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POLL: How often do you change oil?
01-11-2005, 11:58 AM
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RE: POLL: How often do you change oil?
You know, this reminds me of a story I told a long time ago.
When I first met my business partner, I came to Valdosta and was meeting the folks at his repair shop. While there I noticed a newer body style Mustang V6 getting its engine pulled. I asked what happened that the guy needed a new motor, the car looked brand new. Well, the owner of the car was sitting over in the corner at the time, stood up and said "Man, you know I had that car detailed every month for $110, but nobody ever told me I had to change the oil!". ROFL! Dude put 57,000 miles on the car - bought it brand new - and never changed the oil. Gawd... dude was paying $1300+ a year washing his car but never broke off of $8 to buy oil and a filter. Doh!
When I first met my business partner, I came to Valdosta and was meeting the folks at his repair shop. While there I noticed a newer body style Mustang V6 getting its engine pulled. I asked what happened that the guy needed a new motor, the car looked brand new. Well, the owner of the car was sitting over in the corner at the time, stood up and said "Man, you know I had that car detailed every month for $110, but nobody ever told me I had to change the oil!". ROFL! Dude put 57,000 miles on the car - bought it brand new - and never changed the oil. Gawd... dude was paying $1300+ a year washing his car but never broke off of $8 to buy oil and a filter. Doh!
01-11-2005, 02:55 PM
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RE: POLL: How often do you change oil?
I have an ole magizine I get called MOTOR..they had a women who bought a new camaro with a v6 ten years later she notice the engine soon light came on she headed to a service station by that time the car quit.....the car was towed to a chev dealership to see what was the problem...after looking at it the engine was locked up...they pulled the engine and after tearing it down found it was basically a block of carbon..this car had a tick over 109k on the clock...when the lady was asked when was the last time the oil was change she has a blank look and replied never, didn't know it had to be changed......the mag had pic and everthing.....
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01-12-2005, 09:41 PM
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RE: POLL: How often do you change oil?
i try to get it done every 3k but its tough sometimes..even tho the local shop who does it puts a sticker reminding me of what mileage to come in at..but i forget frequently to look