Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 20:45:40 -0500 From: "BL" <brianlevernopsamatico.ca> Subject: Re: Cost of oil in SAAB 9-5
I live in Canada. A good fully-synthetic oil ( Mobil 1) can be purchased for under $30.00 for 4litres, and a Premium quality filter with improved filtration can be had for under $10.00. I do my own oil changes, but if you were to find a small garage in your area, and supply the oil and filter, you could still get your $60.00 oil change with premium supplies. You do not have to go to the dealer for oil changes.Unless the dealer is somehow adding value ( checking filters, brakes, ?? ), there is no need to pay extra. BL "Lise Gaboury" <gabourylnopsamotron.ca> wrote in message news:4dhSb.12326$lt1.268487nopsamer.videotron.net... > Hi, this is my first post and please excuse my english as it is not my usual > language. > > I have a SAAB 9-5 2002; I went to the garage today for a small repair and > asked that the oil and filter be changed. I was charged 130$ (canadian > dollars) for the oil, oil filter and the time to do this. > It is my 3rd SAAB and I never paid so much for oil and filter. The dealer > explained that the price of synthetic oil has increased and that is why the > price of this procedure has gone up. > In fact, 2 years ago, I had to pay 50$ for that; last year, it was 80$ and > today it is 130$. > Is there an end to this inflation? > Is the use of synthetic oil mandatory? > Of course, for the dealer, natural oil is stricly prohibited and could cause > the burning of the turbo. > How much do you pay for a change of oil and filter outside Canada? and can > we use regular oil? > > Lise from Montreal > >
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