[scottmandue]

Please, lets not post the funny page long story of the guy changing his oil with the bottom line of a couple thousand dollars after the trip to the emergency room.

I like to change my own oil, I know it costs more but I have always justified it that I use syth. oil and you can't get the at Spiffy lube... however they are now offering syth.

So I pick up a 5 Gal. jug of Mobil one and a filter and toss the receipt to my wife when I get home (she does the budget)
Wife: "Ack! $45! Why does it cost so much?!?"
Not certain but I think Spiffy lube has a sign "$29 for syth."
Pretty sure they get a deal on oil seeing as they buy it by the truck load... and they make a lot of money off selling people crap they don't need (Wife took the 2010 Hyundai with 25K miles for a oil change... they told her it needed a transmission fluid change... she had no idea why I was furious and told to leave the place NOW before they could touch the trans.).
Add to that I am not too confident of the mechanical ability of the guys working in these places and I am worried about them striping or cross threading my oil pan ($$$).

On the other hand the lazy pig in me says "hey, you could save $20 and an hour rolling around on the cold cement garage floor for an hour."

Any of you gear heads pay for an oil change?