Save Money-Change Your Own Oil

I am currently commuting to work every day, and as a result, we change the oil in my car monthly.  If we had it changed at The Grease Monkey it would cost us $40 each month!  Instead, my husband changes our oil.  Changing the oil in a vehicle is very simple, my husband is not a mechanic or anything.  Here is a run down of the cost:

5 qt. Oil at Walmart: $12.50
Oil Filter: $4.00
Total Cost: $16.50
Labor Time: 15-20 min.

20 minutes of work saves us $20 a month.  That is almost a week of groceries!  Of course, that is just checking the oil & a servie station usually does a full service check.  We take our car to have a full service check at a service station when there is a promotion or coupon to make sure we are keeping everything on the car up to date.

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