Is it better to change your car's oil yourself or with the dealership?

It is a brand new Toyota Matrix. Is it better to change your car's oil yourself or with the dealership?
It depends.





What is the cost of having it done at the dealership? My Chevy I get done for $14.95. Jiffy Lube can't beat that price. And in under an hour, takes a bit longer being a dealer, I get my oil changed.





Now if I did it myself. 6 quarts, plus filter, plus time, getting dirty, having to get rid of the used oil. What did I really save? Nothing. But if you are paying over $30 for the oil change, then yes its cheaper to do yourself.





Plus if you do it yourself, you really have no receipt record of having it done. Where a dealership you do have a receipt to prove later down the road that oil changes were being done. This can be handy for when its time to sell the car or for warranty issues.Is it better to change your car's oil yourself or with the dealership?
OK here is what i suggest. If the dealership itself is expensive you can go somewhere like jiffy lube or wall mart and the only reason i would suggest that because you will spend almost the same money but you will not get the same service. They are professionals and they know the exact measurements and everything and mainly because you get an overall inspection of wipers,lights, and other liquid components, of the whole vehicle for the same price of changing the oil. So its worth it and plus taking of your car the right is worth it so it lasts you a long time. The oil in a car is like blood in humans. Very important.
If your warranty requires that you keep receipts for service from authorized outlets, you might want to use a cheap oil-change place like jiffy-lube. Dealership is not necessary for these, but if your dealership does not charge much, can't hurt to let them do it.





If your warranty makes no mention of keeping required scheduled maintenance (I think they all do), then doing it your self is easy, fast and inexpensive.
If you know how, do it yourself.


You are still 100% protected on your warranty.


Dealers make a gillion per cent profit off of the naive car owners who go to the dealer and get sold a tranny flush, an intake valve spray cleaning, a finish sealant etc when they go get a simple oil change.
If you know how to do it, do it. It saves you the drive to the dealership. All you need is the right kind of car oil and your good to go.
That's up to you. If you do it yourself just be sure to check the fluid levels on every thing and grease it if it has grease fittings.
the dealership cause if something goes wrong they are responsible an wont cost you anything. as if you do it something goes wrong it comes out of your pocket.check your warranty it might effect it 2
If you know how to do it there is no difference. The people who do it at the dealership can do it at home cause they know how it's done.
Your self, way cheaper and you know everything was done right. Dealer stripped my moms oil plug and put a Cork in the hole,how retarted can they get?
In my opinion it's better to do it yourself, you'll save yourself a lot of money by doing so.
depends on which is cheaper