I come from a car loving family. When I think back on my childhood, my dad and brother seemed to spend most of their waking hours either in a garage working on cars or on a track racing them. My husband is also fond of cars, and has been known to have one of our two torn apart looking for squeaks and rattles at any given time.
Like me, many Americans have fond vehicle-related stories and memories that they shared with dad (or the other men in their lives) – be it taking a road trip or spending time together under the hood. In honor of Father’s Day, Jiffy Lube is encouraging Americans to share their memories or the car care knowledge that dad passed down via the “Keeping My Ride Alive” Facebook community – a place for drivers who hope to achieve high-mileage on their vehicles. Anyone can upload images of their vehicle and a caption about what they learned from dad.
Regular preventive maintenance is the best way to keep dad’s/the family’s vehicle running for years to come – and a Jiffy Lube Gift Card can help do just this Father’s Day. It can be a great Father’s Day gift, be it standalone or as part of a gift basket, to help make dad’s errands easier and to help him preserve the value and longevity of his vehicle.
The Jiffy Lube Gift Card can be loaded with any dollar amount from $5 to $300 and can be redeemed toward any Jiffy Lube preventive maintenance service, including the popular Jiffy Lube Signature Service Oil Change, which provides drivers with much more than just an oil and filter change and is a quick and convenient way for dads to maintain their vehicles.
Jiffy Lube Gift Cards are available for purchase at www.jiffylube.com or at participating in-store locations. The cards have no inactivity fees or expiration date. You can find a Jiffy Lube Location near you (or your dad) here.
I am thrilled that Jiffy Lube has given me 1 – $100 Jiffy Lube Gift Card to give away to one of you!
What am I giving away?
1 winner will receive a $100 Jiffy Lube Gift Card
How can you win?
You can enter up to 4 times:
1) Leave a comment letting me know what your favorite car related memory is. (Note: Scroll to the bottom of this post and click “Post Comment”. You must be on my site – you can’t do this through a reader.)
2) Tweet about this giveaway on Twitter:
Enter to win a $100 @JiffyLube Gift Card: https://www.stretchingabuckblog.com/?p=24393 @stretchingabuck #wingiveaways
3) “Like” Jiffy Lube’s “Keeping My Ride Alive” Facebook page, and consider sharing one of your memories there! Also be sure to “like” Stretching a Buck on Facebook!
4) Subscribe to my feed or email newsletter and stay on top of all of the deals that I write about each week! If you already subscribe, please leave a separate comment letting me know that you are currently a subscriber (thank you!).
Who is eligible?
You must have a valid US address to be eligible
When does this giveaway end?
Monday, June 13, 2011 at 3PM EST
The winner will be chosen via the random number generator at random.org and will be notified via email. Please note that if I do not hear from the winner within 4 days that another winner will be chosen.
Good Luck!
Enter my other 2011 Father’s Day giveaways here!
Be sure to enter for your chance to win on these blogs as well:
- Balancing Beauty and Bedlam
- Bargain Briana
- Common Sense with Money
- Frugal Coupon Living
- Moms Need to Know
- Passion for Savings
- Saving Cents with Sense
- Southern Savers
- The Savings Lifestyle
This post sponsored by Jiffy Lube. I received a $100 gift card, as well as one to giveaway as part of the Win Giveaways 2011 Spring Giveaway Bash. This post was written by me and was not edited by the sponsor. Read more in my disclosure policy. Find more information on the terms for this giveaway on the Win Giveaways Facebook page.
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Buying my first car all by myself…it was the Best feeling!
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Learning how to drive my dad’s girlfriend’s Gremlin which was an automatic. Learning how to drive my best friend’s car was a little more entertaining because it was a stick shift!
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My first car—my parents brought for me
my first car my dad brought home for me-a shelby mustang-it was used but it was mine !
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My Dad letting me drive down Grandma’s lane when my legs were long enough to reach the pedals!
Learning to drive a stick shift!
