Jiffy Lube owned me...sad day

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exindust

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Jul 17, 2004

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• Jul 17, 2004

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I know how to do my own oil changes and whatnot but i hate disposing of the junk after the job so this time i took it to the jiffy lubers.Heres my fun story of the day... They guy kept flinging my door open and i was thinking..."dammit one of these times hes going to open my door and slam it on the wall"... i just knew it, and sure enough he did, but no damage at all so its good. Then he says what oil do you want? i said well i have heard synthetic is better for your car and it is ok to switch as long as it has low mileage... i got 29k. I asked the guy if it costs the same as their normal service, he said yes. After it was all done i went to go pay and it came up to 60$ im like WTF?! i went and asked the guy what the deal was and he says... i told you it costs more im like heres my credit card

 

Lsredy2kstang

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Jul 17, 2004

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• Jul 17, 2004

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Yeah man, let us help you change your oil next time! Just call me!

Have you thought about the exhaust anymore?

Travis

 

97v6Silver

it came to $4.56 and i got $0.44 change from a 5,

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VA Beach

Jul 17, 2004

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• Jul 17, 2004

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i got owned by jiffy lube once when i first started putting synthetic in but i wanted the flush to get all the old oil out... so it's all good.

 

zincyellow03

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Jul 17, 2004

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That sucks... it happened to a couple of people that i know too.

 

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Linz

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Jul 18, 2004

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• Jul 18, 2004

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That has happened to me. I hadn't started my 5.0 in months and I decided to take it to Jiffy Lube to get the oil changed. Basically, the car was wayyy to low to get into the shop, scraped over the thing you have to drive over. I told them I wanted synthetic... and I walked out w/ a 75 doller charge.
Apparanty its 30 bucks just to get your oil changed, and then 30 more dollars here to get Mobil 1. And then MORE money for a different filter than the "normal" one they put on. It sucks. i'll be doing my oil myself form now on.

 

ChrisYellowV6

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Jul 18, 2004

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• Jul 18, 2004

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what a lot of people do (what i do when i'm in a situation where I can't get to my ramps and such equipment) i'll go to the store buy the filter and oil, then take it down to a place like big 10 tires (where i go) and i'll pay them $10 and they change it and rotate the tires for me. Not a bad deal

 

97v6Silver

it came to $4.56 and i got $0.44 change from a 5,

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VA Beach

Jul 18, 2004

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• Jul 18, 2004

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they also flush all the old oil out... something you really can't do at home

 

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Jul 18, 2004

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97v6Silver said:

they also flush all the old oil out... something you really can't do at home

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wanna explain how they do this, only oil left in your engine is trace amounts in the passages and some in your lifters

 

ganador01

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Jul 19, 2004

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• Jul 19, 2004

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yea its called bs...you got owned...so has a lot of people. I don't pay places to change my oil but i know some people don't have that luxury. Although, i would recommend paying to have your coolant flushd unless you have a huge container to hold it all. I did this myself and found out that with all the water i ran through my system, i probably produced about 40-50 gallons of toxic water. lol...oh well...i tried..

 

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SpectorV

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Jul 19, 2004

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• Jul 19, 2004

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Mobile 1 5w30 plus oil filter cost me 28 bucks..... 60 is a total rip off. i asked express oil change how much to change my oil, 30 bucks, how much to change to mobile 1 (2.25 more per quart so 5 quarts is 11.50 more) they wanted to go from 30 to 55 bucks..... what a rip off. i go to ford take my own stuff they charge me 6 bucks to do the labor its worth it to not mess with getting oil on me and jacking up the car all that and they top of all your fluids for free

 

Mean03V6

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Jul 20, 2004

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• Jul 20, 2004

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I get Valvoline 5W-20 at the place I use and it only costs me $34. (I use the Durablend b/c I am a believer in the benefits of using synthetic oil.)