clarkakirby

Ouch! Yesterday, I paid $91 for an oil change at a Kwik Kar station for my '10 Grand Sport. It is so hot here in Texas that I did not want to crawl under my car out in the hot garage to change my oil. But, I never thought it would cost that much. They charge $75 for up to 5 quarts of Mobil 1 oil and extra for additional quarts.

Now I am determined to change my own oil in the future. Since I drive my GS only about 5k miles per year, this will be an annual oil change.
-Clark

cb98coupe

If you think about it , not that bad at all . Depending on how much you drive it's pretty much only once a year . So IMHO , $91 bucks and it done is ok....Chris

jltcat

Had a dealer want to charge me over 200 once.. Castrol edge @ $20.50 qt.... I told them to buy their oil at napa for 8.50 if they wanted a better price than their distributor. I went through my local guy and got it for $7 qt

Kensmith

Did you ask the price before they did the oil change? That's a RIP-OFF

Thrash

I bought my dealers "Oil Change Program" at the same time I got the extended warranty. I think it was $250 for the 5 changes

boraxman

My dealer told me $90 when I was in for the rear end oil TSB. I said no thanks I will do it myself.

VatorMan

$90 for an 11 quart oil/filter change is a rip off ?

R&L's C6

They don't call them stealerships for nothing..................

BEZ06

Hi Clark

I looked in your profile, but only info about your '65 in there.

Is your GS a manual transmission coupe???

If so, then you've got the 10.5 quart dry sump system.

A 5 quart jug of Mobil 1 at Walmart is currently about $24, so to service your oil system would be around 50 bucks just for oil.

A UPF-48R oil filter is about $10.

So.....it would cost about $60 in oil and a filter to DIY.

Bob

JoesC5

Was that for a dry sump system? 10.5 quarts + filter.

darn..Bob beat me by one minute......

dvilin

That is the going rate, not bad if you want to have it done. For me once a year, I am fine with paying someone else to do it. I have no desire to do it myself.

RLSebring

Doin it yourself? Hassel, get rid of used oil. 7.00 (or local Auto Zone deal 5.5 qts and filter 30.00 x 2) 77.00 plus filter then labor then disposal... 91.00 isn't bad plus you don't break a sweat or get dirty.

I paid about $80 at wallyworld for mine.

VetteCop29

Lot of money for an oil change.... I have no sons, so I taught my daughters to change their oil. Looks funny seeing my oldest under her Dodge Ram changing her oil filter! BUT, sure saves money!

1 slow 97

That sounds good to me. It's 104 here right now, do I really want to be under my car changing my oil spilling it on the driveway and then having to dispose of it myself. When I can take it to a competent dealer(i know that sounds like an oxymoron) and have them do it in less than an hour while i am sitting in their waiting room?

Keep in mind I don't mind wrenching on my own car( did the whole widebody conversion myself)but I would rather pay a few extra bucks for the convenience of not having to deal with it.

speedlink

If it is a dry sump, I hope they did it correctly. Most don't know how to handle it.

boraxman

My $90 quote was for the standard amount of oil.

I actually have been changing the oil on all of my vehicles for years, and enjoy it.

Kensmith

Ok, maybe not for an 11 quart change. I was thinking 5 quart.

bearman95

My dealer, Classic Chevy in Grapevine charged me 59.95 for my last change. The most i have ever paid is 69.95.

hyteck9

My first oil change was free from the dealer, but I'll be due for another soon.

I thought you needed special tools to do the dry sump. No?

Can I do it myself with regular oil change tools?

azc62006

its better to change your own oil. you learn your car that way you can inspect underneath to give you a piece of mind!