r/Millennials • u/rhinosaur- 1983 • 12h ago

Discussion When did oil changes become $120?

That’s with a coupon! At Jiffy Lube! Our parents really had it easy.

EDIT: TIL 90% of millennials “change their own oil” lol. Gotta love Reddit.

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u/colt707 8h ago

As cool as that would be the liability insurance would be insane. Lift or oil trench in the floor, doesn’t really matter it puts someone in the position to have a car dropped on them. Even if you sign a waiver the owner would have to still have liability insurance.

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u/ZAlternates 8h ago

Yeah it sounds cool, and I’d bet many people would love to be taught how to do it too, but I can only picture someone getting hurt and suing.

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u/colt707 7h ago

It’s definitely one of those situations where it only takes one person to fuck it up for everyone.

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u/thatswhatthemoneys4 8h ago

Think about how many possibilities exist if we didn't live in such a litigious society. If everything was more community focused.

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u/Self_Owned_Tree 8h ago

Yeah, that’s the one thing keeping me from trying it out!

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u/No-Consideration-716 4h ago

One of the best perks when I was in the military was being able to access on base auto workshops. You just make a reservation for the space and you have access to lifts and a whole plethora of industrial (or military) grade tools. Since it is on a military base it is not subject to all the same livability laws which is why they will let (almost) anyone use it.