deserteagle69

My garage.

SCrewYou

That would be nice to get a quick workout in while they changed your oil. Dealer here has decent coffee, and if you get there early enough they have some pretty good pastries and donuts.

Skyjockey

I take my truck to the dealer. Only drive about 8-10k per year, so 1-2 changes per year.

I use to do all oil changes myself, but then I got old and screwed up my back. I get the Works at the local dealership, not a bad price at all.

Take my wife’s car to the quick lube place. She drives a Nissan and don’t ever care to step foot in that dealership.

Nicklaus

It's interresting to know each other's opinion about such a topic. It differs a lot. The proof that dealer business model should offer different options to satisfy different needs.

For me, it's my garage. I don't seek to be cover if problems happen ( though, I understand people going to dealer for that reason). I rather seek perfectly executed jobs to avoid problems, it's a totally different perspective. Dealers could be the ones up to that task, however they are not. Believe me, I tried, many many times. They always succeeded to screw up something, damage something, contaminate something. You guess I'm pretty **** about my cars and trucks, well you're right, I'm pretty **** and I would happily pay more to get service that fulfills my expectations. I would have more time for other activities, would get service warranty, etc. I Never happened to find such place.

So I do it. I pick the best oil for the truck and application. I pick the best filter. I keep my funnel clean and stored in a sealed bag. I clean the oil filter sealing surface thoroughly before installing the new one. I put clean oil to the filter seal before installation. I use proper torque to the drain bolt. I bring the oil level to the max without overfilling it. I could go on longer, so many opportunities to screw up and they sadly succeed to, to often.

So I do it.

I'm a bit jealous about you guys who sleep well by enthrusting your precious truck to a dealer. I would prefer to feel this way.

VanUno

Like my other vehicles will be changing oil in my F-150 myself with the proper oil and filter purchased from the dealer. Being Air Force and having access to a drive on lift at the auto hobby shop makes oil changes a breeze.

JoeInPI

I'm on both sides- I usually do it myself, but if I am going to be busy for a while and it's due (my truck is the lifeline of my job) I just take Mobil 1 and a Motorcraft filter to my local shop who sometimes does work for me and he'll do it when handling some other things for me, like scheduled maintenance. Of course, that was with my 2010, which had more service issues than (hopefully) the 2016 will. So, I'd expect to be doing them all myself.