re: Oil Change Prices

The last time I went to my local Jiffy Lube it was $80 and it was NOT Jiffy. I sat there over an hour.

And to add insult to injury, the dude pops in to suggest I put on new wiper blades because mine were "looking really worn". I had just put new blades on the week before.

I smiled and said no thanks. When I left I went to O'Reily and bought a oil drain pan started changing my own.

I have a 4x4 Tacoma so it sits up high enough for me to just slide under, no need for ramps. I can get 6 Toyota OEM oil filters from Amazon $24 and 5 quarts of Mobil 1 full synthetic for a little over $20.

So for around $30 and in under 30 minutes I can change my own and know it was done right.

I have ramps for the wife's Audi and change hers as well. And Audi says every 10K miles, so it's a long time before I even need to mess with it. She is a low mileage driver.

Lastly, there's a feeling of "rightness" when you do some of your own vehicle maintenance. For me anyway.