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My favorite car related memory was when I wrecked my car into a pond when the brakes went out(someone had cut the lines earlier in the day) 3 months after I got my license!
I called my dad bawling, he came right out with AAA, and told me that he was not going to tell my mommy….Little did I know, he had told my mom when I called him and told her that she could not react to anything!
Best memory ever!
My favorite car related memory is my grandparents letting me drive their car when I turned 16! They let me drive them all around town! It was great!
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Our road trip on the country side of France
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My dad was teaching my how to drive … all went well until we got home. I was pulling in the driveway and as I was almost stopped and done … I hit the gas really hard (instead of the brake) and we launched through the garage door! We both looked at each other and laughed. I will never forget it.
I remember my stepdad teaching me how to drive.
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The first time my mom let me drive her stick shift car- and the first time I did… she let me take it out with my friends and it was actually fun because we laughed the entire time.
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At the neighbors she needed me to go fetch her son. He was horseback riding on the back of their property, she gave me the keys to her Cadillac to go retrieve him. Sweet!
My favorite car memory is traveling across the US from California to NY and back again when I was a kid. So many memories from that trip.
Driving from NY to North Carolina for vacation every year. It was a long ride but we always had a great time.
Road trips! I love a good road trip!
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Sitting in my dad’s lap while he let me steer the car.
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my brother secretly letting me steer the car…but only under 25mph :)
No real fabulous memories of dad, but getting my first car was pretty awesome!
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My dad teaching me how to drive was quite an experience, to say the least!
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My favorite memory would have to be laying on our van floor during family trips to Tenn. I guess I was small enough to fit between the seats and could just sleep the whole way! I’d never let my kids do that!
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I loved driving around my friends in my little Ford Escort after high school
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When my parents bought me a used ’71 Mustang when I turned 16 and brought it to me while I was working! I was so surprised!
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My Dad has always helped w/the maintenance of my vehicles and I appreciate him for that.
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Favorite car-related memory-driving in our city at night to see Christmas
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When I got my first car at 18, and I took it out on Route 1 in PA, at 120 mph! Can’t believe I did that. The road was deserted at the time.
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teaching my sister and my husband how to drive stick
Fave memory was my first car…a Chevy Vega that I bought from a college student who worked with my dad.
My favorite car memory is when I purchased my first car. It was the last year that they made the TR-6 and so there was only 2 left nearby which was the next state over. I loved that car and drove it across the country. What fun!
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My favorite memory is us getting car washes when we were younger and singing Under the Sea (from Little Mermaid)
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My dad taught me how to drive a car…he also bought my first car for me :)
Driving to Disneyland with my kids.
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My Dad was always working on our cars, the tractor, baling hay, working in the garden, or milking cows. In the winter he would put a light bulb under the hood to keep the engine warm so I could start it in the morning so I could go to classes at our nearby University.
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Getting my first car, a Ford Taurus. It wasn’t the best car, but I still have fond memories of it.
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learning to drive!
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Getting you first car is always a nice memory. FREEDOM!
When I saw this awesome green camaro parked on my street
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Road trips with friends!
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Remember my dad teaching me to change my own tire. hilarious :)
going on vacation with my folks-carried everything but the kitchen sink in the car with us!
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I love that I stayed out to midnight one night learning how to change all the brakes on my car. Now, people are amazed when I tell them that it’s easy!
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I guess my favorite memory is buying a van and taking road trips with my kids.
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My parents spoiled me by buying my dream car “for the family” on my 16th birthday. I was in heaven and we drove that Jeep all the way to Alaska from California together that summer.
My favorite car memory is my very first car at the age of 21 when I bought a used yellow fastback Mustang in 1971.
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When I was in the hospital after giving birth to our third daughter, my husband took my car and had the oil changed, cleaned inside and out and installed the new baby carseat. Gotta love him!
My favorite car memory is passing my driving test.
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Getting my first car!! I was 18 so I waited a looonnnnggg time lol!
