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Simple oil change on my 08 GTI commuter tonight... Well...simple... I could have changed the oil on the 911+912 in same amount of time, without a single cuss word !

First, figure out what is acceptable when you cannot find 5W40....open the manual..

Remove a whole plastic shroud attached with a rare torx size, just because, lose a few screws...

Unbolt what looks like the drain plug - has to be the drain plug, except it's not, oops..

Oooh, OK... The drain plug is horizontal !!! And tightened with an air wrench, thanks !

Confidently place the porsche high capacity pan more or less under the hole, observe the oil shooting out of the opening 3ft away (no exageration) and completely missing the pan, faster than even the 911 empties itself (that crap is mercury, not oil)...

Move the pan in a hurry, observe the jet now shooting only 1ft away and still missing the pan, while simultaneously also dripping directly downwards and... missing the pan again... Instant floor mess, 1/2 in the pan, 1/2 on the floor... That oil proceeds to spread everywhere in microseconds because honestly, it has the consistency of water !

Do the filter, it's even worse, actually impossible to do cleanly, but by that time you won't care because the floor is covered in what passes for oil, and some is dripping all the way to your armpits...

Spend 10 minutes figuring out how that shroud was clipped on again while your head bathes in that mercury on the floor, refill with almost 5 qts of what look like flat mountain dew (seriously, mobil 1 0W40 is not oil)...

Shrug, shake your head, swear you'll never stray from Porsche again! ;-) Good car, but it's front wheel drive anyway....