Gee, My engine isn't cranking as fast anymore....

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Gee, My engine isn't cranking as fast anymore....

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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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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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:mrt: :mrt: :mrt:
Except mine has about 275 miles on it and was on its 5th oil fill...

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Mike Simanyi wrote::mrt: :mrt: :mrt:
Except mine has about 275 miles on it and was on its 5th oil fill...
Gotta say your 275 miles were WAY more awesome than the 60000 of the car in that link.
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Aaron Goldsmith wrote:
Mike Simanyi wrote::mrt: :mrt: :mrt:
Except mine has about 275 miles on it and was on its 5th oil fill...
Gotta say your 275 miles were WAY more awesome than the 60000 of the car in that link.
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Aaron Goldsmith wrote:
Mike Simanyi wrote::mrt: :mrt: :mrt:
Except mine has about 275 miles on it and was on its 5th oil fill...
Gotta say your 275 miles were WAY more awesome than the 60000 of the car in that link.
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Aaron Goldsmith wrote:
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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It's now Official: for those that know Mike as "Patch", it is now, "Oil Patch"

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Bill Schenker wrote: It's now Official: for those that know Mike as "Patch", it is now, "Oil Patch"

Who loves ya', Babe?!

(To quote Oil Patch, "I crack myself up sometimes.")
Really Bill, doesn't Mike have to blow at least 3 more motors before you can give him crap? :lol:
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Aaron Goldsmith wrote:
Bill Schenker wrote: It's now Official: for those that know Mike as "Patch", it is now, "Oil Patch"

Who loves ya', Babe?!

(To quote Oil Patch, "I crack myself up sometimes.")
Really Bill, doesn't Mike have to blow at least 3 more motors before you can give him crap? :lol:
I need no excuse to give him crap...

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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WOW, that's icky!

On a side note: don't bmw's come w/ care free maintenance for the first however many thousand miles?
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