How much should an oil change cost? A $172? Learn the answer to this question in this episode of the Catholic money show. One thing about the Catholic Money Show you may not know is that we have a voice mail number. You can call in and leave us a message with your questions, your ideas for podcast episodes, whatever you like, and you we might just answer that question in a future episode. And today is one of those episodes. We had a listener call in and leave a message about car costs, and we're gonna answer these questions in today's episode. So without any further ado, let's roll the tape.

Hi, guys. Huge fan of the show. You guys are incredible and have helped, myself and my husband a lot with our finances. However, a big blow to our budget this month was I needed to get an oil change. And after doing so, my husband looked at the budget and realized that they probably overcharged me a little bit, but I have no idea because I don't know anything about cars. So I would really love to learn more about, yeah, what are the best ways to go about maintaining your vehicle in a way that Helps with its longevity, but also to make sure that you're not getting overcharged or scammed by, car care professionals because apparently an oil change and a filter change should not cost $172, but I didn't know that. So I would love to learn more. Thanks so much.

Well, thank you so much for calling in and asking a question. Alright. Well, I think your husband is right And that your oil change should not have cost $172. Now you asked question about, You know, maintenance and and keeping costs down and all that. Now I wanna focus on the oil change here in this episode to kinda just keep things focused in, But there are more there is more information about this inside Catholic Money Academy. In fact, Amanda's dad Has been a mechanic for I think it's been 40 years or something. So he does the work on our cars. He does all this, and we Interviewed him a little while ago and asked him questions about the car.

How do you do this? What what should you do here? Is this really necessary? What shouldn't I never forget to do? All this. And so there's an interview with him. You can listen to that interview inside Catholic Money Academy. It'll be inside, the members' hub, and then in probably money saving minutes is my guess. Maybe it's in expert interviews, actually. Yeah. I think it's in Expert Interviews. So, anyway, if you haven't joined Catholic Money Academy yet and you're listening to this.

Well, what are you doing? There's a link in the notes, and go start a free 14 day trial. It's@walletwin.com/startmytrial. All one word, no dashes, nothing fancy. Walletwin.com/startmytrial. But let's get into the oil change here. The $172 oil change. That's crazy. That's too much.

It reminds me When I was a young lad, I took my car to Sears to get, I don't even know what it was. The tires? I don't think it was an oil change. It was something minor. It was something to do with the with the tires, I believe. So it must have been tires, and they charged me for replacement Lug nuts. You know, like, the little the nuts hold the the wheel the wheels on the car, the tires on on the on the car. I don't know if you ever need to replace those, but I didn't know anything. And I trusted that if these car guys think They need to be replaced.