Oil change

Last weekend, I finally raised my car on two jack stands and changed the engine oil on my own. Tinkering with my car and making it work the way I want has been a dream for me since childhood. When I got my first bike and took it to the mechanic, I would watch the mechanic's every move. I would ask him "can you make it go any faster" and he would explain how it could go faster and how much gas it would consume and all that. During the 4th year of my Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering, Automobile Engineering was my favorite subject. I was fascinated by the topic of how automobiles work. Ever since, I wanted to do my own car and bike.
This year, I had planned to do this during the winter when there would not be anything else to do outdoor for many-a-weekends. My first try at it was bad. I raised the car, put the jack-stands under it and squeezed into the little space between the car and the floor. I realized I could not see a thing under there. Obviously, the whole car was between the engine and the overhead light. I overcame that lack of visibility and found the drain plug. Then I realized I did not have the right wrench! How stupid. That was it for the first try. The weekend after, I asked the guy at Pepboys as to what is the right sized wrench (how intelligent of me!) and he recommended me to get a complete tool-set - which I bought. Again, I raised the car and tried to undo the drain plug! AH! It wont budge! But after applying plenty of brute force the nut suddenly moved and I unscrewed it all the way by hand. Out came the completely black colored warm oil and the drain pan underneath started filling up! I was ecstatic. Then, I went for the oil filter and changed that as well.
All this took 30 minutes and no sweat at all. Here is my invitation to all my friends to get their oil changed for free! You know my address. Just bring the right spec and quantity of oil with you.