Frugal

To be honest, in most cars filter and fluid changing—especially oil—yourself is super easy and super quick.

Seriously. If you're reading this and don't do it yourself...

Tools needed: One spanner for one bolt. Maybe two if your oil filter has a lid. Oil pan or plastic bowl or even some icecream tubs to catch oil. Everything else is hands.

1. Unscrew oil plug with spanner, it drains out into pan.
2. While that's happening unclip airbox, plonk in new filter, clip back up.
3. Go inside, unclip cabin filter, slot new one in, clip back up.
4. Oil should be mostly drained now, grab the oil filter and screw that off. Screw new one on.
5. Oil should be done now, so screw oil plug back in and pour new oil in.

There. In 10-15 mins you just did a minor service for a few bucks. While there, or if you're done and bored waiting for the oil to finish draining into the pan, may as well top off coolant, washer fluid, powersteering fluid, and brake fluid. They're all just lids you unscrew and pour to a line.

While other fluids like transmission and differential are also easy, I can understand if that's going into intimidating territory for some as they're usually under the car and more awkward than unscrewing the oil plug. Fortunately, these don't need to be done anywhere near as regularly. But look into those on YT too and you may be surprised just how easy they are.

You will save a lot of money and also guarantee things were actually done 👍