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I STILL remember learning from my father how to carefully remove a dipstick to check the oil level in our cars. It was drilled into me — along with turning off the lights when you left a room and clearing the plates off the table after dinner — that oil needs to be changed every 3,000 miles or so. Kieron Kohlmann changing the oil in a 2007 Dodge Charger in Union Grove, Wis. Changing the oil every 3,000 miles is no longer a good guideline for cars bought in the last seven or eight years, says Philip Reed of the...

WASHINGTON, March 6, 2007 – Military family members in Michigan don’t have to squeak by anymore when it comes to routine auto maintenance thanks to eight auto garages throughout the state. “We offer a full-service oil change with a brief safety inspection,” said Rob Hopp, owner of Auto Advantage. “We’re offering them to any military dependent, active or reserve.” The services are free once every 90 days with an appointment and a military dependent identification card, he said. The Oil Change Help program began just a few months after the fighting started in Iraq and will continue until at...