When do I get my first oil change?

[WaatDaHell]

depending on driving conditions as well.

I know it does, but if you read the manual carefully, some of the conditions that is not considered normal driving conditions is "stop and go" driving and dusty surroundings or something like that. Other than that, under "normal" it should be 7500 miles. But c'mon, does anyone not do stop and go in surroundings that are not dusty? So almost everyone has to go under the second chart of scheduled maintenance, which recommends 5000 miles.

And by the way, listen to the Manufacturer before you listen to the dealer. The dealers are dirty. My brother has his own auto shop, does my oil changes, and even does repairs, smog checks and oil changes for the dealers. He charges the dealers $10-$20 for a 4-cylinder oil change then the dealer charges the customer $30. Dealers are sneaky.

 

[WaatDaHell]

Regarding free oil changes, most cars under $20,000 will not give you free scheduled maintenance. That is unless it was part of the deal when you purchased the car. I could've gotten that deal with a dealer up north, but it's useless for me. One, it's too far, and two, my brother does it for me, free of charge. Cars like my other brother's 2003 Audi A4 offer free scheduled maintence. Considering it's more than $30,000, it better be free.

 

[Douggie]

Regarding free oil changes, most cars under $20,000 will not give you free scheduled maintenance. That is unless it was part of the deal when you purchased the car. I could've gotten that deal with a dealer up north, but it's useless for me. One, it's too far, and two, my brother does it for me, free of charge. Cars like my other brother's 2003 Audi A4 offer free scheduled maintence. Considering it's more than $30,000, it better be free.

It's more like whether the dealer has factored the oil changes into your car price. "free oil changes for life" seems like a lot, but do some math and it really isn't that much (cost wise) to the dealerships.

Let's say that they give you 4 changes a year (every 3 mths), and your car lasts 10 years (I'm pretty sure this is not transferrable, so if you sell it, the new owner won't get the free oil changes). So a total of 40 oil changes....

The cost for them to change oil and filter is probably around $5 (probably less), so that's like $200 total. They could have easily added $200 to the car price when they told you "that's the lowest price I can go" . And for more expensive cars like VW, Audi, BMW, it's even easier to include this in the car price.

And when your car gets older and is out of warranty, they will proabably find some problems with it during the oil change and recommend you to get it fixed. Then it's just more business for them and get you back for the "free" oil changes.

Have you heard of the phrase "there's no free lunch"?

 

[EVADE]

the cheapest thing i do it is go k-mart or wal-mart and buy the oil filter and the oil there and a filter wrench.

 

[gaZOOM-ZOOM]

It's more like whether the dealer has factored the oil changes into your car price. "free oil changes for life" seems like a lot, but do some math and it really isn't that much (cost wise) to the dealerships.

Let's say that they give you 4 changes a year (every 3 mths), and your car lasts 10 years (I'm pretty sure this is not transferrable, so if you sell it, the new owner won't get the free oil changes). So a total of 40 oil changes....

The cost for them to change oil and filter is probably around $5 (probably less), so that's like $200 total. They could have easily added $200 to the car price when they told you "that's the lowest price I can go" . And for more expensive cars like VW, Audi, BMW, it's even easier to include this in the car price.

And when your car gets older and is out of warranty, they will proabably find some problems with it during the oil change and recommend you to get it fixed. Then it's just more business for them and get you back for the "free" oil changes.

Have you heard of the phrase "there's no free lunch"?

Theres no free lunch? you sure missed a-lot of the cost of an oil change. what about paying the tech, 10.00 per car, what about the electricty to run the lift, what about the cost of running the air compressor to inflate the tires, what about the fluids, Your brother being nice to you in no way makes you an authoritive voice on the cost of an oil and filter change. There is NO profit in an oil change.