do you take your car to an instant oil change place?

[rcobra427]

Not a chance. I built my entire car from nothing and nobody touches it but me.
I've had exactly one experience with a Quickie Lube joint. I always changed oil in all my cars, but one year long ago, my wife's Escort was due for an oil change in January (Wisconsin). Not wanting to take the Cobra out of the garage into the snow, and heat the garage just for an oil change, I told her to take it to one of those places.
A few months later when it was oil change time again, the weather was warmer and I did it myself. I crawled under the car to remove the filter and was disgusted to see a Motorcraft filter on the engine. That's what I always used, and I knew there was no way it came from the Quickie Lube. The lazy bastards didn't change my filter. I asked my wife if she remembered it, and she said the greaseball oil jockey showed her a used oil filter. What crooks. I called and *****ed, but they told me unless I had the receipt, they wouldn't do anything about it. Who keeps receipts from oil changes? I've never gone back and never will.

Rick