Originally Posted by YotaCarFan (Post 3322280)

Bingo!

My local Lexus dealer wants $75 for an oil change. The Toyota dealer one block away on the same street will do it for $30. Of course, I don't get the free croissants and car wash.

When you factor in the cost of 5+ quarts of oil from Wal-Mart, the $4 filter from the Toyota dealer, the 40 minutes of grunting, fumbling, and cleaning up the mess, and the 40 minutes driving to the local oil recycling facility, it's simply not worth changing the oil yourself, IMHO.

Something tells me that none of these dealers (Toyota or Lexus) bother replacing the two O-Rings in the filter assembly, though.

What baffles me: Why does Lexus require an appointment and several hours (or an entire day) to do an oil change, whereas Toyota can do it in 30 minutes? I never could understand being told I had to leave the car all day and get a loaner just for an oil change. Perhaps they're just trying to give me my 75 dollars-worth?