2004 Kia Optima

In the case of this retired guy, it takes me three days - one to decide if
the bulb is, in fact, burned out. One to actually decide to change it, and
one to actually get it done.

As for the ten minutes, I make the oil change a complete check over. The
Optima is the car wife drives, so I want no surprises for her. I check the
tires, lube the door hinges, check the bulbs, etc., etc., etc. Whole
process, including getting the ramps out/put away takes ½ hour. I know
3,000 may be a little soon in today's oil world, but it forces me under the
car to check it out.

Rich

 

Nope, neither one, I've got a Cherokee and don't have to lift it up to
change the oil, same is true of my Studebaker Champ.

Jeff DeWitt

 

Yep, I used to do it like that too. Last time though, was my '91 Regal.
What PITA to get to the filter without a lift (I have ramps). After that I
found it much easier to pay $24.95, especially in the winter. When it is
on the lift at Bill's, it take a look underneath while he is changing the
filter and checking the tires.

 

my Studebaker Champ.

Now THAT brings back some memories....

 

Both coming and going

 

Yep <G>

But my Champ is the one from 1960, the pickup truck not the Champion
sedan from earlier years.

Jeff DeWitt

 

why use jacks or ramps, for the last 30 years I have been doing my oil
changes by running one tire up on the curb. I use the driveway edge as a
ramp on to the curb. May work only for us skinny guys(LOL).

 

Time is a better measuremen
than milage for oil change intervals. The reasoning goes like this:
If you are driving a lot of miles, then the oil does not get as dirt
since the car is driven long enough to warm it up each time it i
driven. If the milage is low, the driving is probably short trip
and does not have time to warm up completely and the oil will ge
much dirtier, faster. I learned this when I drove my car 1.5 mile
per trip four times a day and found 1,000 miles was too long betwee
changes. If a car is warmed up completely each time it is driven
5,000 miles is a reasonable interval