re: Truck Maintenance

If you just want to do regular oil there's not muh cost savings, huge savings in synthetic. Most places charge $80-90 for synthetic changes instead of the $30-40 for regular. If you require more than 5 quarts most places charge you but I've never dealt with that never having a vehicle that did. You can get top of the line synthetic oil and filter for $40. So yes, I save $50 by doing the oil myself.

It's also IMO a good thing to take 30 minutes to look your vehicle over on your own every 3-4 months or whatever you do your oil. It's not that I don't trust the other guys as much as I like to take the time to look it over myself and that's a great time to do it.

Get yourself some of those drive up jacks for $50, you can change your oil in 15 minutes easy. It really takes me longer to change it then it does to drive somewhere. Time wise it's the same.