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Originally Posted by John Mercier
It is mostly labor.
What your are bulk buying at a Costco, the shops/dealers are bulk buying in either 55 gallon drums or pumped into a large storage tank from a tanker.
You will find that it various around the country... so what we are experiencing is somewhat different than what they are.
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Full synthetic at $3 per quart is pretty cheap. When I left the business 3 1/2 years ago, I was paying that for synthetic blend in bulk.
The growing number of trucks and SUV's that have shields under the engine make oil changes slower thus requiring an increased labor charge.
Years ago, I could change oil and filter, check all the tires and top off all the fluids in 15 minutes on a lift. Some of the SUV's take that just to remove the shields, German vehicles esp..