It's so irritating and bizarro this particular design of the dipstick. I never had any other car that was difficult to read. Now when I want a reading, I take a dipstick of my own design. Basically a clear vinyl tube that is calibrated against the original dipstick. I put it in, and close the end, as one does with a pipette in a lab. And then I try to see if there is any connection between the original dipstick and this very accurate way of using a vinyy tube inside the dipstick tube.
There are some tricks I've heard about. Like take the dipstick out and leave it out overnight. That helps just a tad. Or read only one side of it. That helps a little if you can figure out which side has the correct reading.
There are 2 tiny holes on the dipstick. Sometimes I go by the holes which are slightly above the FULL mark.
It's funny. Something so common and mundane becomes an adventure with this 3.0 Mistubishi from Chrysler. I'd love to meet the engineer who designed this dipstick. Was this some kind of kill the customer routine? All I can think of was this was some trick to get the dipstick to remain seated. But other cars with somewhat similar designs do not have this problem. It's just a dumb dipstick. Well, the only dipstick I have seen with sharp bends and angles in it.