So you change the oil and rotate the tires at separate times?
I use the flex oil change interval, which ends up being ~7500 miles, so I change the oil and rotate the tires at the same time.
It seems like a lot of wasted time & hassle to rotate the tires at 7500, then separately change the oil at 7000 or 8000 (or whatever it ends up being).
I said in my earlier post that using jack/jack stands takes and ADDITIONAL 60-90 seconds over using ramps. With ramps, you have to back your car partially out of the garage, align the ramps properly, then pull onto the ramps. I don't have to do any of that with a jack, so the incremental time is minimal.
Besides, this is a moot point, because it is impossible to complete the recommended maintenance using ramps, since you can't rotate the tires.
"So you change the oil and rotate the tires at separate times?"
Yes, unless the mileage/time limit of the two coincide.
"I use the flex oil change interval, which ends up being ~7500 miles, so I change the oil and rotate the tires at the same time.
It seems like a lot of wasted time & hassle to rotate the tires at 7500, then separately change the oil at 7000 or 8000 (or whatever it ends up being)."
Wasted time and hassle? I enjoy doing maintenance on my vehicles (all 5 of them) and I certainly don't consider any of that time wasted or a hassle.
"I said in my earlier post that using jack/jack stands takes and ADDITIONAL 60-90 seconds over using ramps. With ramps, you have to back your car partially out of the garage, align the ramps properly, then pull onto the ramps. I don't have to do any of that with a jack, so the incremental time is minimal."
Perhaps you've missed your calling? If you can jack the car up and then place jack stands properly under all four corners in 60 to 90 seconds then you sir should be working on the pit crew of a Formula 1 team!
Do you not warm up your engine before changing the oil? The car has to be started for this.
If it's time for an oil change I usually wait till I come back from a trip to do it. That way the motor is plenty warm and I park the car outside my garage on the driveway. I drag my homemade ramps out of the garage, leaving the motor running, and then drive onto the ramps. I'm in no hurry as I'm retired and my time is my own.
"Besides, this is a moot point, because it is impossible to complete the recommended maintenance using ramps, since you can't rotate the tires."
The point may be moot for you but not for me, as I explained above.
Another thing that I do while rotating the wheels is washing and waxing them, both inside and out. You?