My roommate owns the MiEV and while he went on vacation last year I drove it for a week. I do almost all my own repairs on my car / motorcycle / scooter.
After Consumer Reports beat the car unconscious they didn't stop until they beat it senseless by putting it on the top 10 worst cars list...
If you are handy and get the right tools you can do it. For everyone else just take it to the dealer.
How often do you change a bulb? Almost never. My 1996 Saturn is going to be 19 with 160K and I have never changed a single bulb (except one over 10 years ago that was smashed in an...