Ridiculous Front Lift Point

You pretty much need another set of eyes to center a floor jack that far back. I always use my rhino ramps, faster and easier - IMHO. I've only used my floor jack to raise the car a bit more to get the CAT shield on her or tire rotations. One at a time at the designated pinch points.

 

Our 3rd gen has the front lift point about 15" back. From what I've read here that's the exception: 2nd, 4th and now 5th gen have it way back, roughly in line with the front wheels? I've had to deal with another car with similar, way back front lift point, and cobbled some low-rise ramps: run the front wheels up 3~4" ramps, and you hopefully will have enough room to get the floor jack back to the lift point, and get the handle raised enough to get it lifting.

With the car I’m lifting, I’m the “second set of eyes”, I reach under to nudge the saddle as needed; someone else is working the jack handle. You could do it all yourself, but it’s awkward for sure.

 

Looking at this as well since I'm going to change the oil soon for the first time. I bought 4 jack stands but I'm thinking about returning 2 of them and getting a set of ramps. Need to figure out how to do tire rotation also with some combo of these.

 

My 2 cents:

Hang onto all the stands. A couple of layers of 2x8 stacked on the flat will make you low-rise ramps. Drive front wheels up onto them. Place wheel chocks fore and aft of both rear wheels (worth buying proper ones, solid rubber). Release parking brake (so rear end can freely hinge). Roll floor jack under to front jacking point and raise front (should be doable with the ramps). Position front jack stands and settle car onto them. Roll floor jack under rear jack point, raise and settle onto jack stands.

Note: if your floor slab is off-planar (not flat) you may need to shim under one corner jack stand, to ensure solid contact. Car will flex slightly, but only so much. Also, if you don’t have an impact, slightly loosen all wheel lug nuts at the outset.

 

Ideally, you want a spare tire - use it as a place holder during rotation.
Alternatively; you can also jack up and place a jack stand on one corner of the car and work your way around - but that's a lot more work.

Good Luck....