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Originally Posted by 400E
The other point that non-Topsider-owners forget is that it's a good deal less messy -- you drain the oil right into the container you use to take it to the recycling center. Heckuva deal if you ask me!
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Exactly my point. What if that plastic drain pan with the screw-on top begins to leak during your oil change, as happened to me? Or afterwards, while it's sitting in your car's trunk as you drive to the recycle center? The Topsider is metal, and the openings through which oil could leak are at the top of the can, not near the bottom.
I change oil 4 times a year, averaging about 3 months/2700 miles between changes. No problem w/ the Topsider. If I happen to have the C230 in the shop for something else this March, at the time of the next scheduled change, I'll have 'em drain it through the pan plug to be on the safe side.
Those of you with garages forget that a lot of us don't have places to store things like old oil and ramps. For us, the Topsider works.