Qouted $272.00 Including tax to service rear brakes....double that for rear and fronts. When I looked at the service guy and questioned that he said "well if another place said cheaper are they turning the rotors?" To which I laughed and walked out.


So to the point. I did my rear brakes today, had the rotors turned (only $12each by the way)still with all parts and everythng involved spent....$95. That's right $177.00 less than the dealership!

Now....lets hope I did it right.......errrrrr

 

lol dealership

 

DIY FTW!!!

 

Seriousley you guys... when he brought up if the other place was turning the rotors I about died. I almost said yeah for a whopping $12 but I guess you guys are like 10 times that for the turning of the rotors. I swear you guys the dealerships just slay me anymore....just mindboggeling.

 

I don't know why you are flipping out over how expensive taking your car to the dealership is. Its like that for anyone. They charge jobs by the book and labor usually runs around 80-100 bucks an hour. The good thing about deciding to go to the dealership is that they will warranty their work and part,, where as any other mechanic shop wont. And your not being very courteous by being rude to the service guy at the dealership, its not his fault labor is too expensive for you, its not like they are purposely trying to rip you off, he is just doing his job.

I know that if I wanted to get something done right, on time, and with warranty and the reassurance I wouldn't mind taking it to the dealership. Anyhow doing brakes is cake, you could of saved your self even more money by doing it yourself. With some replacement pads and taking your rotots to get turned you wouldn't of spent over $50.

 

You seriousley should stop and go re-read my post before opening your mouth and making a fool of yourself.

But just in case reading isn't your field of expertise here are the cliff notes:

1) Wasn't rude to the service guy

2) At no point was I "flipping out"

and 3) I did do it myself you moron.

Oh and #4) just to clarify right now I AM bieng rude to you .


Peace.

 

After he told you the price and you walked out "laughing" thats considered rude...
lol I don't give a ____ if some guy in his early 30's is being "rude" to be over some web based scion board. Haha, from this last post and your first post you seem to have an anger issue. Your little name calling doesn't phase me though, I know that at the end of the day I do all work on my car. I don't have to worry about geting quoted at the dealer for anything. I'll be doing some Hawk HP Pluses with my new Porterfield R4S pads next week, then I'm going to go Auto X and drive the hell out of my car.

 

Wendysorbust- You actually think that the dealer always does the right/correct job? um, i guess you haven't seen the dealerships the rest of us have had to endure. Lots of them really DO NOT KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING when they attempt to "fix" something. There are a handful of dealers do know what they're doing but the majority hire people who really don't care what they do.

You go against andrew1782 but yet you're doing exactly what he did in replacing your brake pads yourself, so i don't get it. Do you just want to argue?

and yes all of us can agree that the dealership charges way too much for simple jobs. Just because it's "in the book" doesn't mean they need to charge that. In this economy, they'll be lucky to stay in business if they continue to charge outrageous prices for simple maintenance. People always find a way to fix stuff in economic downturns that don't cost them lots of money.. Ask some older people what happened to dealerships in the 80's when they did the same thing (poor service-high prices)

 

If you are going to "qoute my comments" then make sure they are correct. Again though I am not surprised to see you do something like that.

As far as for my age and your insinuation of my income and not bieng able to afford dealer prices, you are displaying your ignorance.

 

lol eff the stealership those people u have to laugh in their face cuz its them that is tryin to bs you...but some dealership people are cool

 

It's funny how a simple thread gets some randon kid all bent out of shape.

Even funnier how many ignorant comments he made.

Anyway, point is, beware of dealerships......

 

lol dude...its so funny how dealerships try to lie to u about things u need for ur car liek new brake pads and tires and then when u tell them ull get it somewhere else for cheaper they get so mad and they try to bs you. diy is the best way for anyhting if u know at ur doing

 

Yep, and it happens all too frequently. Unfortunately it's not going to change, that's just the nature of people in general, at least on the 'Net.

Sounds like you did what's best in that scenario. For the prices the stealership is trying to charge, forget machining the rotors, you could get new rotors and still come out ahead DIY.

 

lol dealership. haven't been there since my 3rd free oil change

 

Which 'stealership ' was that? Doesn't surprise me here in the valley.
When I had my new rotors and pads installed it didn't cost me anything!
I'm fortunate to know peeps who can do the job right.

 

haha, i never even went for my first...

partly because i dont like the dealer
and
party because my car prob wont even make it onto the lift.

 

i remember when i went to get my first free oil change at 1000 miles. They were going to charge me 30 bucks saying my oil change doesnt kick in until 3000 miles. I got it for free anyways lol. Hell it was snowing outside I didnt want to do it.

 

hey i got a question since were all hating on the dealership but i recently got servicd the other day and the tc is supppose to get 5w-30 and they gave me 5w-20 is that bad or good?

 

5/20 is fine, they switched it, you wont see any differnce between 30 or 20

 

Toyota switched it in february 2006, for the 2006 and newer tCs. They issued a technical service bulletin to update what to use.

It's good, friend of mine was having noise when cold with 5w-30.. Switched to 5w-20 and great cold starts now. My friend's dealership told him it would be better for cold weather, and they were right. Even in summer the engine was working better. It's a good thing, stay with the switch.