Going out and getting my first car with my dad.
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In high chool my parents let me borrow their van to take a group of people to a concert. But when I pulled into the garage that night I hit the side of the garage and got paint all over the side of their van. My friend and I thought we could use finger nail polish remover to get it off and they would never know. So here we were at 3 AM with a bag of cotton balls and nail polish remover trying to get the paint off the van! Needless to say my parents DID notice!
When I was a kid, my family would drive from Pennsylvania to Myrtle Beach, SC. It was a 12+ hour drive, but we always had fun! (Esp. counting the South of the Border signs!)
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My favorite memory was our family trips to the beach growing up. 3 kids fighting over who got to rise in the backwards seat in the station wagon….SO 80’s!
My fav memory – my son opening the window as we were heading in—wet but a funny memory:)
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My favorite car memory is when my dad was teaching me how to drive!
Learning to drive a stick shift. What a disaster.
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My favorite car memory is getting a brand new car the day I brought my son home from the hospital. We decided I didn’t need a two door any longer but a four door for 2 kids. My husband went and traded in the car and picked us up at the hospital in the brand new car. Not only did I go home with a new baby…but a new car too.
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Going fishing with my dad.
My dad teaching me how to drive.
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My favorite memory is cruising around in high school in my ’77 Chevy and singing at the top of my lungs with the windows down.
I loved my Jeep Grand Cherokee!
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My favorite memory involving vehicles would have to be saving up my money and buying my first car.
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my fave car memory is the first car i got at 19. . . my mom gave it to me. It was used but got me where i needed to go!
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My favorite car related memory is that I bought my first car before I even had a driver’s license. I’d saved my money and fell in love with this Chrysler Cordoba. I bought it and it had to sit in my driveway until I was allowed to drive it :)
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I subscribe to your emails. When my husband and I were first married, we had a volvo that had no heater and we lived in a state with a lot of snow in the winter. We would wrap our baby in 3-4 blanket in the car seat, ourselves in blanket and drive around, scraping the inside of the windows as we went our way. Awww! Good memories!
Teaching my husband how to drive…
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I’ll never forget the first time I bought a car on my own.
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My favorite automobile memory would have to be the times I got to wear my own glittery helmet and ride my Dad’s motorcycle sitting behind him and grabbing onto his belt loops as we drove around the neighborhood on summer evenings… Sometimes cutting through little wooded areas too!! Lot of fun.
Family road trips with all of my siblings and I crammed into the van!
My Dad helped me buy my first car.
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My car related memory? Driving to Cali from WI to get married haha.
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Learning to drive a stick shift before I was able to apply for my drivers license.
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negotiating for my first car and getting floor mats for free:)
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helping my aunt and cousins move some famiy memories halfway across the counrty in a moving truck and the window wouldn’t roll up in a thunderstorm. 2 12yr girls 1 aunt and a lot of giggles!
My favorite car memmory was the first time I got to drive my car by myself! :)
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Finally feeling like a grown up when we bought our first car together!
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My favorite memory was when I bought my first car by myself. I didn’t have any money saved up but on a part time job at 16, I saved enough money in 1 1/2 months to buy my car. My parents were so excited and it really helped me to learn that I can get what I want – I just have to save and wait and it will all be worth it in the end. I had that car for five years and did me well!
My favorite memory is driving fast with my Dad as a kid. The speed limit was 75 then and dad drove faster.
My parents bought me an old car for my 17th birthday. It spent most of its time sitting broken in our driveway. One night something went wrong with the electrical system and the car caught on fire and was destroyed. After that I was able to get a car that actually worked instead of being broke down all the time.
My boyfriend at the time had a car that I was making monthly payments on and it just so happened we got married. I was done with the monthly payments then! LOL :)
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my favorite memory is my first solo road trip from south jersey to virginia beach to meet my pen pals – 2 weeks after i got my license!
