[nsx042003]

think about it this way. Cost of oil and filter is probably in the neighborhood of 50 bucks already. I'm talking about cost as a consumer, not businesses getting bulk oil (even then, it's not as cheap as you'd think).

anyway, I can guarantee you, small shop or most generic lube places don't actually stock all of the different viscosity oil for you, most of the time, they have 5-30, 0-20, as 80% of the newer cars uses these.

On the off chance you have a newer toyota 0-16, good luck getting the right oil at any places other than dealerlevel (even then, i'm skeptical if the right oil is used)

inflation, cost of labour, transportation, the real bitch behind the increase in price is mostly that

But the increase in service interval has doubled as opposed to years ago...so..it's not too bad