Shop oil changes are for the birds. I don't like having to worry that I paid for synthetic and the guy is putting in generic dino. And I don't want a grade school kid changing my oil at Jiffy Lube. I once caught them trying to remove the fuel filter as they mistook it for the oil filter.

As to not sound to ignorant, I just changed the oil and FILTER this past Saturday to a 15W40 grade. I have had a change of heart on that grade and I am going to put in some TOTAL oil (5W40) that meets MB specs for this car.

With only a few miles on the filter, does it need to be replaced?