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Originally Posted by spdrun
I went test-driving with a friend last week. Most cars (expensive over-engineered crap aside) do in fact have dipsticks. If anything, changing the oil in some cars is easier than it was years ago.
I liked how the FR-S/BRZ had the oil filter with the threads facing down, surrounded by a little lip so you could unscrew it a bit, let the oil run back down into the engine, bag it up, then finish unscrewing. No oily mess.
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When we were test driving the 2011 Forester, this was one of the things I noticed and actually had me sold on the car. Even the alternator, compressor and power steering are all on the top of the (boxer/flat 4) engine, so they're easy to access. You can tell a lot of thought and design was put into this engine for the DIYer.
Some (most?) cars still have the oil filter at the bottom, making a mess each time it's replaced.