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My daughter's 95 Geo Prizm (Corolla) has 240,000 miles on it. The consumption increased dramatically at about 200,000 miles Now consumes oil to the tune of about 1200miles/qt. Runs perfect. No smoke out the tail pipe. We've owned the car for 13 years. It had 84k when purchased. 6-8000 mile OCIs...

My 56 Chevy Bel Air 265 with stock rear gearing (3:55) has the engine turning 3200 rpm at 75 mph cruise. Runs all day long at that speed. 3 inch stroke means relatively low piston speeds. However oil consumption is roughly 1300 miles per quart. A 60%/40% mix of suburban/highway/secondary road...

Highway oil consumption will usually be higher due to a constant high vacuum condition pulling oil past worn ring packs and valve stem seals on OHV engines. This is especially true of high mileage engines. The dilution/fuel burn off from a vehicle that's been used primarily around down will...

I've been losing oil on my dipstick since I turned, oh about 50.

Leak dye, ultraviolet light and glasses. You'll find the leak.

The snootiness in the boutique high-end audio really seemed to infect the marketplace in the mid to late 80s into the mid 90s. One could easily spend $50,000 and still be unsatisfied with his new purchase. For me it's been more about the music than the equipment. I bought my first mid-Fi...

4 stacked (tweeter to tweeter) New "large" Advents ca. 1977 driven by a capable, clean receiver produced in the late 70s with 75 or so real watts RMS will impress to this day. Especially with well recorded and reproduced source material (turntable/cartridge) or good digital. Better have some...

New 1984 Z28 Camaro. Worst pile of rolling junk ever.

Seriously.

So-not a rhetorical question-if you "find a friend and hit some auctions", what would be a fair profit for your dealer friend's access to wholesale stock and his/her expertise distinguishing between the junk and the good cars on sale day? Put a number on how much you'll permit your "friend" to...

Crusher? Not mine! My daily driver has been a 1994 Lincoln Towncar since I bought it in 2009 with 86k miles. Now has 187k miles and runs and shifts perfect. Leather, cold a/c and looks like a well cared for 3 or 4 year old car. No plans to replace. Panther cars are LONG lived vehicles. Except...

Spend the $50/month on yourself or your loved ones while you're still alive and in good health. I'm an insurance broker.

You guys speak of 2006 as if it was 1976. The oils that went into that motor were more than adequate and perfectly capable of preventing the "coking" you're referring to. It's the lack of proper OCIs that caused whatever deposits may have accumulated on the Pistons, the ring packs, and the...

Those are $800-$1100 cars at any Manheim sale. They'd both run Red Light-as is. $2200-$2500 retail if everything works.

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