"jmc" <NOnewsgroupsSPAM@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> Suddenly, without warning, PeterD exclaimed (4/16/2008 10:17 PM):
>> On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:05:04 +0930, jmc
>> <NOnewsgroupsSPAM@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>
>>> Just got my oil changed for the last time here in Oz - last time it
was
>>> mixed in with other services, so I don't remember.
>>>
>>> It's cost me the equivalent of over $70! For regular oil!
>>>
>>> Please tell me it's not going to be that expensive for a simple oil
>>> change in the US! (Dakota, takes 5 quarts).
>>>
>>> jmc
>>
>> Huh, you are not doing it yourself? Did my Hemi the other day, 8 qt
>> synthetic and filter and it was less
>> than $50 total. (And about ten minutes of time, most taken by a stuck
>> oil filter!)
>
> I used to, for years. But I can't reach the filter in this truck, I'm
too
> short :)
Guess you have not seen those steps they now sell in the stores. It hangs
over the tire.
>
> Back in the day, our buying decisions for a vehicle included whether or
> not we could reach the oil filter & plug, since hubby isn't overtall
> either, and we both preferred to change our own oil :)
>
> jmc
>
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