On Sun, 18 May 2008 08:52:25 -0700, jim beam wrote:
>> Add to that an '88 Supra with ~200,000 miles I picked up for $600 4
>> years ago, an '89 Mazda 626 in mint condition for $150, and an '89
>> Subaru Coupe for winter driving. And I change the oil on all of them at
>> 3,000 miles! The Scion gets ~7,000 miles a year, the Supra ~10,000, the
>> Mazda ~12,000 and the Subaru ~6,000. I change the oil on the Supra and
>> the Subaru when they get parked for the season, then I drain that and
>> put in fresh oil when they come back into service. The Scion gets
>> synthetic every 4,500.
>>
>> All in all, cheap insurance. I wish I knew what moonbeam has against
>> changing oil.
>>
>>
> 3.5 quarts at $3.00 each = $10.50
> 1 filter = $4.00
>
> call it $15.00 with drain plug washer.
>
> oil analysis costs $22.50 [blackstone].
>
> 4 changes at 3000 miles each = $60.00 1 change at 12000 + 1 analysis =
> $37.50
>
> what? you don't work for nasa???
Not any more.
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