Hi there,
I just changed the oil in our 2001 BMW and our 1994 940 turbo wagon. I can change the oil in the bmw without spilling a drop, but changing the oil in the Volvo is so difficult because of the oil filter. I don't like being under the car when I unscrew the oil filter because the oil starts dripping down my arm. It's unavoidable. So the last two times I took out the filter I managed to squeeze my hand past the engine to the filter and tried unscrewing it from the top. The first time I did this I was able to perch the unscrewed filter against something so that I could get under the car to get it out. This time the filter fell and oil went everywhere. I spent hours today trying to scrub the oil off my driveway.

It is totally worth my time and effort to change the oil in the BMW. The car uses synthetic oil and I have paid $200 in the past for something that I now do for about $40 ($30 if I can get the oil on sale at Costco). But for about the same price and much less of my time I can have a Jiffy Lube type place change the oil in the Volvo. The only reason why I don't do this is because I am afraid they are going to mess something up.

How can I make these oil changes go smoother? I can't think of a more awkward place where they could have put the oil filter. It makes me want to get rid of this car and get one where the filter is in an easier to deal with place. That is how annoyed I am with it.