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On Tue, 10 Oct 2006 17:26:20 -0700, mack wrote:
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> "Ray O" <rokigawaATtristarassociatesDOTcom> wrote in message
> news:e18cf$452bbe80$44a4a10d$21536@msgid.meganewsservers.com...[color=green]
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>> "Hachiroku" <Trueno@ae86.gts> wrote in message
>> news:BTMWg.1872$HP.1623@trndny08...[color=darkred]
>>> First Oil Change for the Scion (By me, anyway)
>>>
>>> Whoever did the last one used a Genuine Fram OF and tightened it to the
>>> max! I did MUCH better; I used a Bosch! (Hey...dealers are closed on
>>> Sundays!)
>>>
>>> At any rate, in the Scion (if you look through the Tips and Easter Eggs I
>>> posted) you can set the interval for the "Maintenance" light to start
>>> flashing to tell you when to change the oil again. I set the reminder to,
>>> I think (if I read it correctly) 3000 miles. It is set at the factory to
>>> start flashing at 4,500 miles as a 'Reminder', and stays steady at 5,000,
>>> the factory recommendation for oil changes.
>>>
>>> So, I was wondering. If I set it to 4,000 miles, it should start flashing
>>> at 3,500, which I think would be a good interval to change the oil. I
>>> believe it had Synthetic in it before (the oil was a reddish brown, and
>>> not black) and I put in Castrol Syntech at the recommended weight.
>>>
>>> Since synthetic is supposed to be SO much better than Dino oil, I don't
>>> think going 500 over 3K is going to do too much damage, esp when Toyota
>>> recommends 5,000 miles, eh?[/color]
>>
>> 500 miles, whether conventional or synthetic, will not make a difference.
>> --
>>
>> Ray O
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> This reminds me of an ancient story my late father used to tell. He worked
> at
> radio station WOC in Davenport, Iowa in the mid-1920s and there was a
> fellow on the staff named Peter MacArthur, who walked with crutches.
> He checked his oil and found it a quart low, so he dutifully put in a quart
> (all of 30 or 35c
> at the time) and immediately noticed that it had been 1020 miles since his
> last oil change.
> (for you younger readers, 1000 miles was the accepted time between changes,
> and there
> were likely no oil filters in those days of yore).
> So poor Pete went directly to the gas station and had an oil change,
> draining out and
> throwing away his precious new quart of oil.
>
> Now for the end of the story. One day Peter Macarthur noticed a job
> applicant in
> the office, and the young fellow was told there were no vacancies on the
> staff, so he
> left. Peter (on his crutches) went down the hall to the elevator where the
> young man
> was still waiting for the lift. He mentioned to him that while WOC had no
> openings,
> he had heard there was a spot open for a sportscaster on a Des Moines
> station.
> The young fellow thanked Pete and went on his way. Several days later, he
> called
> Pete to thank him again, saying he'd indeed gotten the job in Des Moines,
> and would
> be eternally grateful.
> The young man was Ronald "Dutch" Reagan, and from then till the end of
> Pete's life
> he sent him a Christmas card each year with his thanks. And after Pete
> died, Reagan sent
> his widow a card each year as well. Whatever you may think of Reagan, he
> did remember
> kindnesses....forever.[/color]


Cool, Mac! Thanks!