Your car relies on you to maintain it regularly and not to gun it across any rivers, even if there are free Thickburgers on the opposite bank. Keep your vehicular promises with today's Groupon: for $9, you get a basic oil change at Meineke Car Center across from the Eastdale Mall (a $19.95 value).

Meineke Car Center's steadfast staff refills sluggish engines with life-giving oil, restoring them to youthful vigor and coolness. Auto oil greases engines and tempers the Vesuvian heat of internal combustion in the 40% of the engine not touched by coolant's soothing kiss. Meineke's technicians drain spent oil, replacing it with up to 5 quarts of premium 10w30 bulk oil, unladen with built-up impurities or 3,000 miles of emotional baggage. A filter change maximizes the new oil's life span. To top off service, technicians rotate tires, check air pressure, and give the car a thorough, 23-point check. This extensive examination includes inspecting important systems, determining further maintenance needs, enhancing poor-weather performance, giving the car a clean bill of health, and writing a note to excuse it from missing homeroom. For customers' convenience, Meineke Car Center is open early mornings, early evenings, and Saturdays.