Excellent writeup! I think I will continue to have oil changes done at my local dealer - they offer 30min or next one is free and only charged me 35bucks total cost - of course this was using dino oil. I asked them and they told me they use only valvoline at thier dealership - which is what I use - so I may well get every other one for free anyway! Every car company has a few asshats running around deciding things - must have been the "asshats decision day" when toyota decided to "engineer" this ludicrous method to change the oil. They have taken one of the easiest and most vital maintenance operations to perform and turned it into a true brainfart of a deal - way to go toyo. I remember changing the oil in my 97 supra was no picnic either - seems like they are really trying to give thier dealerships more biz
This is really a minor irritant however when compared to how much I love my new truck!!!