You know times are really getting bad when a shop like Meineke pulls this stuff. I have been getting my oil changed at Meineke for the last few years because they mail me oil change specials for $15.95. Yesterday ended all that. I went in yesterday (Saturday) to get my oil changed even though I figured I may have to wait because it's Saturday. There were no other customers there at 10:00 AM. I gave them my coupon and the keys and said I was going next door and would be back in 20 minutes. When I came back the manager said he had some bad news for me. He said I needed a power steering and brake fluid flush because the fluids were dirty. I said OK, show me the leak. He said there is no leak and I said no s**t, if there was I would have noticed it on the floor in my garage. Then I asked him if there was no leak how did my fluids get dirty? He sounded like Obama without a teleprompter, uh, uh ooo, uh, ahh, oh, oh. Then he told me I needed a fuel filter because the one that was on there looked like the original. I told him it was not the original, I replaced the original at 40,000 miles because my engine started to ping. Restricted filter and the engine runs lean, gets hot and pings. I put in a new one and no more ping. Then he told me I needed battery service because the posts were starting to show some corrosion that will cause my battery to drop cells. I told him the battery was $39.95 purchased at Walmart 5 years ago and was probably ready to be replaced anyway. He said he could perform all this service today for $279.95 and he would throw in the oil change for free. I got up on my tip toes and did a tap dance while shouting expletives as loud as I could that would have made Rodney King proud.