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Old 12-29-2008, 11:15 AM
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That's pretty cheap...
Old 12-29-2008, 12:17 PM
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Originally Posted by 07silvervette17
i sometimes am looking for stuff to do !! 45 sold my business and might go back to work or my wife says buy a new ferrari f430 then i'll be able to ogle and wax my car every day !
If your thinking F430, and playing with oil. Gotta go with cheao on that one.But WTF else are you going to do with your time.Have fun either way.
Old 12-29-2008, 12:24 PM
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Originally Posted by 07silvervette17
My new 08 gmc sierra needed an oil change! So i carefully drained my vette oil with 60 % on the oil change indicator into a clean pail and put new oil into my vette [mobil 1 of course]. I then put the used oil into my truck with a new gm filter and topped of with new oil! Looks good! Now i have new oil in the vette and a good change in the truck ! When my pontiac vibe needs a change in about 2,000 miles i'll do the same for it with the vette oil. Keep in mind i have a hoist and got lots of time to kill! I always reset the vette oil meter and always put a new filter on. My buddies think i'm going overboard but it's funny when were in the shop drinking beer they borrow my hoist and are now doing the same to there trucks. We must have the cleanest vette oil around or maybe it gives us a reason to go to the shop and drink!!!

After I wax my Vette I dampen the towel I took the wax off with and then re-wax my other car with it so I can save that way. Why not? NOT!
Old 12-29-2008, 12:35 PM
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Originally Posted by 07silvervette17
I was told mobil 1 at 60% is better than conventional oil when new and remember mobil1 at wamart in canada is 12 bucks a quart plus 12% tax plus enviro fees plus pf48 filter $14.00 . total of 110.00 !
Mobil 1 isn't $12 a quart here in Canada at Walmart, it's under $10 a quart. And you can find it on sale quite often in the big jugs. I've never seen Mobil 1 priced over $10 at any Walmart here.

And you're definitely getting ripped off on that oil filter too, you could get a NAPA Gold filter for about half that price here.
Old 12-29-2008, 12:42 PM
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hummmm, does this mean if you get the F430 the used oil from it will then go into the vette ????!?!?!?!?!?

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Old 12-29-2008, 03:33 PM
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FOR SALE:

6 quarts of used 5W-30 Mobil 1 motor oil

Only 3,000 miles, original purchaser, gently used by old lady who only drove to church, drained into clean containers and garaged.

This oil will likely make your car go faster since, after all, it came out of a CORVETTE!

Asking just $9.95 for the 6 quarts, as is

Act now and will throw in the used oil filter too!

Check back next week for used differential oil and used transmission oil!!!

Old 12-29-2008, 06:18 PM
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Definitely unique I think if not cheap and crazy. So basically you do two oil changes when one of your vehicles require one oil change.
Old 12-29-2008, 07:12 PM
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This type of behaviour is exactly why I always buy new!
Old 12-29-2008, 09:09 PM
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Did you really do that???
Old 12-29-2008, 09:11 PM
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Originally Posted by aero400
FOR SALE:

6 quarts of used 5W-30 Mobil 1 motor oil

Only 3,000 miles, original purchaser, gently used by old lady who only drove to church, drained into clean containers and garaged.

This oil will likely make your car go faster since, after all, it came out of a CORVETTE!

Asking just $9.95 for the 6 quarts, as is

Act now and will throw in the used oil filter too!

Check back next week for used differential oil and used transmission oil!!!


Good one...
Old 12-30-2008, 04:33 AM
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Do you use 2 ply toilet paper & split the plys to make 2 roles out of one,
Old 12-30-2008, 06:33 AM
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Originally Posted by charlies ls3
Do you use 2 ply toilet paper & split the plys to make 2 roles out of one,
He is 2 cheap to buy toilet paper. He uses a red corn cob first and then a white one too see if the job is complete or not. If i was as cheap as him i go to jiffey lube and get some used oil and put in vette and truck. It is free and same as using his used crap himself. His vette will have wore out drain plug threads, his new truck has crapy used oil and i wouldn't want either one of them.



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