Originally Posted by speedkar9

Jee, even $100 for a synthetic oil change is steep for me, even in Canada.

Mobil1 or Pennzoil synthetic comes on sale for $25 a jug at Walmart. and the Toyota oil filter is $11. So I'd rather spend $61 in supplies and DIY.
But I use conventional oil, so it works out to ~ $40 for my oil, filter and DIY.

I remember growing up those Mr. Lube places attached to Walmart chain stores used to offer oil and filter changes for $20. Amazing how a simple oil change has become a "dealership experience".

Originally Posted by netasp

I will give Costco a try this time with their synthetic oil and see how it goes...$57 + tax for 6.3 Liters.

Originally Posted by speedkar9

What kind of filter do they use?

Originally Posted by kitabel

The price begins with the fixed and posted labor rate which many cities require for all repairs: the first hour or part is over $100. here, and $125. at premium shops. They mark up the retail price (not their cost) of the oil by 100%. That gets you close.
Finally, if you were a woman it's not $500 (which they would pay without blinking with their husband's credit card) because they can't get the computer to accept a special "F" code for cheating.
I take you now to the "muck-raker" era 100 years ago, where novelist Frank Norris immortalizes the price basis in "The Octopus":
Customer: "What do you base your rates on?"
Salesman: "I don't understand the question"
Customer: "There must be some calculation for how much money you charge for this service?"
Salesman: "All the traffic will bear"

(rimshot)