Reddit mentions of Blitz 11903 Rhino Ramp 8000

On our older cars, I've always changed my oil myself; I use a pair of plastic car ramps to make it easy. I bought them locally for around $30 maybe ten years ago. It costs around $2.50 for an oil filter and roughly $8 to $10 for four quarts of oil (sometimes you can get oil for $1 per quart if you watch sales at Menards).

The idea is to simply drive your car up onto the ramps, get underneath, remove the filter and oil plug, drain the old oil into a pan, pour that into a milk jug for recycling, replace the oil plug and put the new filter on, and pour in new oil. It takes maybe ten minutes; a bit longer if it's cold since the oil drains more slowly.

On our new car, however, our service contract includes six years of oil changes, so I just have it done at the dealership for free....

Very easy, no need for fancy tools but you do need a few basics:

Something like these:
http://www.amazon.com/Blitz-11903-Rhino-Ramp-8000/dp/B000AMMN9O
http://www.amazon.com/Blitz-11838-Oil-Drain-Pan/dp/B000AMGYNA/ref=sr_1_2?s=automotive&ie=UTF8&qid=1313509663&sr=1-2
http://www.amazon.com/Lisle-63250-Range-Filter-Wrench/dp/B0002SR4PY/ref=sr_1_2?s=automotive&ie=UTF8&qid=1313509691&sr=1-2

Before you start, you ought to take a look under the car to make sure the oil filter is easy to access. A PITA oil filter makes the job a lot harder. Read this on how to safely jack your car and look underneath it: http://autorepair.about.com/od/safetyfirst/qt/jack_safety.htm

Assuming everything is A-OK: http://autorepair.about.com/od/regularmaintenance/ss/oil_change.htm

Save the empty oil jugs and pour the used motor oil from the drain pan into the jugs (I like the gallon sized jugs for that reason). Go to Autozone or a simliar location, they'll offer free oil recycling.

The oil change itself usually only takes about 10 minutes, it's usually right next to effortless, and you'll know that some jiffy-lube place didn't rip you off ;)

Oh, and the first couple times, they're serious about 3/4 of a turn on the filter, and only a medium-effort hand tight: too tight and it's going to be impossible to get off later. I don't pre-fill the filter with oil. After you've filled it up, I usually run the car for a minute or two on the jack stands to make sure I don't have any leaks. If everything looks good, back it off the ramps, turn it off and check the level after a few minutes (to let the oil drain down into the sump). If everything looks A-OK, remember to check under the car for leaks wherever you park it for the next few days. The more often you do it, the less you'll have to worry, but occasionally things do go a little awry: I once didn't realize the old filter gasket didn't come off with the old filter, so I had two filter gaskets on. One of them gave way once the temperature and pressure got high, made quite a mess. Also, had a stone or something put a tiny dent in my oil filter can, that eventually turned into a pinhole, that eventually turned into a steady spray. Luckily it was in a vehicle with an oil pressure gauge and I noticed my pressure slowly dropping and was able to drive somewhere I could work on it.

Good luck!