Suffice it to say, I changed my own oil for most of my adult life, until about eight years ago, when I bought my first new hybrid SUV.

Opening the hood for the first time, I saw an arrangement of black plastic rectangles, not the discrete auto parts I recognized.

I didn’t know how to change the oil, and further, I wasn’t sure I wanted to figure it out.

I was (and still am) also a working parent, and always appreciate having another chore taken off my plate.

The nearest oil change facility nearest my house turned out to be a Valvoline Instant Oil Change, and I have been going there ever since, for both that same hybrid SUV, and a second one I bought a few years later.