u/AJuni0103

I’ve watched countless videos and read numerous blogs and I feel pretty comfortable doing routine maintenance. I have most of the tools I need but still have some questions around oil capture, transport and disposal.

I don’t have a lift or quick jacks and will be relying on ramps and jack stands. I’ve yet to see a video with this set up where the oil is drained into a pan that isn’t a professional set up (except for TheWasteGate). But after you have the oil drained how do you transport it for disposal? The pans that purport to have all in one capability all have terrible reviews with most of them creating more of a mess than anything else.

Is there a low profile pan with a wide opening that has a lid that screws on tight? Most alternatives use some kind of open pan and pump combination to pump it from the pan into an original container for transport to a disposal facility. Or a Vevor rolling drain pan if space is not an issue.

What do most DIY’ers use?

No photos with this post but just a couple of observations.

I live in NJ and today on my commute to work I had a Land Rover defender behind me and while stopped at a light I looked in my rear view mirror and saw the driver taking what appeared to be a picture of my car.

Then on the way back I got on Rte 24 and next to me headed towards the dreaded entrance to 287 N I noticed a new 992.2 (?) 911 Carrera next to me (they were in the middle lane and I was in the right hand lane both of us inching towards the exit). He signaled that he wanted to get in my lane so I waited and flashed my light to let him know he could get over and I thought, man that is a beautiful car. Grey like mine although not exactly my color and the whole time we were stuck in traffic getting off at 1B I was admiring that car. The color, the silver wheels, the shape of that rear end. So clean.

The two experiences made me thankful that I’m fortunate to be able to own another 911. The car I always wanted as a kid. So kudos to “WOT EVA” beautiful car. Maybe we’ll meet up again.