Re: C240 2001 routine service

You are paying too much money for Service A... which is basically oil
change 
and lots of inspection. Service B has air filter and some more inspection.

Instead of forking over $500 for each service... this is what I would
do... 
since it seems like you are not mechanically inclined.

Every year, change oil... synthetic oil... I think dealer charge around
$110 
to do this job... I am not sure how much at quick lube places... probably 
$40 less. The critical point of this oil change is the filter... I think 
quick lube tends to use cheaper paper filter... this is not what we
want... 
we want the fiberglass filter which cost $18 each... so in your case,
dealer 
is best bet. Just insist on oil change.

Maybe every 3 years you let them do a service B... which covers everything

on Service A.

If you are mechanically inclined, you could do the whole oil change job 
yourself for around $45 or less if you buy synthetic oil on sale. I use
oil 
suction method, so I don't get under the car anymore to drain oil. You can

buy a cheap oil suction tool... for around $40 or so... takes a while to 
suck up the oil.

I personally am using Harbor Freights air suction tank... which is around 
$120... uses compressor to create vacuum and comes with alot of 
attachements.