$50 Oil Change

OK...<br><br>So first, a correction, it WAS 5w-20...my bad. <br><br>BUT they still told me it would be $50!!!<br><br>So I took the service guy's own advice, and called 4 different Mazda dealers in the area. They told me the oil change would be between $23.95 - $36.00.<br><br>Called my dealership back - spoke to the service manager. He said he will give me "the best deal they can"...around $30 bucks. Also, he did say that they would honor any coupon that I received when I bought my car. So that should bring the cost down as well.<br><br>Krikey - I was one of the first to buy a 2001 Tribby from this dealer. If they don't bring the price down, they are going to lose a lot of service customers, as they should. Hopefully this squeaky wheel got somewhere with them.. (doubt it).<br><br>Thanks for the input...slight headache, but hopefully it won't be an expensive one.

$30 for the oil change after all that headache you got from that dealer ... hmm, well, it's not a bad price, but they shouldn't have even said it would cost you $50+ at the beginning.<br><br>Special order the oil? I don't think so ... they're not that uncommon. As one member said, WalMart has PLENTY of the Motorcraft 5W-20 synthetic blend ($1.70/qt in the NY area) -- and the web is a wealth of info as well. Don't get cornered by this kind of dealer; I stopped going to my original dealer because of customer dissatisfaction and went w/ another one.

Orlie - <br>Your new dealer om the Island......is he better than the average bear? If so, who?