Gee, My engine isn't cranking as fast anymore....
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Gee, My engine isn't cranking as fast anymore....
Show this to your friends who don't care about car maintenance...
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Re: Gee, My engine isn't cranking as fast anymore....
Must... Resist.... Mike Joke....Pete Loney wrote:Show this to your friends who don't care about car maintenance...
http://jalopnik.com/5415431/what-happen ... 0000-miles" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Re: Gee, My engine isn't cranking as fast anymore....
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Except mine has about 275 miles on it and was on its 5th oil fill...
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:mrt: :mrt: :mrt: :mrt: :mrt: :mrt: :mrt: :mrt: :mrt:
Except mine has about 275 miles on it and was on its 5th oil fill...
Edited to add:
:mrt: :mrt: :mrt: :mrt: :mrt: :mrt: :mrt: :mrt: :mrt:
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Re: Gee, My engine isn't cranking as fast anymore....
Gotta say your 275 miles were WAY more awesome than the 60000 of the car in that link.Mike Simanyi wrote::mrt: :mrt: :mrt:
Except mine has about 275 miles on it and was on its 5th oil fill...
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Re: Gee, My engine isn't cranking as fast anymore....
A couple National Championships helps the medicine go down...Aaron Goldsmith wrote:Gotta say your 275 miles were WAY more awesome than the 60000 of the car in that link.Mike Simanyi wrote::mrt: :mrt: :mrt:
Except mine has about 275 miles on it and was on its 5th oil fill...

Re: Gee, My engine isn't cranking as fast anymore....
Aaron Goldsmith wrote:Gotta say your 275 miles were WAY more awesome than the 60000 of the car in that link.Mike Simanyi wrote::mrt: :mrt: :mrt:
Except mine has about 275 miles on it and was on its 5th oil fill...











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Re: Gee, My engine isn't cranking as fast anymore....
It's now Official: for those that know Mike as "Patch", it is now, "Oil Patch"Aaron Goldsmith wrote:Must... Resist.... Mike Joke....Pete Loney wrote:Show this to your friends who don't care about car maintenance...
http://jalopnik.com/5415431/what-happen ... 0000-miles" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Re: Gee, My engine isn't cranking as fast anymore....
Really Bill, doesn't Mike have to blow at least 3 more motors before you can give him crap?Bill Schenker wrote: It's now Official: for those that know Mike as "Patch", it is now, "Oil Patch"
Who loves ya', Babe?!
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Re: Gee, My engine isn't cranking as fast anymore....
I need no excuse to give him crap...Aaron Goldsmith wrote:Really Bill, doesn't Mike have to blow at least 3 more motors before you can give him crap?Bill Schenker wrote: It's now Official: for those that know Mike as "Patch", it is now, "Oil Patch"
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And at least when I shot a bunch of parts through my oil pan, I had the good taste to do it on the dyno :mrt: Right, Eric?!
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Re: Gee, My engine isn't cranking as fast anymore....
WOW, that's icky!
On a side note: don't bmw's come w/ care free maintenance for the first however many thousand miles?
On a side note: don't bmw's come w/ care free maintenance for the first however many thousand miles?