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I fondly remember my first car I purchased at the age of 21 in 1971. It was a used yellow fastback Mustang. I wish I still had that car but it was too small for a growing family.
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My your favorite car related memory is teaching my daughter how to drive. It seemed like it took forever but it was a great way to spend time with her. She aways opened up about her life while driving. helenkeeler@comcast.net
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My fave memory is when I got my new car
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I remember my first solo road trip, really loved it!
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My favorite memories were the drives I’d take with my father. We always had fun together.
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my dad buying me my first car
Buying my first new car. It was a 1987 metallic blue firebird complete with t-tops that cars used to have. It was such an awesome ride!
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buying my first car at 17 all by myself! It was an old, beat up car but it was MINE :)
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My favorite car memory is going cruising in high school!
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My favorite car related memory is of my dad and I going to the dirt track races every Sat night :)
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I remember my dad teaching me to drive. Lots of screaming and cursing, but i eventually got it :)
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I remember when I got my first car and how excited I was…I took everybody I knew for a ride….it was a bright orange maverick…yahoo!!!!
I had an imaginary family when I was little and whenever I would ride in the car my brother and I would have to squish in the back seat so “my family” had room to ride
my first date in my first car
favorite car memory = car trips to the beach for vacation
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My favorite car memory was going through Canada to see family in New York, and lounging in the backseat of a huge car. We had pillows, blankets, and could open a board game and play it…
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My favorite memory would be driving around the back yard learning to drive with my dad!
My dad letting me steer the car when we were on our driveway when I was younger.
Before I got turned loose on the road at 16 my Daddy insisted that I be able to at least change my own tires. Later on I got more advanced lessons, like changing my own oil, checking & topping off fluids, replacing headlamps and much more. We spent a lot of time together working on various cars. He still wants to do it all for me since I am single but he is very proud of the fact that I COULD do it on my own.
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My favorite car-related memory is my Dad teaching me how to drive. At first he wouldn’t let me go over 20 MPH. Unfortunately, I still ended up inheriting his lead foot.
Driving the first day after I got my license!
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I remember washing the car on the weekend with my dad. Loved it.
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My uncle giving me an old buick for Christmas
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Favorite memory is my dad taking me to get my first, brand new car after high school graduation.
my favorite car related memory is that of my very first car, the orange plymouth duster…..we always called it the mustard duster. hahah….. I like you on facebook
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My favorite car memory is just getting my first car, the excitement, the freedom, the independence. was great. i spent hours cleaning it and washing it so it’ll be perfectly mine. :)
My favorite car related memory is purchasing my first car after college.
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Working on my buddy’s car in college – wish we had spent more time to do that than study!
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My fav car moment was learning how to drive a stick shift. I thought I was doing terrible and was telling my mom that I wanted to get out of the car to let her drive. She thought it was hilarious and proceeded to tell me I was shifting through the gears as if I had done it before. I learned how to drive on a 5-speed and still love driving them!
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I loved when I had to get a minivan because it meant I was a mom :)
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My parents got me a car for graduation and it was great to be able to get out and about on my own.
A FAVORITE CAR RELATED MEMORY IS OF ME & MY COUSIN ACTING SILLY WHILE DRIVING AROUND AT THE AGE OF 16. WE’D SING REALLY LOUDLY, PUT THE WIPERS ON WITHOUT RAIN, ETC kytah00@yahoo.com
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My 12year old 5-speed Ford-150 is running like a charm (well, we don’t use this car everyday now), thanks for my hubby maintaining it so well!
MY favorite car related memory is when my dad took me to get my driver’s license when I was 16
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Driving with the family to the beach in California which is halfway across the country
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i remember him driving a little nissan pickup truck around to do yard work
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A FAVORITE CAR RELATED MEMORY IS OF ME & MY COUSIN we were 18 fresh out of high we had the best summer ever.
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Buying my first brand new pickup truck!!
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My dad teaching me to work on the engine of the 73 Plymouth Fury III he bought me.
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We used to go to classic car shows together.
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