I'll give that a shot next time, thanks. I'd seen someone else say to jack up close to the wheels and then put the stand at the jack points. I didn't want to try that since the front suspension is independent and I thought that might put too much stress on it. I finally said what the hell but I found I couldn't do it anyway because my floor jack doesn't have enough clearance to actually pump it when it's that far under the car.

By the way, thanks for the speedy response! but in the meantime I borrowed a pal's ramps and after chocking them with some 2x4's against my garage wall, I put it up on the ramps, chocked the rear wheels, and did my first oil change. I'm glad the bottom 6 inches of my garage wall is concrete. So, in about 7000 miles I'll give it a go. However, I wonder would the jack stands there get in the way while I'm changing the oil?

I guess I'd feel as comfortable under 2 jack stands and well chocked rear wheels as I would under anything else. I guess I could throw some lumber under there too, but it's not necessary. I do believe in the idea of sticking the spare under the car when in a pinch, however.

I'm glad I've decided to change the oil myself, the last guy who did it cranked the drain bolt all to hell. I came and checked the forum to see if I had missed where it said that it was backwards and loosened to the right. I had to wrap a pot holder over the socket because my hands were getting too sore from pulling. I finally was able to break it loose. Doesn't need to be so tight.