{"id":2360,"date":"2016-02-14T14:09:45","date_gmt":"2016-02-14T14:09:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.andrewhope.co.uk\/Blog\/?p=2360"},"modified":"2026-07-21T20:29:41","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T19:29:41","slug":"car-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.andrewhope.co.uk\/Blog\/car-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Car Service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Disclaimer<\/em><\/strong><em>: This page contains affiliate links. Predominantly as an an eBay Partner Affiliate, Google Adsense and Amazon Affililate and as a member of other affiliate networks. If you choose to make a purchase after clicking a link, I earn from qualifying purchases and may receive a commission at no additional cost to you.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Decided it was time to treat my car to an annual car service. My oil gets changed every year or every 6000 miles depending on how hard I&#8217;ve been driving it. 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