Expensive Oil Change & Tire Rotation?

i buy toyota filters by the case and Mobil One oil from Walmart. I then di my own oil changes.

 

Could be. My last purchase was from dealership in September of 2016, was $9.14 (CDN), per liter, and yeah, 4 required.

BTW, according to Toyota, it doesn't "keep" well, best to just recycle what's not used.

Yup: LA dealership currently asking $12.45 USD, per quart:

World Standard Automatic Transmission Fluid

 

@BiomedO1 : checked with our nearby dealership this morning, Toyota ATF WS fluid is currently $11.98 CDN ($8.54 USD), per liter. Plenty in stock.

 

I'm sure if you shop around; anyone can find it cheaper. An automotive repair shop isn't going to do that. They're going to order from their tired and true parts distributor, which means retail pricing for the customer and they buy it for wholesale. They're not going to tell a customer they're holding the car - waiting for a parts sale.
I'd occasionally get that same push-back from customers, when I use to run my dad's shop. I'd tell them that the parts I use; allows us to warranty the work we do. If one of our parts fail; we eat the cost. If you bring in cheap counterfeit parts that fail - you need to go back to the parts distributor to make it right and pay me again to do the job again. It's a lot cheaper than labor cost; because you've just shifted the burden of responsibility onto your self. That's the power of wrenching on your own car - you get to save money; but you also need to deal with counterfeit products if you go too cheap........

Amazon is currently showing that 4 quarts is between $56.50 - $73 without taxes and shipping; depending on membership.

 

Well, I can DIY change for about $38 USD (with the two washers), buying parts retail from dealership. If their service department was doing it, $100 USD would make them a bit of profit, considering it's about 1/2 hour labour.

 

On this forum do it yourself is always the recommendation even when it's clear someone prefers to have the work done at a shop but is looking for a way to get a fair price.

There are some methods to get a fair price as described occasionally in this thread even at dealers.

More expensive repairs are best done at independents. To know who is good you should use them for the routine fluid changes. The best independents are small and never a chain; let them get to know you and they may prioritize you when the big job is needed.

 

If you live in an area like I do the independent mechanics are completely (and I mean completely) ignorant about hybrids. I’m getting to the point where I won’t be physically able to do my own service so I tried reaching out to several of them in the area to simply change the oil and do a thorough inspection (which meant dropping the pans). Some of them flat out said they don’t touch hybrids at all and the rest looked at the list and said “I don’t do anything remotely connected to the hybrid battery” when they saw the part about checking the hybrid battery filter. One told be that the transmission fluid needs to be changed every 30,000 miles because it was a CVT!
My choice of independents are over two hours away (the two nearest to me) who have any knowledge about hybrids ( The Car Care Nut being one of them).
So I’m pretty much stuck with the local Toyota dealership.