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Old 19 May 2008, 09:56 pm
jim beam
 
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Default Re: Plan on driving a new car on a 3000mile highway trip. Bad idea?

hachiroku ハチ*ク wrote:
> On Sun, 18 May 2008 21:38:28 -0700, jim beam wrote:
>
>> Hachiroku ハチ*ク wrote:
>>> On Sun, 18 May 2008 21:00:44 -0700, jim beam wrote:
>>>
>>>>>> 2. contamination is a fact.
>>>>>> deal with it. contamination causes early failure. if yours
>>>>>> haven't yet,
>>>>>> it's good engineering, and certainly not /because/ of this
>>>>>> stupidity.
>>>>> This is coming from someone who only does an oil change every 12,000
>>>>> miles?!?!?
>>>> a-n-a-l-y-s-i-s. you should get some. and for your oil.
>>>
>>> It's still cheaper to change the oil.
>>>
>>>
>>>

>> but i did the math for you. $37.50 is not more expensive than $60.00.

>
> But my time is worth $35 an hour.


er, that makes the math worse, not better.



>
> It's easier to change the oil than fart around.


translation: because you don't know what you're doing, you /prefer/ to
fart around.



> Write back when you start following Manufacturer's reccomendations...


manufacturers use a-n-a-l-y-s-i-s. you can too.
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