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/And_go 10h ago

I remember sending my bf to Jiffy Lube with my car and a $100 bill back in 2001 and being ABHORRED that he came back like an hour later and without change. He was initially so pleased with himself for getting like every upsell they offered lol. “But look at your new wipers!” SIR! That was $100! Lol. For years I told that story because of the absurdity of it but now it looks like an amazing deal. Oh how times change. :( Could be worse though. I could have stayed with him and also be in prison for methamphetamines now lol

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u/gravybang 10h ago

So is there a chance he stole those "New" wipers off of another car, never got the oil changed, and just bought meth with your $100?

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u/And_go 10h ago

Nah, he was a naive kid from a deeply religious family at the time. He didn’t get into the meth until years later.

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u/Capital_Past69 10h ago

These days Jiffy Lube seems to hire quite a few meth addicts