gregory28

I'm away on an extended business trip and a "<5% oil life" message has been illuminated. I decided to get an oil change at Ardmore Acura in Ardmore, PA. I didn't buy my car there so they took some information from me and agreed to take care of it in 2 days- which was today.

Very courteous service people and told me I could've set the appointment up for any time between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. This is a newly renovated facility and one of the cleanest and well-appointed car dealers I've ever walked into. I was in and out within a half hour.

The service guy forgot to reset my message. The Service mgr. showed me that by holding the reset button down for 20-30 seconds the message will change to "100% oil life". This is a good thing to know for those of you that change your own oil.

Cost $37.50
Convinced me to wait until the next oil change before rotating the tires.

I'd definitely go back for service. Someone in this forum mentioned that they don't "deal" much with the new TL's. This might be attributed to the expensive real estate that the dealership resides on. Very affluent part of the country: Main Line Philadelphia.

Greg

Z Factor

I'm due for mine soon, but $37.50 is a little high for a dino oil change and factory filter.

DMZ

A typical oil & filter change should really be around $25. Closer to $30 with synthetic oil, which is all I ever use.

Ron A

Quote: "Cost $37.50
Convinced me to wait until the next oil change before rotating the tires."

Should be $25 tops for oil and filter change only. My 96TL oil filter cost $13.50 at the dealer, and the 2004TL oil filter costs $6-7 at dealer, so they should be giving some kind of break on that, or at least not charging more.

Next oil change will probably be between 6000-7000 miles from now, making total of 12-13K on the tires which, in my opinion, is too long an interval for rotating on a front wheel drive car. I like to rotate around 7,500 miles.