Good Seattle location for oil change?

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting' started by miverson, Jun 18, 2007.

  1. miverson

    miverson Junior Member

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    As a Seattlite, I know there are a ton of Priuses (Prii?) in the city. I'm at 5k miles and, given all the hoopla about overfilling on an oil change, thought I'd see if anyone from Seattle on Priuschat can recommend a reliable place to get the oil changed (downtown dealer, Jiffylube, Grease Monkey, etc.). All I care is that it's done right.

    Thanks!

    Mark
     
    #1 miverson, Jun 18, 2007
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    If you can stand going as far as Toyota of Olympia, this is an A#1 Prius shop. But their Mike Beyer (IFixEm) has not posted here lately. Where you be, Mike?
     
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  3. Rae Vynn

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(tochatihu @ Jun 18 2007, 01:02 PM) [snapback]464195[/snapback]</div>
    I find this information encouraging. Thank you.
    Oh, and Mike? you're getting another one :)
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Rae Vynn @ Jun 18 2007, 01:17 PM) [snapback]464209[/snapback]</div>
    Michaels of Bellevue, just 12 miles east of Seattle off of I-90 is my dealer, and they have been great so far. We had our 5,000 mile oil change and so far so good, no error codes, no problems. I think the form said 4qts of oil, but I haven't checked the level yet. It was over as a brand new car, so that may be the norm.

    -wiiprii
     
    #4 wiiprii, Jun 18, 2007
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  6. miverson

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(wayne60014 @ Jun 18 2007, 03:47 PM) [snapback]464229[/snapback]</div>
    I'm the one who started this thread. After futher research on priuschat I was gonna do it myself but got lazy and took it to the downtown Seattle dealership this morning. They:

    1. Filled it exactly to the line.
    2. Tried to sell me a tire rotation, which I thought was totally unecessary at 5k miles, so passed.
    3. Filled all four tires to the same psi. Aren't the front tires supposed to have a higher psi than the rear?

    Total cost: $35 plus change.

    Mark
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Mark Iverson @ Jun 22 2007, 02:28 PM) [snapback]466573[/snapback]</div>
    The front-back tire rotation at every 5K miles is listed in the Toyota schedule of service for the Prius.
     
    #7 Rae Vynn, Jun 22, 2007
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