I’ve been driving the same automobile for more than two years, however when I first got the car, I leased it for 2 years! During this time, I had it diagnosed as needed and I took entirely good care of it. When I decided to purchase the automobile though, I was even more diligent about taking care of it because it was now completely in our ownership. I took it to the shop before the lights ever came on and I did our best to protect it from any unwanted situations. I thought I would always be ahead of our automobile maintenance, even though I was wrong. A few weeks ago, I started noticing a foul smell whenever I got into the car. I thought it was body smell at first, but then I realized that it was the interior of the car. I looked under all the seats and checked all the cracks, though I couldn’t find the source of the aroma. I hardly kept anything in the automobile anyway, so I was particular it wasn’t something I was responsible for. I took it to the shop and mentioned the smell and they decided to look around, but they came back a few hours later and told me that the air filter was in terrible shape. They even showed me the air filter and I could see for myself that it was covered with dust and debris. The dust was a deep black color and it was hanging off the filter in chunks. The mechanic told me that it needed to be upgraded because I was breathing this in! With a new air filter, it took an afternoon or so for the air to clear up, but it finally did and I was grateful.