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Originally Posted by Red370
$90? jesus, would be easier and cheaper to buy a 5qt jug of RP for $40 and change it yourself!
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In the long run, yes. Short term, not exactly. Let's assume the person doesn't have ramps or any other components of disposal of the used oil.
So, race ramps run $300. A drain pan, filter wrench, socket, jugs for hauling it to the service station and such run another, say, $30. Those are fixed costs.
A new filter is $10 and the oil, as you noted, is $40. So, my material costs are $50 per oil change, netting a difference of $40 saved per change.
That means I won't see any savings until I'm 8 changes in, or about 40,000 miles (assuming an average of 5000 per change).
It still seems like a smart thing to do to change it yourself, but realizing I won't see savings for 2.5 years or more makes a $90 change from the dealer start to seem okay to me.