$600 - $800 to install plugs and filters and change fluids that cost about $120. But then there's a lot of bending over climbing under and the squatting to lube the hinges.

By the end of the week the poor mechanic can hardly walk. All he needs is someone to pop his back. Xrays, TENS treatment, heat therapy, torture bed--$300 bucks just to get someone to pop his back. And oh by the way, come back twice a week for the next month.

Yep, sometimes it's just better to do it yourself.