Grease Monkey

Had a great experience today with a basic oil change. Andre was friendly, helpful, and did not try and sell me on any unnecessary services — he, in fact, told me a few things my car didn’t need bc it’s still fairly new. As a female, I typically hate going to these places because of being treated as if I’m clueless about cars. But Andre made the experience smooth and comfortable. $ 36 for basic service, and I will definitely be going here for all oil changes in the future.

What to do in Watchung, NJ on an oppressively hot Wednesday in mid July? An oil change was not really along the lines that I was thinking, as I had plans to go to the beach, but duty calls.
As I was only looking to U-​turn my car away from a major highway, I found myself in a very short line of cars readying themselves for a oil change, lube and fluid topping. The ‘Stang has been a wonderful inter state chariot for me and my road hound for many years, so I thought to give her a early treat of fresh (oil) blood. Chie was the managers name and in the cauldron-​esq heat, quickly scurried over to my car to address my initial reluctance. Chie explained line by line what services my car would receive for the fee and what additional services were available, as I am wondering if an egg could actually fry on the blacktop below his feet.
Some were standard operating procedure, but a vacuuming of the carpets, window cleaning and free coffee and water, with a dog friendly waiting room really took this oil change shop to a level above the other’s (IE: Jiffy Lube)
I was in and out in 30 minutes, a standard up-​charge on the additional quart over 5 quarts was applied, but explained to me prior.
$ 36.00 oil change, vacuum, cleaning windows and topping off of all fluids. This was my tip from yesterday.