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  • I worked at a Jiffy Lube when their oil change was $20, and I don’t change my own oil today. I’ll do all sorts of other work, but the amount of savings I would get for doing my own oil isn’t worth the time, the mess, having to take the old oil somewhere, crawling around on the ground, getting filthy.

    Oil changes are usually priced at a “get you into the shop” level. You can use this to your advantage. Going to a proper shop as opposed to a quick change place, they’ll be able to tell you what other things do (or don’t) need attention. Then you can decide whether that’s work you want to tackle on your own. If it’s not something you’d like to do yourself, then you’ve also given a mechanical shop a “test run,” and if they’ve passed, you can have them do the work you don’t want to do.