Cost of an oil change in NY/NJ

[Perfectlap]

did the Boxster's 2nd oil change after the speedo triped 15K this weekend.
As part of my extended warranty all maintenance must be done by an ASE certified mechanic dude. Oil change and brake flush was on the menu since I don't think the brakes have ever been flushed.
They wanted the BOxster all day for the 15K servicing and the charge was $600 not including the brake flush which was another $200

Doing the math in my head I instinctively answered "well can you do the oil, brake flush and just change the pollen and air filters?"

to which the young man at the desk replied,"well yeah that's the 15K service"
(his answer oil,filter,air/pollen filters,blowing leaves out of the radiator, topping off the fluids,checking belts annd hoses). THis takes all day??? My old mechanic on my Miata would do this in 1.5 hours (and flushing the brake fluid).


All day I didn't have unfortunately, actually I didn't even have an hour to spare this morining, So I told him to do just the oil and brake flush. I figured I would try a less expensive ASE shop to do a simple swap of pollen and air filters. The car had a top to bottom inspection($90) two months ago when I brought in for a wheel alignment($150). I'm thinking they probably checked all the hoses then I'll have to look over the checklist they are faxing me, well they reported ZERO issues and the alignment was only slightly off.


Oil Change $100
oil 10 quarts $70
recycling oil fee $10
oil filter $25
crush ring thing $1
Brake Flush $150
brake fluid $30

Total with Tax: $407

Anyhoo, I lucked into this appointment. All other Porsche dealers and Porsche specialists were booked for the next two-three weeks! Apparently a Mid Ohio track event is keeping lots of folk here in NY/NJ plenty busy. Jiff Screw was not an option.

P.S.
Sat in the 987 finally. All I can say about the interior: different but not better. I wish they had gone more GT2/GT3 instead of more Cayenne on the interior.
Hopefully they won't do this on the Cayman.

[Pilot2519j]

Your price is not that far off to what I paid for my 15000 mile service. That was about a little more than $ 600 including the oil change. An oil change by itself is $ 188.00. This work is done at Silver Star, in Mineola, NY.

[Perfectlap]

So how much of the remaining $400 (the oil and filter aside) was labor and how much was parts for your 15K service?

[Adam]

They do a brake flush on the 15k service? I missed that when looking through my manual.

[Perfectlap]

not necessarily with the 15K, its supossed to be done every two years regardless of mileage. y'know If the fluid appears dark.

[Adam]

Why every 2 years? Does the oil degrade in that short of time?

[Perfectlap]

good question. I don't know.
I'm guessing this is an average Porsche and others have documented for the average life expectancy of brake fluid given moderate use.
I'm wondering if you would still need to flush the brakes if the car was used very lightly (like mine avg. 2.25K miles a year for the first 4 years) and the brake fluid still appeared very clear.

[Adam]

Yeah, I was thinking mileage would be more of a factor rather than time concering the oil flush periods.

[Perfectlap]

this morning I got a customer service-suryvey call from the dealership. They asked if I could give them a ten for speed, courteous, quality of service. I told them I saw no reason against doing so EXCEPT that their waiting experience didn't compare to the Big Grand Daddy dealership I previously visisted. This big Porsche dealer give you free lunch,soft drinks, plasma TV's, pool table, internet kiosks etc.
The small Porsche dealership in question had a waiting experience that consisted of a small TV, one desk top with out DSL and one water cooler. This the sort of thing I would recognize from my Toyota or Acura dealership.
Although their amenities were tiny their prices weren't any smaller than the big Ray Catena Dealer. Didn't mean to burst their bouble but given the choice of the two places for a future oil change I guess the choice is a simple one.
Time for this small dealer to upgrade or downgrad the prices.