I tend
not to take the opinion of a lowly oil-change-place hourly worker very seriously when compared to my own good sense and automotive experience. These guys tend to have an expert opinion about
everything automotive regardless of facts, just because their shirt has an oval patch with their name on it... quite obviously, such branding doesn't mean they know jack about how your car actually works.
Change the filter yourself, as mentioned above, it's easy... and rest assured, if the above-mentioned goober can do it without setting off a CEL, you can do it too.
