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  • AndyPK
    AndyPK Posts: 4,364 Forumite
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    National something used to do them for £26.
    Bargin. I'll try and remember their name.
  • AndyPK wrote: »
    National something used to do them for £26.
    Bargin. I'll try and remember their name.

    national tyres.

    they do cheap oil changes its cheaper if you book online and it tells you what oil they will use you normally get a choice of a couple. price varies depending on car. my 1.9 diesel costs £50 for fully synthetic.

    lots of people knock them saying they will try and sell you other things that has never happend to me and to tbh just say no get oil done and leave.
    http://www.national.co.uk/oil-vehicle-search.aspx
  • mgdavid
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    neilmcl wrote: »
    Yeah, cause you're really going to do an oil change in a public car park. Get real.

    OP, are there any of those self-service garages local to you, you know the ones where you can hire a bay, ramp & tools for a small hourly fee.

    I am real; we do engine changes in circuit paddocks and don't leave a mark. I've seen gearboxes changed in the street, I've done a cylinder head job myself in the street. I would not suggest anything on a forum that I would not do myself.
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  • mgdavid
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    arcon5 wrote: »
    Oil changes can be messy - ruin a public road or a private car park and expect to compensate them for it equaling significantly more than a garage would charge.

    Do it in a public car park - laughable!

    'can' but don't have to be; OP is used to doing it so will be fine and leave no trace.
    Ruin?
    Compensation?
    Laughable.
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  • neilmcl
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    mgdavid wrote: »
    I am real; we do engine changes in circuit paddocks and don't leave a mark. I've seen gearboxes changed in the street, I've done a cylinder head job myself in the street. I would not suggest anything on a forum that I would not do myself.
    Bit different to doing it in a public car park or multi-storey, nobody's going to do that unless they've got no choice, ie, broken down.
  • mgdavid
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    neilmcl wrote: »
    Bit different to doing it in a public car park or multi-storey, nobody's going to do that unless they've got no choice, ie, haven't got flat hardstanding at home.

    fixed that for you ;-)
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