[jansan]

> You need oil and regular oil changes.

Slightly OT, but I recently found that here in Germany there is a service where you can go to just like to a car wash without making an appointment. They will do the oil change for you within ten minutes or so and you do not even have to get out of your car during that time. This makes oil changes so much less annoying.

[sumthinprofound]

This has been common in the US for at least a decade now.

[tshaddox]

Jiffy Lube had 1,000 locations in the U.S. in 1989. According to my experience in the 1990s (limited mostly to the Midwest), quick oil change shops were ubiquitous even in small towns.

[Riseed]

I’ve never seen a shop that will let anyone stay in the vehicle while it was being worked on, even for something so simple as an oil change. Where did you find one?

[solardev]

In the US, this is really common. There a few big chains, like Jiffy Lube and Valvoline, but also a lot of local places. Just look for "drive thru oil change" on Google Maps

[WarOnPrivacy]

Four decades ago where I lived then. I used them here 30yr ago.

[mulmen]

They let you stay in the car? That surprises me. Do they take the keys?

No way I would work on a car with a random member of the public behind the wheel.

[frogpelt]

This is the only way I ever do an oil change.

They sometimes ask me to remove the keys from the ignition.

[alphager]

What's the name of the company?

[jansan]

MacOil (not a joke). They have 17 shops in Germany.