Find a friend, buy him a 12 pack, and change your fluid and filter yourself. Its really not that hard, so long as you properly prepare for it, and start early on a Saturday. I've done mine twice now, and I would not hesitate to do it again. The process has been broken down here on the forum many times, but I would be glad to help spell it out again if you need me too.

I personally believe that it is crucial to the longevity of your trans. And I also believe, that because of the relative pain in the butt that changing the fluid and filter is, that shops will tend to cut corners when doing it for us, and charge you an arm and a leg to boot. So save yourself some money, and get yourself some piece of mind, knowing that you did it and did it right.

Bart