Bought my car in march, have around 2K miles now and oil change light is at 15%. Found a coupon from a local dealer

http://www.santamonicaacura.com/view...e_specials.htm

advertising 9.95 oil change *EXCLUDING* RDX.

I asked how much the RDX was and they say 89.95 discounted to $65.

WTF.

$9.95->$65.

How much do dealers want from you?

Too bad, I really wanted to start a relationship with that dealership's service dept but all I can say is WTF.

 

Dealer sent me coupon for A1, B1 service for $59.00 which inclues tire rotation, oil change etc, but they told me i need to pay extra coz RDX requires Syntetic oil so i ended up paying $99.00.

Coupon is scam, They will lower the price to 59 which they know u cant use it coz u need sysntetic oil..They charge me additional $40.00 for systetic which does not make any sense coz in walmart price diference of regular oil to systetic is $2.00 per bottle.

 

had my first oil change in april at a local mechanic shop who charged me $CAD55, labor + motul synthetic oil, they even reset my service indicator.

i have no intention to bring my car to the stealership for any type of service whatsoever. anything the stealership can do i can get done elsewhere for less $. sorry but i just can't find a reason strong enough to convince myself.

 

I have only taken my car to the dealer and it runs around $65....yeah, it sucks that it is the ONLY car in the lineup that takes the premium stuff, no incentive to them to reduce their cost...

 

20 minutes of my time, total cost is $27 ($20 for penzoil oil and $7 for honda oem filter). can't beat this price.