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NBR: Oil Change without getting ripped off?

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I am going out of town this weekend and I need an oil change.  I HATE going for oil changes because they always talk me into getting all these things I probably don't need.  I feel like they do this because I am a woman but it could be because I don't have a backbone!

Can you suggest a place that might not do this?  I am in East Atlanta but downtown, midtown, Decatur area is okay.

Thanks!!

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Re: NBR: Oil Change without getting ripped off?

  • dbrysondbryson

    I don't have a rec but what I do when they start telling me stuff is ask them to repeat it again to me slowly.  Then I call my father who knows a lot about cars and ask them to repeat it to him.

    Works most of the time. :)   My Dad can be MEAN ...which I use to my advantage in this situation.

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  • kepkep member

    I tell them I can't do anything else without first OKing it with my husband. Plus, I don't have time for them to do anything else when I am there because I usually wait for them in the waiting room.

     

    I go to the dealership (Honda). Many years ago, a small auto shop seriously messed up my car.

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  • DomerJenCDomerJenC member

    I go to Larry's Buckhead Auto Center - they are great, have great reviews on kudzu, and have never tried to sell me anything when i get my oil changed.

    They are currently running a special - only $2.99 for an oil change.  I got it done a couple weeks ago - they still didn't try to do any upselling.

    https://www.kudzu.com/merchant/1226693|1.html - look on the right a little ways down the page for the coupon.

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    Thank you ladies!  Good to know I am not the only one.  They do it to my Dad as well so I know that it's not just me.  They once wanted to do over $300 worth of stuff on my Dad's car.  He was mad!  

    But anyway, that's a great coupon!  I might head over there tomorrow.  Thanks again!

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  • mingaling2mingaling2 member

    I always go to the Texaco Express Lube on Ponce, near the Whole Foods shopping center & Eats.

    Love them.  They never try to sell me on stuff I need, and even if I do need something, they just remind me that it needs to be done.

     
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