I ran the numbers a few years ago when I had a civic, I was only saving about 10 bucks if I did it myself so I used to just pay for it to be done.

But now I do it myself, every buck saved is more sats.

joelaw

Growing up my dad taught me and I did it until I could afford to have someone else do it. Haven't changed the oil myself in years. I do enjoy doing small repairs which typically are more expensive for a mechanic to do though. Stuff that doesn't require special tools. 

The feeling of knowing how stuff works and how to fix some things is great though. Highly recommended. 

kepford

garage

Oil Changes

I've done it a few times. I was mostly interested in learning how to do it more than anything.

It is soothing though much like repairing a car. It gave me some sense of control over the complex machine.