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I expect most people don't fancy crawling under their car nor do they have a lift. It's also surprisingly hard to do DIY stuff if you aren't used to or equippe

I expect most people don't fancy crawling under their car nor do they have a lift. It's also surprisingly hard to do DIY stuff if you aren't used to or equipped for it; you can waste hours fiddling with something that you haven't built the wisdom to do in the right/quick/easy way, like unscrewing something in an awkward place or angle.

Amezarak 2y ago
You don't need a lift, you just need some ramps or to use the jack that probably comes with your car with some jack stands. I can't imagine almost any DIYer uses a lift, unless they're moved into the Very Serious Car Person With Project Cars stage of DIY.
- mindslight 2y ago
  You didn't include jack stands, crawling under the car, nor needing an appropriate place to work in your original description making it sound so easy. I do a lot of DIY including car stuff, but for oil it's a toss up of whether I actually want that hassle or whether I'll just outsource it to a still-competitive market for a low price. (I did get burned on a cross country road trip by some dipshit stripping my oil pan drain hole. I don't know if they just didn't like the far-off plates, or aluminum was an exotic material to them, or what. But that's much less of a worry when you go to the same local place)
  - asdff 2y ago
    Depends on your car but you don't need to jack it up for oil. I do it whereever its parked. I've done it on the side of the road when I had to park it there before.
asdff 2y ago
You can find out how to do this with a hundred different detailed youtube videos. I will outline the procedure on my car how I do it so you can see how simple it actually is. No you don't need a lift. Yes you lay down but keep in mind 65 year old mechanics can lay down and its not a big ask for most people in good health to lay down under their car. > unscrew oil cap at the top of the engine > get plastic pan to collect oil and slide it under the oil pan > get 14mm socket wrench and slightly loosen the drain plug > loosen it the rest of the way by hand, then carefully remove the plug to not drop it into the collection pan (not a big deal if it happens) > go have lunch > come back and pour a little new oil down > go and clean up lunch > come back and screw the drain plug back on with a new copper washer > unscrew the filter which i do by hand because i do this myself and don't overtorque like the lube tech > pour a little oil into new replacement filter and screw back on > fill with oil > cap the fill lid > done as you can see you screw and unscrew three things. this should fit within the mental model of most people quite easily barring intellectual disability.

Amezarak 2y ago

You don't need a lift, you just need some ramps or to use the jack that probably comes with your car with some jack stands. I can't imagine almost any DIYer uses a lift, unless they're moved into the Very Serious Car Person With Project Cars stage of DIY.

mindslight 2y ago
You didn't include jack stands, crawling under the car, nor needing an appropriate place to work in your original description making it sound so easy. I do a lot of DIY including car stuff, but for oil it's a toss up of whether I actually want that hassle or whether I'll just outsource it to a still-competitive market for a low price. (I did get burned on a cross country road trip by some dipshit stripping my oil pan drain hole. I don't know if they just didn't like the far-off plates, or aluminum was an exotic material to them, or what. But that's much less of a worry when you go to the same local place)
- asdff 2y ago
  Depends on your car but you don't need to jack it up for oil. I do it whereever its parked. I've done it on the side of the road when I had to park it there before.

asdff 2y ago

You can find out how to do this with a hundred different detailed youtube videos. I will outline the procedure on my car how I do it so you can see how simple it actually is. No you don't need a lift. Yes you lay down but keep in mind 65 year old mechanics can lay down and its not a big ask for most people in good health to lay down under their car. > unscrew oil cap at the top of the engine > get plastic pan to collect oil and slide it under the oil pan > get 14mm socket wrench and slightly loosen the drain plug > loosen it the rest of the way by hand, then carefully remove the plug to not drop it into the collection pan (not a big deal if it happens) > go have lunch > come back and pour a little new oil down > go and clean up lunch > come back and screw the drain plug back on with a new copper washer > unscrew the filter which i do by hand because i do this myself and don't overtorque like the lube tech > pour a little oil into new replacement filter and screw back on > fill with oil > cap the fill lid > done as you can see you screw and unscrew three things. this should fit within the mental model of most people quite easily barring intellectual disability.