Just doing a 40K km (24K mile) service, so I got replacement cabin pollen filters from my dealer. They (there are 2 of 'em) each consist of a piece of pleated paper. For all the world they look like a sheet of folded copier paper, with another piece glued on to keep it rigid. But they each cost the same as the engine air filter!

If a two-cent piece of paper folded up in a plastic baggie is worth nearly $20 plus tax, I'm going into the origami business...

BTW, the cabin filters take about 4 minutes to replace, IMHO virtually anybody who can tie their own shoes can do this one.

I work in an office that "kills" at least an acre's worth of trees in needless copies per year. Still, in my opinion, the "guts" of the cabin filter more closely resemble coffee filter paper than copier paper. And since my dexterity has abandoned me long ago, I'm content getting my replacements from H and A at closer to their "real" cost -- as opposed to staying up all night attempting to do my own origami! But you're correct -- a blind monkey* could do the replacement in far less time than it would take to "write a Shakespearean play". :shock: :-D

*No personal offense intended toward any possible blind monkey owners, honest!