Originally Posted by SafetyMan

I hear you.

I'm in the oilfield, I work 8, 12 hour days in a row, and my commute is 140 miles round trip, roughly 3 hours a day. 15 hours x 8... 120 hour "weeks", except we call them "hitches". Hitches rotate, I work 8 days on days, 4 off, then 8 days on nights, and so on.

It's your money, spend it how you wish. I have proven to no less than 20 guys that the dealer doesn't always do what they're "supposed" to.

If it were me, I would start on one of your shorter work days, and plan to take a couple evenings to do it. I can do one in a couple hours, but I've done a bunch of them. For someone doing it "the first time" I'd plan on 4 hours, probably less, counting beer time. That way, if you start on Tuesday evening, you should be done by Thursday evening, leaving Friday open to ride out to the fish fry, then Sunday all day.

My 2 cents.

Originally Posted by jstrenn

I fully agree.... I never feel confident that the dealer is really checking all the items on the checklist. AND... Are they really putting in synthetic oil that I'm paying for? You never can tell. That is why I do my own maintenance.

Originally Posted by Hard Ride

5-15-25 and so on only oil change for me.1-10-20 and so on full service.