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One really has to wonder what the heck the thought process was on this one. The only thing I can think is that they must have passed out tubes of glue at engineering meetings.

Agree with you Mike. When I bought my Volt decided to just go with the oil life monitor in the car. Has been very nice and worry free. I did change the oil on my TC at 5,200 Miles as when I bought it it was a model year old and had been sitting around a while. Only exception to the oils are the VW turbos I’ve had. 2 1.8t’s and 1 2.0 TSI, the 1.8t’s cooked almost any oil which said to me a poor design or undersized oil cooler. The 2.0 TSI has been better about cooking the oil (sludging) but at 75,000 has three separate internal engine part failures which are all design related. No engine codes thrown either. Maybe it wasn’t designed to fail but was poorly designed :-) When end I changed the oil in the TC it was so easy, the drain plug and filter were easy to reach. Removing and replacing the under panel was also much better than on the VWs. Love the way it fits into place and the screws and clips can be put back in place easily. Rhino Ramps were a big help as well.