Yikes.

I took my 96 Mazda pickup to the shop this morning for an oil change and to get them to diagnose the check engine light. First, Roy told me he'd charge $45 just to hook up the scanner and tell me what the problem was: bad coil. I asked if it was a performance issue, or a breakdown issue, and he said breakdown.

I just heard back from them, oil change, diagnosis, coil, spark plugs, wires, and labor is going to set me back almost $600.