail.com> wrote:
>> They can't survive on $30 oil changes (actually I have no idea how much
>> they charge, I'm guessing that an oil change is $30).
>>
>> They seem to have no shortage of naive customers.
>
> there's a place here in town that charges 19.95.. 'super lube' or
> something like that..
> Most of the time, that won't even cover the cost of materials for most
> of the cars I service with the cheapest stuff.. Definitely not saying
> it's a good deal, though.

If it's costing you more than $19.95 for the cheapest stuff (bulk oil
and a jobber filter) then something's very wrong. I have a relative with
an repair shop and his cost for bulk oil is less than 50 cents per
quart, and the jobber filters are less than $2. An oil change with four
quarts of oil costs him less than $4 in material cost. It's the labor,
and tying up a service bay for 20 minutes, that's the bigger cost. He
charges $30. When I used to go there he kept some OEM filters for my
vehicles. Now we moved too far away and I do it myself. $8 in
non-generic oil and $4 for a Toyota filter and $1 for a drain plug
gasket (what a ripoff!) is $13 in parts.

The Toyota dealers routinely have $30 oil change specials, and you get a
good filter with that, not the $1.50 jobber filters. They also use bulk oil.

> I put a bimmer on the rack once.. the customer complained of a noisy
> rear end.. tried to save a couple bucks going to jiffy lube.. the
> person left the plug out of the diff.. oops! Never saw that car
> again..

Yeah, there's big money in repairing the mistakes of Jiffy Lube.