Arizona
State Nickname:
Grand Canyon State
State Motto:
"God Enriches"
State Summary:
Ahhhh, Arizona, a place where you can drive with your windows down at any time of year. Summer heat notwithstanding, when the sun goes down on this desert landscape, so can the car windows. The minute the glass disappears into the door, warm breezes with scents of desert scrub brush or Ponderosa pine fill the car. Arizona is a state with is own natural aromatherapy year round, and you often find yourself settling back into your seat with a long sigh of relaxation. I just love driving in Arizona.
One may think Arizona is flat and bland, but in truth, it has an elevational change of 12,000 feet! Arizona’s lowest point is only 70 feet above sea level where the Colorado River drifts through the Sonoran Desert. Yet, did you know snow and ice are common in the Grand Canyon in the winter? It’s a beautiful site when the white dusting of snow sits on the crags and niches of the orange red walls of the canyon.
Driving Arizona lets you feel the changes in topography as you watch it change outside your car windows. It is hot and dry with sparse cacti and desert juniper in the south where Arizona shares the Sonoran Desert with Mexico. As elevation rises, you notice Saguaro cacti become more numerous and more spectacular. Then you pass into the Red Rocks area and Sedona you see the brownish green of lowland desert be replaced by soaring mesas of red and ochre stone. You start seeing trees like gamble oak and quaking aspen line creek bottoms. Then you ascend the Mogollon Ridge (say “Mug-ee-yon”.) Below are the dusty tones of the desert, but around you is green grass and fir trees that whisper in the wind and lead to Flagstaff. Here is the largest contiguous forest of Ponderosa Pine plus skiing in the winters. You can also ski in Tucson, believe it or not. Continuing on you find Arizona’s highest point, Humphreys Peak (12, 637 ft.) Its all forest, but when approaching the Grand Canyon, you suddenly break out into the great desert highlands of Utah and Colorado, where the Painted Desert touches the Four Corners in all its beauty.
So if you think Arizona is dry and flat, go drive it! Plug into your Blitzify app to know where help lies in case of an auto emergency. Blitzify can find you safe, caring, roadside assistance by accredited service stations who won’t “take you for a ride”. Just take a tip from me…if you are driving a normal car on a dirt road and the only other vehicles on you see are 4WD trucks like a Ford F-250s or Chevy Silverados, turn around and get back to the pavement quickly, or resign yourself to changing a tire soon. Blitzify can help you with that too!
State Capitol - Phoenix
Phoenix, AZ 85007
1-602-926-3620
Population
6.731 Million (2014)
Autos on the road
2,320,664
Check Engine Light Diagnosis Costs
Average Arizona Price
$86.39*
*Based on 2184 prices
Average National Price
$81.07*
*Based on 16477 prices
Name
Average Arizona Price
Independents
$80.75*
*Based on 706 prices
Sears Auto Center
$80.28*
*Based on 31 prices
Pep Boys
$90.68*
*Based on 23 prices
Firestone Complete Auto Care
$98.97*
*Based on 41 prices
Tech Plus Automotive
Best price
$95.00
$95.00
Within 1 miles
Service Provider A
$95.00
$95.00
Within 1 miles
Service Provider B
$100.00
$100.00
Within 1 miles
Service Provider C
$105.00
$105.00
Within 2 miles
Full Synthetic Oil and Filter Change Costs
Average Arizona Price
$78.77*
*Based on 501 prices
Average National Price
$81.76*
*Based on 32760 prices
Name
Average Arizona Price
Independents
$104.41*
*Based on 153 prices
Goodyear
$73.10*
*Based on 20 prices
Sears Auto Center
$74.45*
*Based on 26 prices
