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Straughan posted...

Yeah it's easy as fuck, but my hoa doesn't allow it. I haven't changed my own oil since 2002. I'm sure some people do it with their garage closed, but I like them to inspect my car anyway. Last two times I needed a slow leak patched. Another $30

I'm lucky enough to own a house in a non HOA. When I was buying I told the realtor I want no HOA and the house that kicked off my desire to buy a home (and the one I bought) was perfect.

streamofthesky posted...

Got my oil changed recently.

How the fuck did it get so expensive? I always just get regular oil, used to be like $25 or so, now everywhere wants $50! They cite the increasing cost of oil, but a) it didn't fucking double in price; and b) most of the cost has always been the labor, anyway.
Is it another example of companies using "inflation" as an excuse to price gouge?

Yes. They wanted to charge me $120 for a service I used to pay $80 for. I have gotten full synthetic when it wasn't price prohibitive but I'm not paying $40 more for the same service, sorry.