I will go to great extremes to avoid having someone else change my oil. When I lived in an apartment I used a clean bucket covered in a plastic garbage bag for my drain pan.... poured the old oil in a container for recycling... then invaginated the plastic bag for the trash.

I also brought my own hose to wash my car during the warm winter days.

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95 E320 Cabriolet, 169K

I always change my own oil. Gives me a reason to get under my cars and nose around. For my w140's it costs about $50 to change the oil. ($40 for the oil plus $10 or less for Mann filter) I only use synthetic oil, viscosity based on the season (5W30 for winter and 10W40 for summer). Oil change is so expensive cause they both use almost 8 quarts (7.5 in the s320 and 8 in the s420). The one time I had it done in a quick change shop cost was $85. The local dealer wants $125. I laughed all the way to the local auto store to buy some oil.

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KCScout
98 S420 My Wife's Baby
97 S320 My road car
83 300D My old road car (love that diesel)
81 300SD Wife's former Baby
81 240D A fun stick shifter
71 220D My first one

Add me to the list of folks that change their own oil. $52.00 for 9qts. of Mobil 1 0w40 + $10 for filter = $62.00 and I never left the comfort of my house.

What's your time worth?

-Mike

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1998 E320 4-Matic Wagon

$240/h in the office. At home, priceless.