Comment by JohnFen
3 years ago
> Getting eyes on the stuff hidden underneath before it gets bad enough to start breaking is always useful.
For people like myself, looking at the underside of a car is worthless. I wouldn't even begin to be able to recognize something needs attention until it's very obviously broken. And even then, I might not know.
If you're looking at it a few times a year even if you don't know what you're looking at after a few times any substantial changes should be notable. On top of that I'd imagine most people who do their own oil changes are going to lean in the direction of mechanically inclined or at least willing to learn things.
If you're paying someone else to do it, presumably they're a set of eyes that's a bit more experienced with cars and can more confidently identify the sorts of things one could see from the perspective of an oil change.