I took my 06 E350 to the dealer for oil change.. They called me up and suggest to get the air engine air filter and cabin air filter replace as well as flush the brake fiuld. It costs around $460+ ,... Outch !!!! I can replace the air filter and cabin filter myself... Anyone flushed the brake fluid yet ??

dealers charge like $90-100 an hour so depending on parts price and what the book says for labor for those jobs it depends..

plus while they are in there it is probably easier to do certain things other than to tear apart the car again to just change a cabin filter while they are in there doing something close to that part that already has easy access...

Yeah, but even though they are already in there, they will charge by the book for what they could charge if they were NOT already in there.

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1994 E500 199/Gray 82k
84 300D (Salty) Orient Red/Palomino 141k
88 300CE (Ersatzhammer) 904/Java 163k -- Turbo Technics twin turbo kit, AMG Gen I body kit, Sportline steering box and steering wheel, Sportline/Eibach /Bilstein Sport/500E suspension, Quaife LSD in 210 mm diff case, Silver Arrow brakes.
88 300CE Brabus 3.6 199 on Black 44k

You need to add your car and YEAR to your sig. See mine below.

If you have SBC whcih I think you do it may be more involved than you think.

*edit* Your post does say its an 06, missed that previously. You do have SBC on that car.

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09' E320 Bluetec 77k (USA)
09' Hyundai Santa Fe Diesel 48k (S.A.)

Sounds about right after labor and parts mark up.

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1986 300SDL, 211K,Dealership serviced its whole life
1991 190E 2.6(120k)
1983 300D(300k)
1977 300D(211k)

If you have SBC you may run into difficulties doing it yourself.

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08 W251 R350
97 W210 E320
91 W124 300E
86 W126 560SEL
85 W126 380SE Silver
85 W126 380SE Cranberry
79 W123 250
78 W123 280E
75 W114 280

What is SBC? Is that just on the brakes?

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1998 C230 330,000 miles (currently dead of second failed EIS, yours will fail too, turning you into the dealer's personal human cash machine)
1988 F150 144,000 miles (leaks all the colors of the rainbow)
Previous stars: 1981 Brava 210,000 miles, 1978 128 150,000 miles, 1977 B200 Van 175,000 miles, 1972 Vega (great, if rusty, car), 1972 Celica, 1986.5 Supra

I have discussed this before, mechanics are paid by the job, as long as they have the job,there is the oppurtunity load it up. I have a friend who owns a "foreign auto shop" in Chicago. We were visiting the local MB dealer and he questioned one of the mechanics them on their compensation package.
As it turns out everything is billed by the job, if you are quick,and have done it before you can "bill" 40 hours in four days. The opposite of course is true, but you wont last long, because the dealership also has a profit center in the parts department. Warranty work is not billed by the flat rate manual.
You can refuse, filters I can change, brake flush, trans and things, I would let them do if is reasonable.
The most recent ocurrence, I had my "E" in for trans and oil, they said it needed a bulb in the instrument panel,1.1 hr labor and a fuel system cleaning 1.0 hr labor plus parts, $6 for bulb $54 for cleaning solutiom. The bulb must have gone bad while there (I guess)

Yeah flat rate

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1986 300SDL, 211K,Dealership serviced its whole life
1991 190E 2.6(120k)
1983 300D(300k)
1977 300D(211k)