When someone starts lying to me, it is time to walk.

$125.00 for an oil change???????????

That's theft.

Canadian Tire just said $49.95 at the most because it's a CRD, the
regular engine is about $25.00.

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budman@suckeggs.ca did pass the time by typing:

Call another dealer and ask how much it would be to get an oil change for
your Jeep. :)

It all depends on how long you expect to keep the vehicle and
how much you want or are willing to do yourself.

Take the basic warranty.  Look at bumper-to-bumper and powertrain
separately.  Electronics usually fail in the first few months of
operation then last and last till age eventually causes failure
(it's called a bathtub curve)  Daily operations like the power
door/windows/latches/seats/etc all eventually fail but generally
they work for more than ten years even with a lot of use.

For the most part, the electronics that fail can be easily replaced
by the average back yard mechanic.  The cost isn't cheap but that is
the trade you have to make.  Pay up-front for the extended plan and
hope things break enough that your not out of money, or don't get
the plan and hope things don't break.  It's a gamble.

If you plan on lifting or modifying the vehicle, check your countries
laws.  Down South here we have the Magnusson Moss Warranty Act. Dunno
if there is a similar one for Canada.

I got the money out of my 7-70 powertrain.  Mostly new seals on the
transmission, transfer case, CV boots, valve cover, etc.  If it broke
I had them fix it, no matter how small. :)

Of course it's well past the waranty end now so it's all on me.  Good
thing I do most of my own work.

Depending on where you live, you might or might not have enough
competition to keep the dealers a bit more realistic.   Yours is well to
the wrong end of the credibility scale.

Local dealers [silicon valley] are charging 24.95 for normal oil +
filter changes and will make that synth or synth blend for a few bucks
more.  For the diesels using 11 quarts of oil, both seem to be charging
$59.95     Of course there are oil change places on every street corner
and they charge about the same as a dealer...

There are several service plans available for new Jeeps, backed by
Daimler Chrysler.  Some such as "Maximum Care" even cover the electronic
gewgaws that cost an arm and a leg to service.  The service departments
at the couple local dealers seem to like those for typical owners as
they claim it cuts down on hassles of covered versus non-covered
repairs.  Obviously they are profitable for the company.    You would
spend less overall if you just paid for repairs using the typical dealer
discount adverts...unless you had a repair over the cost of the extended
service plan.  They are betting your vehicle has average or better
reliability--you are betting it doesn't.  Like the Vegas casinos, they
play the numbers with a house edge.

The Gold Plus is not one of the names of the DC backed plans... avoid
third party warranties like the plague.

budman@suckeggs.ca proclaimed:

    The diesel engine run so dirty that we just don't change one
filter: http://www.billhughes.com/temp/VolvoVT880EngineD16.jpg Remember
there's one in the exhaust, too.
       God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
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