Love that video - that's overcoming adversity right there.
As for the oil change, most cars I've seen from the last 6-8 years have some kind of aero/drip catcher undertray you have to take off to do the job.
I actually think the Elise oil change is the easiest of my cars: no need to touch the dirty filter material to pull it over o-rings like the Mercedes cartridge system and the filter isn't pointing sideways and hidden deep in the wheel well like on my 4runner.
The Elise airbox on the other hand...

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