Greasy, I sure wish I hadn't watched that! Every time I bring my van in for an oil change I am terrified that I will do just that. I inch forward at a snail's pace and probably irritate the technicians to no end. I wish they would simply pull the car in for me, but I am sure they don't want to get sued for doing that either!
You're not the only one, Abi! Especially in my Toyota Matrix. It's got a high hood and I have a lot of trouble visualizing distances at ground level in it. That video makes me shudder.
The only other alternative, as I see it, is learning how to do it yourself. It's really not that difficult. All you need are floor jack, two jack stands, a pan to catch the oil, perhaps an oil filter wrench and the right size socket wrench, or box end wrench to get the oil plug out.
Or, maybe, just a mechanically inclined individual who has all those things.
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Greasy, I sure wish I hadn't watched that! Every time I bring my van in for an oil change I am terrified that I will do just that. I inch forward at a snail's pace and probably irritate the technicians to no end. I wish they would simply pull the car in for me, but I am sure they don't want to get sued for doing that either!
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You're not the only one, Abi! Especially in my Toyota Matrix. It's got a high hood and I have a lot of trouble visualizing distances at ground level in it. That video makes me shudder.
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The only other alternative, as I see it, is learning how to do it yourself. It's really not that difficult. All you need are floor jack, two jack stands, a pan to catch the oil, perhaps an oil filter wrench and the right size socket wrench, or box end wrench to get the oil plug out.
Or, maybe, just a mechanically inclined individual who has all those things.
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You forgot to mention one thing - a place to dispose of the drained oil.
Where I live, that's next to impossible.
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