[Ferret7446]

I expect most people don't fancy crawling under their car nor do they have a lift. It's also surprisingly hard to do DIY stuff if you aren't used to or equipped for it; you can waste hours fiddling with something that you haven't built the wisdom to do in the right/quick/easy way, like unscrewing something in an awkward place or angle.

[asdff]

You can find out how to do this with a hundred different detailed youtube videos.

I will outline the procedure on my car how I do it so you can see how simple it actually is. No you don't need a lift. Yes you lay down but keep in mind 65 year old mechanics can lay down and its not a big ask for most people in good health to lay down under their car.

> unscrew oil cap at the top of the engine

> get plastic pan to collect oil and slide it under the oil pan

> get 14mm socket wrench and slightly loosen the drain plug

> loosen it the rest of the way by hand, then carefully remove the plug to not drop it into the collection pan (not a big deal if it happens)

> go have lunch

> come back and pour a little new oil down

> go and clean up lunch

> come back and screw the drain plug back on with a new copper washer

> unscrew the filter which i do by hand because i do this myself and don't overtorque like the lube tech

> pour a little oil into new replacement filter and screw back on

> fill with oil

> cap the fill lid

> done

as you can see you screw and unscrew three things. this should fit within the mental model of most people quite easily barring intellectual disability.

[Amezarak]

You don't need a lift, you just need some ramps or to use the jack that probably comes with your car with some jack stands. I can't imagine almost any DIYer uses a lift, unless they're moved into the Very Serious Car Person With Project Cars stage of DIY.

[mindslight]

You didn't include jack stands, crawling under the car, nor needing an appropriate place to work in your original description making it sound so easy. I do a lot of DIY including car stuff, but for oil it's a toss up of whether I actually want that hassle or whether I'll just outsource it to a still-competitive market for a low price.

(I did get burned on a cross country road trip by some dipshit stripping my oil pan drain hole. I don't know if they just didn't like the far-off plates, or aluminum was an exotic material to them, or what. But that's much less of a worry when you go to the same local place)

[asdff]

Depends on your car but you don't need to jack it up for oil. I do it whereever its parked. I've done it on the side of the road when I had to park it there before.