ToyotaCare Plus for $329?

My dealer's oil change is $39 and multipoint inspection including fluid top-up are free. When I buy a new set of tires, rotation is free from local tire shop. I think 30K service include cabin and engine filters, but those are less than $20. It is worth no more than $100, IMO.

 

You can pay me to go to a dealer to top up fluids. Spend an hour to get half a quart of oil

 

Hell of a long way to fly out here from CA, just for that!

 

something wrong with their schedule, oil changes should be every 10k.

is toyota not doing 2 free years of toyotacare anymore?

 

what about cabin filter every 15k and air filter every 30k?

rotation should be every 5k, not at 30k only.

 

We should already be getting 2 years / 25K miles of Toyotacare with the purchase. Anything you are paying for is in excess of that. Are you quoting service specifically above and beyond that?

 

I meant to say "can't pay me"

 

i was wondering about that.

 

you can't pay me enough to take mine to the dealer for all the recalls i have piling up.

 

Ok Donald.

 

Donald wouldn't pay either

 

30k fluids, rotation, multipoint inspection, etc
35k oil change
40k fluids , etc.
45k oil change
roadside assistance to the dealer lol

--The mileage is wrong. Oil changes are every 10k or 1 year, so the first change you'd pay for after the prepaid Toyotacare would be at 30k, not 35.
--Get some figures from a shop you trust, hopefully less greedy than the dealer, for those four jobs. Find what the sum of those charges would be. 3 quarts of synthetic oil per change, etc. You can top up your own windshield washer fluid, view the levels of the two coolant reservoirs, you have a level sensor on the brake fluid...what else is needed? Tire rotations every 5k were mentioned above.
--Many already have roadside assistance on their car insurance which will tow the car to any nearby shop, not just a dealership. There's times I'd rather go elsewhere, like if I need a tire on a Saturday, etc.

My rule of thumb is that everything the dealer sells except the car is greatly overpriced. New cars have a low profit margin. The money is made on the extras and the service. The so-called finance manager is paid by commission only, so part of what he sells is his pay--out of your pocket and into his--not for the service but for the salesmanship.

 

I think OP is talking about the additional plan you can purchase after your FREE Toyotacare ends at 24k or 2yrs. That's why he's quoting those mileage figures.

 

Yap, that's what I gathered. Toyota Care Plus covers after FREE Toyota Care runs out. Prepaid Maintenance Plans | Toyota Financial

 

It really depends on if you value free tire rotation and a piece of mind with regards to warranty.

Service for Synthetic Oil Change usually cost anywhere from 50-70 bucks. The average seems to be about 60 dollars for an oil and filter change.

60 x 4 (regularly scheduled maintenance) = 240 bucks. The question is 89 dollars worth the savings over 75,000 miles?