Who doesn't

[GRIM]

Change their own oil?

I used to swear I never would take my vehicles anywhere, but when I bought my Mazda 6 it was to low for my ramps so I took it in. Now I wont even think about doing it myself.

Guess I got lazy.

[DGAF]

I dont change my own either. I dont want to do any work on my own cars, and I am certified to do it,lol. I just dont want the bother anymore. They have all the equipment to do it so let them mess with it. I dont want to have to get down on the ground on my back and get oil all over my hands and arms, have it splash in my face and stuff. They are standing under the car when they do it and have you seen those guys hands, they always look all dirty and oily and stuff, even when they are cleaned up they still look dirty. Not for me anymore!!!


DGAF

[Buck Wild]

I havent changed mine since i was a teen with my dad. Now i have a garage down the road that works on all my fleet and gives me buy one get one free oil changes.

[GRIM]

Plus having to deal with exchanging/recycling the oil and crap. I've priced it before and it's almost cheaper to have someone else do it.

Only problem is sometimes you get people who are idiots. My brand new car 'when I bought my mazda' the dumb fucks bent my dip stick and forgot to put the valve caps back on! :mad:

[WaRRior]

I take mine somewhere...I hate to do it, but I don't have the time, or tools/equipment to do it myself.

[Buck Wild]

Plus having to deal with exchanging/recycling the oil and crap. I've priced it before and it's almost cheaper to have someone else do it.

Only problem is sometimes you get people who are idiots. My brand new car 'when I bought my mazda' the dumb fucks bent my dip stick and forgot to put the valve caps back on! :mad:

Shit i used to dump out old oil on top of the hill behind out house. Yeah o had a buddy tha had an f250 and they forgot to put the plu on tight needless to say he got a new vehicle out of it.

[GRIM]

Got my Hummer all setup to get it's oil changed and tires rotated on Wednesday :D

[Bunny]

Yeah it's not very often I here about guys changing the oil, well unless they are changing someone elses.

[Wabbitt]

I used to change my own, but hell, these guys can do it faster and for about the same as it would cost me to do it. Not to mention I don't have to get dirty:cool:

[agentsmith]

Yeah it's not very often I here about guys changing the oil, well unless they are changing someone elses.I refuse to let anyone work on my vehicle unless its something I'm not set up to do or don't have the time.....always checking the Wardens oil whenever I can though;)

[GRIM]

Got my oil changed and tires rotated today. Kind of pissed me off, I have the auto air pressure check built in 'forget the correct term' but they tell me that they don't know how to reset it so I might have to drive to the dealer 'an hour or more away' and pay to have them do it!

WTF they could not find out!

Plus they told me oil changes will cost $15 extra to take the pan off I have on my hummer. Their starting oil change is about $20, so almost double to take off a simple pan?

[Buck Wild]

Is there not a plug for the pan.

[GRIM]

Think you need to drop the plate before you can get to the pan.

[Juiced]

I have mine changed. My time is worth more than the 1 hour it takes for someone else to do it.

[GRIM]

I have mine changed. My time is worth more than the 1 hour it takes for someone else to do it.
Good call. I wouldn't want a guy who builds FORDS to be expected to know how to change oil! :D

[Buck Wild]

Good call. I wouldn't want a guy who builds FORDS to be expected to know how to change oil! :D

:finger:finger:finger:swear Chevy Man

[tilltheend]

yeah might as well pemp the money back into the economy and most places put a warranty on their work idk about oil changes though.

[sniperteam]

Good call. I wouldn't want a guy who builds FORDS to be expected to know how to change oil! :D

That's funny Grim...
I change mine on my old ford..14 quarts of oil for my 7.3 diesel costs way to much to pay for them to change it...plus I can crawl under mine without a ramp or jack...also grease my chasis and steering linkage...but my wifes avalanche we have it done...too much "techno stuff" :swear on it for me...

[aramik]

I still do it, sometimes.

[Sonnybonaho]

I refuse to let anyone work on my vehicle unless its something I'm not set up to do or don't have the time.....always checking the Wardens oil whenever I can though;)

Agreed! those idiots at the oil change places dont care about your car bottom line. they bend dipsticks , strip any threads on everything , over tiighten drain plugs etc.. i cringe everytime i see one of those guys taking an air compressed tool to a sensitive threaded part such as drain plugs etc.:finger2

[Big B]

^yeah, I have a buddy of mine that does the work on mine...one little piece of dirt can do some damage to the engine

[Gator]

I took my truck to Jiffy lube once I did not have the time for my mechanic to service it. I had my truck for 6 months and my guy did all the oil changes on it before. So I take it in and the fucking lube monkey tells me my radiator was bone dry i though WTF that make no since well if you want I can so you, I said I beleive you so how much well its going to be 70bucks. So I take it in to my guy and asked him whats going on why was my shit bone dry he checked it out and said that was fucked up you got scammed they had to have drained it theirs nothing wrong. When I was in their they were ringing out this mexican who spoke no english his fucking bill was like 500 bucks that pissed me off. WTF cost 500 bucks at a oil changing place. They were trying to sell me everything to. I was like just change my fucking oil thats it, nothing else.

[Big B]

^unfortunately companies are doing whatever to make money especially at tough times like today...you can't trust anybody

[millenium girl]

I got rid of my car a year ago. It costs too much money to have a car that I was only driving a couple of days a week to run errands. Public transportation is very good around here.