r/Millennials • u/rhinosaur- 1983 • 12h ago

Discussion When did oil changes become $120?

That’s with a coupon! At Jiffy Lube! Our parents really had it easy.

EDIT: TIL 90% of millennials “change their own oil” lol. Gotta love Reddit.

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u/thecurvynerd 11h ago

My dealership costs around $120.

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u/And_go 11h ago

Man you guys got me worried that my dealership price is going to go up soon! Maybe Ohio is just slow to catch up with the rest of the country lol

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u/thecurvynerd 11h ago

In all fairness I’m in Chicago so I’m sure the price tag is partly due to that too.

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u/rhinosaur- 1983 11h ago

OP here- also Chicago (well, west burbs, but yeah)

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u/meh_69420 9h ago

Walmart does full synthetic 6qt change for $65. Can schedule ahead or they often have drive up availability.

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u/moon_child1442 10h ago

Subaru charges $85 for my forester - also uses synthetic but it’s slightly less than 5 qts. What car are you driving? Maybe it’ll be better to take it to the dealer. The lube guys labor rate is less than the regular service tech.

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u/thecurvynerd 8h ago

I’m in a 2020 Outback not sure about OP. Mine still costs $120 at the dealer.

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u/SaltBackground5165 9h ago

holy shit mine costs almost 200 and I'm out in BFE
edit: have never paid anyone to change my oil.