Cars, like babies or a vegetable garden, need regular upkeep to run efficiently and not produce troubling sputtering sounds. Give your ride a pat on the back with today's Groupon: for $59, you get an automotive-care package, including three oil changes, two tire rotations, a diagnostic engine-light check, a brake inspection, a battery test, a tire plug, and a pretrip inspection at Christian Brothers Automotive’s Georgetown or Hutto locations (a $256.63 value). Services included with this Groupon can be used over multiple visits.

Vehicles hobbled by time and the elements can get rehabbed with Christian Brothers Automotive’s assortment of sprucing-up services, executed by a fleet of certified technicians. Three oil changes (an $89.85 value) and two tire rotations (a $37.98 value) help keep rides running smoothly, and a brake inspection (a $9.95 value) helps ensure that buggies can stop at the drop of a bandana. A battery test (a $9.95 value) can verify proper electrification, and the tire plug (a $9.95 value) fixes leaky hubcap envelopes.

Before taking the family van to the Grand Canyon or the world's tallest stack of rubber-band balls, a pretrip inspection can help find potential long-distance-driving snafus (a $9.95 value). And the check-engine-light diagnostic includes an investigation of possible culprits responsible for malfunctioning air conditioners, power windows, or sulky engines. As cars are tended to, human companions can surf the web on Christian Brothers Automotive's free WiFi, or surf their own couches after receiving a ride home from the shop's local shuttle service.