On my 2002 Sienna, as few repairs as I have had, I take it to the dealer. This is not how I normally would do things, but in McAllen, there is a, ahem, cultural problem. The only other place I have found that does good work has a waiting list of many days.
My daughter had a 1992 Saturn, when they were still great cars. She had maintenance work done all over the country. Once, she called San Antonio on the way to Iowa from McAllen, for a ??? mile major maintenance project. When she pulled in, they put several mechanics on it, and in less than one hour she had paid and was hatting down I-35 to the north.
In McAllen, mechanics at the Saturn dealer even reused a radiator clamp when they put on new hoses, and the sucker broke a few days later. McAllen is the only place she did not get perfect work the first time.
Air filters, good ones from Wal-mart. Oil filters from the dealer and put them on myself, of course. Mobil-1 EP synthetic at Wal-mart. Bulbs at Auto-zone, the high-rel type. Tires from a large tire dealer, Yokohama brand, but here in Mexico I wipe out one a year, no warranty once I cross the border, a local tire dealer recommends I change to a higher load rating tire.