My mom took her car to Jiffy Lube to get a couple of wiper blades. The price they charged her was $25.66. I thought that was a bit outrageous for Two $2.50 wiper blades. If you don't change your own oil, go somewhere else besides Gip-me lube. Bill Berckman Cincinnati VW/Porsche Family Reunion Show 2003 Pictures
And maybe I'm just being a naive girl but where in the hell do you get wiper blades for $2.50?!
25.66 sounds exactly right to me since the cheapest blades I've ever seen are $12 something a piece.Boy, I must be shopping in the wrong places!!!
Kidd
"A hundred days to make me older since the last time that I saw your pretty face. A thousand lies to make me colder and I don't think I could look at this the same, but all the miles that seperate disappear now when I remember your face."
Depends on whether you get a refill, or a blade (the arm peice which holds the refill). There are VERY large differences in Quality of blades. Only buy genuine Natural rubber blades - like used OEM on new cars. The crappy silicone ones are crap - they sqeauk and jump and leave a coating on the windscreen which is dangerous. Next time you get some get natural ones - You'll sure see the difference
Allan :-)
..................Go to Walmart and get refills, not the whole wiper arm.
.......BTW................That $12 price is just for women.
LOL!
NOBODY buys refills here. I dont' even think they are available. I know it used to be possible, but the last time I asked just for the fun of it (for a more rare blade) the seller looked at me funny and laughed... "Your grandpa tell you that?"
Jan :D
Natural vs. silicone ... hmmm. ;-)
On Wed, 04 Feb 2004 22:47:30 +0200, Jan Andersson ran around screaming and yelling:
i don't waste my time with refills...probably because all those years i used a bug as a "daily" driver i had to buy the whole blade...no one that i know of(in my area) carries an 11" refill....i cut some once...didn't work as well as i wanted...so even to this day i buy the whole blade...just bought two for my workvan last week...total for two blades? 23 bucks... JT
I DO get refills! You think I want to replace the whole damn arm every time they start to get crappy? I'm too lazy for that! ;)
And the price, well yeah. Wouldn't surprise me if I hadn't worked at Pep Boys.
Kidd
"A hundred days to make me older since the last time that I saw your pretty face. A thousand lies to make me colder and I don't think I could look at this the same, but all the miles that seperate disappear now when I remember your face."
Reality does suck from time to time.
Randy
"Joey Tribiani" wrote
Plain old FLAPS around here quit carrying the 11" refills several years ago. A couple of years later they stopped carrying the 11" blades. Now I have to drive over to Charlotte to a VW parts place to buy the blades, even they don't have the refills anymore.
-- Scott
My wife bought a 2000 Focus (POS)... I refused to get involved w/it. She "spent" $200 @Precision Tune - they said the quote of $50 was without parts(a distributor cap and plugs), and THEN she spent $500.00 yes five hundred dollars at "Just Brakes"...howinthef*** that happened I do not know...I found the bills in the glove compartment. I have a VW genius in his 50's who's family has been in town for generations, and he coaches the little league...he does stuff like cv boots for me (ugh-messy)in 1 day, has a spotless shop, and a reputation to uphold. He's not some idiot pothead who anonomously (sp?) puts in 8 hours... and now I look at the cancelled check statement every month...
On Thu, 05 Feb 2004 05:03:30 GMT, "Scott H" ran around screaming and yelling:
the advance auto/discount autoparts chains in my area still carry the
11" blades.. they don't carry large quantities, so if another beetle owner or an old jeep owner gets there the week that you need em you gotta wait.... JTYep... natural is always better :-)
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