Now that's a WHOLE LOTTA BOXER!!! If that is an oil filter or a fuel filter, I can only imagine it makes a mess when changed.
Sounds like the team just had hell no matter what (even after they dropped away from the flat engine)
Most filters that sit like that have an anti drainback valve, my benz has one, and I thought for sure it would have been a total mess to change. Not a drip.
unless the wife has a crv, total mess every time i pull the filter. leaks all over the place (subframe, drive shaft) I think they even sell an accessory you can mount to help redirect some of the oil. of course a crv is no where near the cost of a benz (car or parts)... I like the 02 bugeye's location a million times better you don't even need to crawl under, just reach under. The same basic spot for the 5cyl in the volvo too