Firestone Complete Auto Care
$80.45*
*Based on 27 prices
Sun Devil Auto
Best price
$69.00
$69.00
Within 1 miles
Service Provider A
$82.28
$82.28
Within 1 miles
Service Provider B
$93.00
$93.00
Within 5 miles
Service Provider C
$94.00
$94.00
Within 1 miles
Tire Rotation Costs
Average Arizona Price
$19.13*
*Based on 395 prices
Average National Price
$19.01*
*Based on 21901 prices
Name
Average Arizona Price
Independents
$25.05*
*Based on 74 prices
Pep Boys
$10.86*
*Based on 22 prices
Sears Auto Center
$15.17*
*Based on 36 prices
Firestone Complete Auto Care
$19.77*
*Based on 44 prices
Tire Rotation
2012 Volkswagen Beetle
Phoenix, AZ
Sun Devil Auto
Best price
$10.00
$10.00
Within 2 miles
Service Provider A
$19.99
$19.99
Within 2 miles
Service Provider B
$19.99
$19.99
Within 1 miles
Service Provider C
$25.88
$25.88
Within 1 miles
Conventional Oil and Filter Change Costs
Average Arizona Price
$30.11*
*Based on 944 prices
Average National Price
$32.28*
*Based on 51280 prices
Name
Average Arizona Price
Independents
$29.25*
*Based on 99 prices
Sears Auto Center
$30.91*
*Based on 95 prices
Firestone Complete Auto Care
$33.20*
*Based on 111 prices
Pep Boys
$33.68*
*Based on 77 prices
Thoroughbred Nissan
Best price
$35.95
$35.95
Within 7 miles
Service Provider A
$36.02
$36.02
Within 5 miles
Service Provider B
$38.95
$38.95
Within 3 miles
Service Provider C
$40.98
$40.98
Within 3 miles
Wheel Alignment Costs
Average Arizona Price
$85.97*
*Based on 1270 prices
Average National Price
$88.24*
*Based on 57484 prices
Name
Average Arizona Price
Independents
$94.25*
*Based on 165 prices
Sears Auto Center
$85.77*
*Based on 107 prices
Firestone Complete Auto Care
$86.39*
*Based on 162 prices
Pep Boys
$86.70*
*Based on 89 prices
Midas
Best price
$49.99
$49.99
Within 10 miles
Service Provider A
$58.00
$58.00
Within 12 miles
Service Provider B
$69.95
$69.95
Within 10 miles
Service Provider C
$84.99
$84.99
Within 1 miles
Replace & Install New Battery Costs
Average Arizona Price
$158.91*
*Based on 560 prices
Average National Price
$160.72*
*Based on 26588 prices
Name
Average Arizona Price
Independents
$234.06*
*Based on 95 prices
Firestone Complete Auto Care
$146.06*
*Based on 60 prices
Pep Boys
$149.97*
*Based on 36 prices
Sears Auto Center
$151.71*
*Based on 40 prices
Sun Devil Auto
Best price
$129.95
$129.95
Within 1 miles
Service Provider A
$145.00
$145.00
Within 1 miles
Service Provider B
$185.00
$185.00
Within 5 miles
Service Provider C
$252.96
$252.96
Within 3 miles
Replace Front Brake Pads, Turn Rotors Costs
Average Arizona Price
$180.79*
*Based on 519 prices
Average National Price
$194.34*
*Based on 20917 prices
Name
Average Arizona Price
Independents
$210.35*
*Based on 17 prices
Midas
$172.53*
*Based on 35 prices
Sears Auto Center
$176.91*
*Based on 44 prices
Firestone Complete Auto Care
$179.19*
*Based on 62 prices
BRAKEmax
Best price
$159.95
$159.95
Within 3 miles
Service Provider A
$194.98
$194.98
Within 3 miles
Service Provider B
$208.62
$208.62
Within 5 miles
Service Provider C
$240.00
$240.00
Within 7 miles
Front Brake Pads and New Rotors Costs
Average Arizona Price
$438.40*
*Based on 451 prices
Average National Price
$443.34*
*Based on 24505 prices
Name
Average Arizona Price
Independents
$550.70*
*Based on 86 prices
Sears Auto Center
$388.02*
*Based on 27 prices
Firestone Complete Auto Care
$440.93*
*Based on 38 prices
Goodyear
$453.60*
*Based on 26 prices
Brake Masters
Best price
$300.00
$300.00
Within 2 miles
Service Provider A
$300.00
$300.00
Within 4 miles
Service Provider B
$406.29
$406.29
Within 4 miles
Service Provider C
$681.95
$681.95
Within 1 miles
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