Changed the oil in our main daily driver, probably was a bit earlier than strictly necessary but it was past the service mileage stipulated in the manual and it’s above freezing finally. Managed to not make a mess and didn’t run into any issues. Even torqued the drain plug to within spec. Then got it washed to get rid of the salt crust from the past few weeks and wash out any oil drips from the filter the got on top of the plastic air guard.
I worked at a Jiffy Lube when their oil change was $20, and I don’t change my own oil today. I’ll do all sorts of other work, but the amount of savings I would get for doing my own oil isn’t worth the time, the mess, having to take the old oil somewhere, crawling around on the ground, getting filthy.
Oil changes are usually priced at a “get you into the shop” level. You can use this to your advantage. Going to a proper shop as opposed to a quick change place, they’ll be able to tell you what other things do (or don’t) need attention. Then you can decide whether that’s work you want to tackle on your own. If it’s not something you’d like to do yourself, then you’ve also given a mechanical shop a “test run,” and if they’ve passed, you can have them do the work you don’t want to do.