re: Oil change shop air filter up charge….WTF

Get an EV, bruh. No oil, no gasoline, and no air filters. Come hang out with us at the Tesla charging station southside of Chicago. It’s like a party here right now.

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My wife took her car to a local oil change place. They told her that her windshield wipers were dry rotted......I just changed them the day before.

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About 4 years ago I was at the local Jiffy lube for an oil change. I had JUST put new wiper blades on the week before and ol boy comes in and says "sir, your wiper blades are looking rough, would you like me to pop some new ones on for you?".

I smiled and said no thank you. After the oil change was done I went two stores down to the Autozone and bought an oil catch basin and ramps and started changing my own oil.

My truck has a two inch lift so I don't even need the ramps for it. I can change my oil, Mobil 1 full synth, a OEM Toyota filter, and FRAM air filter for around $50 in under 30 minutes.

I have to use the ramps for the wife's Audi but it's still around 3 minutes and definitely cheaper than paying someone else.

I also so my own brakes, shocks, and other medium level repairs. YouTube and Tacoma World are great for how to videos.

I like changing my own oil. I like looking at the oil looking for glitter in the oil. I like to see if it smells or feels odd. A lot of things you can tell about oil. Plus you know if you mess up or use the right oil.
Like for Toyota I only use OE filters. For BMW only Mann filters and Liquid moly oil.
I also send every 3 or 4th oil change sample out to be tested.

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PSA: Don't buy this guy's used vehicles.

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My vehicle is recommended every 15-20k miles for an oil change.

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I also send every 3 or 4th oil change sample out to be tested.

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Where do you send it, and what is it tested for?

I thought such shitty behavior was pretty much expected at these quick lube type places? Just tell them to frick off and move on or don't go there

I almost never go to one

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So I’m at an oil change shop in the bay waiting for them to change my oil. Haven’t even opened my hood yet. Technician comes over to my window with an air filter, shows it to me and recommends that it be changed. I decline and watch him take the filter to the adjacent vehicle and reinstall it where he got it from.

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Thats nothing compared to what they are doing to your vehicle while they are under it. At best they will use a battery drill if not an impact wrench to tighten up the drain plug and strip it out...usually just bad enough that it will not remain tight and will start leaking oil. Most vehicles require engine removal to correct that. I know several people this has happened to. Change you own oil...it takes about an hour from start to finish and it will be done right.

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Ain't nobody tryin to change their own oil in 2024.

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I do. I do ours, my son's, my niece and three neighbors. It is quicker to do it yourself than it is to go to any oil change place I ever went to and I ain't ever stripped out an oil pan plug or worse an oil pump filter fitting.

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Take it to the dealership for oil changes. If you have issues that arise post warranty, dealers and the automaker can pull up service history and provide assistance if needed.
If you diy oil changes make sure you keep receipts and note the mileage.

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Only with a reputable dealer. I bought a F250 Gas truck in 2014 and at 16K miles the engine had to be replaced. Bearings failed. At about 25K it started doing the same thing. Dealer said it was due to inadequate oil changes. When I mentioned that if the oil had been changed wrong or inadequately they had done it and I had the receipts to prove it they backed away from that and claimed the vehicle had more miles on it than the odometer read. Again, I pointed out to them that were that they case they sold it that way. As it turns out the manufacturer, knowing that dealers CAN adjust odometers on digital odometers far easier than they could with analog odometers can read an odometer remotely from the vehicles onboard computer. Only the manufacturer can do this, none of their service departments have the technology to do it because the manufacturer uses it to ensure the dealer is not screwing the manufacturer. The odometer was right as rain. Dealer still wanted $5K to replace the engine...something about consumables LOL. Ford finally bought the truck back and I bought a GMC. That truck sat on the used car lot at that dealer about 3 days and they had sold it to another buyer so Ford was AT least complacent in that. They may have put a motor in it but they tried to talk me into allowing them to replace the bearings in the chasis instead of replacing the motor. That used to be fairly common when engines were worn out at 100K miles but the expectation to day is that an engine should last far longer than that...and it is damned near impossible to change bearings with no machining and machining in place, where technically possible, is not practical nor sufficiently accurate.

Dealership service departments are often only cursorily associated with the dealership...they are, in my experience, far more corrupt than a local repair shop with a good reputation.