The best way to avoid the oil filter disposal fee is to drive a car like the 1947 Pontiac I once owned. It didn’t have an oil.filter. Why did cars have to have oil filters? Because we started putting detergent oil in the crankcase. Why did we start using detergent oils? Because automobile engines began using hydraulic tappets.
Maybe Tom McCahill, the writer for ‘Mechanix Illustrated’ knew what he was talking about. He preferred a manually adjusted valve with solid lifters to the valves actuated by hydraulic lifters. Hydraulic lifters necessitated the use of detergent oil. Detergent oil holds the carbon particles in suspension. The oil filter was an attemp.to filter out these particles from the detergent oil. Tom McCahill preferred non-detergent oils where thr carbon particles settled to the bottom of the oil pan rather than being whipped through the engine bearings. As McCahill.ststed, “I prefer detergent in my bathtub, not in my crankcase”
We could take this one step further and have the engine bearings splash lubricated. At least in the good old days we didn’t have to concern ourselves with an oil filter disposal fee.
This is the end of the 2021 year statement that this 80 year old geezer will make on the subject of oil.filtrers. I will begin 2022 with an oil and filter change on my Toyota Sienna. Just as I returned from a. 800 mile trip today, the message showed up on the dash panel.thst read “MAINTENANCE REQUIRED SOON”. I will be using a Toyota oil filter, multi-viscosity 0W-20 full synthetic oil and complaining that an oil change costs twenty times more than the oil change did on my 1947 Pontiac.
Did the Toyota Sienna cost 20 times more than the Pontiac? If so, seems like a fair increase.
There’s a handful of Jiffy lube’s here that can accept old coolant, Autozone’s in certain areas might but you’d have to check with the store.
I appreciate that you disagree in a respectful manner, unlike someone in this forum (who will go unnamed, for now) who thinks that it is appropriate to state that somebody is “selling his soul” if he accepts credit card rebates.
Anyway, it is really immaterial to me whether a company knows what I buy and where I buy it. As my life is drawing to a close, based on a recent diagnosis, allowing marketers to learn about my purchasing habits is so far down on my list of concerns that it barely merits mentioning.
I wonder if those worried about data collection with credit card use realize that their use of the internet for this forum, well for anything, results in a huge amount of data being collected with every keystroke. Same with using apps on their phones.
I actually made use of data collection recently . I guess diecast cars qualify for this forum. I saw a popup ad for a place selling 1/24 models that I did not know about. Their prices were less than some of the others that I order from and are the same brand as ones I have.
As far as I know I still have my soul . 
+1
Similarly, most of those who–bizarrely–believe the “the vaccine” contains microchips that track their movements are also walking around with smartphones that… guess what?… track their movements.
The use of credit cards vs cash is a personal trade off. Each choice has its pros and cons.
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After you get your card lifted a few times from some nefarious cashier or waiter or online site, it makes you selectively use a card vs cash. Wasting hours to clear unwarranted charges on your card and then getting replacement cards gets old after a while. So does the concern with ID theft.
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When you drive into many car dealerships, before you even talk to a salesperson, they’ve done a search on your license plate tag and learned a great deal about you, including where you live, your credit score, where you shop, the types of products you purchase, etc. If you then tell the salesperson you don’t have much money or you’re on a limited budget, they already know your worth and spending habits.
Yes, there are plenty of upsides to using a credit card. I fully agree. But there are times when some may prefer to use cash.
Hang in, buddy. It’s great spending time each day with you.
I agree with jtsanders’ comment. Hang in there. We’ll enjoy your contributions while we’re all still here to share.
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I certainly don’t wish to stick my nose where it doesn’t belong, but please keep us informed as to how well (or not) you are doing and hopefully your visits here will keep you entertained. You’ve got friends here.
I assume you mean your everlasting life force, and not the Kia compact SUV?
Thank you, guys.
Agree hang in there. 
Considering that adjusted for inflation, $1.00 in 1952 is worth $949 in 2021 dollars… that 20 times more is a huge cost DECREASE… so thank your lucky stars.
Not only that, the synthetic oil change is happy to go 7500 miles while your '47 Pontiac needed oil changes, what, every 2000-3000 miles? Actually every season change since it used single weight oils.
Hang in there, we enjoy having you here.
Great minds think alike!
Whatever time you’ve got left . . . make the most of it!
As my mother used to say, “There are no pockets in burial shrouds, so enjoy yourself while you can”.
I intend to do that.
The 1947 Pontiac I owned probably didn’t need an oil filter. However, the next car I owned, a 1955 Pontiac, the oil filter was an option and my 1955 Pontiac did not have that option. That Pontiac had a V8 engine with hydraulic lifters. Even though I added an oil filter, I still had trouble.with the oil passages plugging up. Of course I did use detergent oil in that Pontiac. I did learn that an oil filter is important.