Oil change

[bigsmoke]

5000 mile oil change today with the dealer, Spyder was in shop for 1 hour,
total for this $250. Plus taxe, gonna have to do this on my owe in future,
is this cost the normal with Spyder dealers.

 

[5PYD3R]

5000 mile oil change today with the dealer, Spyder was in shop for 1 hour,
total for this $250. Plus taxe, gonna have to do this on my owe in future,
is this cost the normal with Spyder dealers.

I was charged the exact same for my first oil change I had done and will never do it again. I calculated it one time to see what it is to do it myself and I cant remember what it came out to be but it is considerably cheaper. Check out BajaRon. He is a site sponsor and a VERY nice guy to deal with. I get all my oil, seal kits, and filters through him.

 

[bigsmoke]

I was charged the exact same for my first oil change I had done and will never do it again. I calculated it one time to see what it is to do it myself and I cant remember what it came out to be but it is considerably cheaper. Check out BajaRon. He is a site sponsor and a VERY nice guy to deal with. I get all my oil, seal kits, and filters through him.

Thanks for the tip, will do.

 

[DeanerBeaner]

All the panels on the right side need to come off the oil filter is on the top of the motor.

 

[Chupaca]

First service..!!

good idea to let them do it. After that by all means do it yourself. Kits run $55.00 to $65.00 plus you do the work. Do run it by and have them hook it up to the buds for code check and updates...:thumbup:

 

[oldguyinTX]

5000 mile oil change today with the dealer, Spyder was in shop for 1 hour,
total for this $250. Plus taxe, gonna have to do this on my owe in future,
is this cost the normal with Spyder dealers.

Did you go to Stamford Motorsports? I have found them to be very fair on their pricing, and Jeremy, the Spyder Tech knows these machines inside and out. Most of the money is spent removing & re-install Tupperware. When he does this, he looks at other things as well, just to make sure everything is OK. Chris, the service manager is also the owner, and I believe that he does everything he can to make his customers happy. He has helped me a lot, gave me a loaner last fall when they had my RT for 10 days, has helped me deal with BRP as well. All in all, a really good dealer. Hard to get an appointment as Jeremy is the only one who works on Spyders, but he is worth waiting for.

 

[bigsmoke]

Yes I know the Stamford dealer very well, this time I went to Land And Sea in Waterbury, that's all they do there BRP products, very nice dealer, good comfort level with them. I might go to Stamford Motor Sports next time, most likely the same cost, just a shorter ride for me though coming from Norwalk.

 

[joebryanjr]

It all depends on what your time is worth. I prefer to spend my time on more profitable pursuits.

 

[bigsmoke]

"more elaborate pursuits" now that is a General statement, good for you.

 

[bigsmoke]

cancel that elaborate and replace by profitable, yes nothing wrong with making a buck.

 

[Dan_Ashley]

I paid $176 for an oil change and changing both oil filters. Anyone know why we have two oil filters?

 

[SpyRyd]

I paid $176 for an oil change and changing both oil filters. Anyone know why we have two oil filters?

One for the tranny and one for the motor.

 

[bullant12]

I think you meant left side.
The left & right side of a vehicle is determined in the seated position not by what you see from the front.

I know ... splitting hairs

2014's have the filters now on the right side, Roger. The dipstick is on that same side!