I get all my maintenance and tires at the dealership where I buy my car from. Auto dealerships have a vested interest in keeping you loyal to the brand of cars they sell so they hire the best mechanics and train them extensively on the models of cars they work on.
Yes, you will pay more for car maintenance at a dealership than "Joe's Garage" down the street or even some NTB or Firestone franchise where margins are only maintained by employing cheap labor. But as in all things, you get what you pay for.
Yes, the Toyota dealer we have dealt with for years is on the other side of the county and know about pricing always being higher.
They always do well by us and never tried to sell something not needed.
My Tacoma didn’t come from that particular dealer. It came from an NC dealer my dad knew. It’s a manual, 6 speed. When I went to the place here with the ad I saw up there, all I got were funny looks.
When I take it in, the service people who know have a laugh with me.