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I have been lead to believe that a higher flash point means higher percentage of synthetic groups. I have also been lead to believe that oil specs are more like Johnny Depp guidelines and the brew can change long before the spec sheet.

When have we ever let facts get in the way of a debate around here?

Yes, I completely agree with you. Admitting guilt is absolutely the worst scenario. Going to court is very expensive, for both parties. A new car would be cheaper than a lawyer for the other guy as well. It likely ends there. I am sure its the bad press part that is the worry of the shop...

Yes, yours is the correct solution. Still having grown up in a small town I completely understand the shop owner wanting to do right, which is why buying the car might work. Probably cheaper than the lawyers retainer. Either way what there doing now is the absolute worst solution IMHO.

I appreciate the fact the shop is trying to goodwill the repair. However I wonder how the technician is being paid - if at all? Even a drunk lawyer would advise against this solution I think. They would have been better off just offering Fair market value on the car. They own every problem...

They never do. Never seen an EPA guy wondering around LKQ either.

Single older male. 60 (although I thought it was 65 or 70, but maybe a sliding scale.) High bracket. Actuaries don't lie. You need to marry one of those young hotties for insurance / tax purposes.

I am sure many do it, and get away with it. However a brake hose is made in a similar fashion to a tire - rubber with nylon or steel belting to keep it rigid. Squishing it is similar to sitting on a completely flat tire - depends on how much and how long and how lucky you are. I would rather...

40 quarts is a good start. Good job!

This is always my perspective. Even if the first time costs as much as taking it somewhere, or even more, now I am that much smarter. Knowledge is power.

Demand for which? 2 year? Not surprising. 10 year? Low demand, even lower issuance, still rising. Very odd I agree.

2 year is simply a leading indicator of fed funds. 2 weeks ago the market was pricing 1.5 fed funds cuts yet this year. Now there pricing zero. Why - because the new head idiot in charge of the fed said so. For what its worth (not much IMHO). 10 year is still a market set rate - or at...

Actually understand (nope) or understand the why. The why is the fed didn't raise rates and Warsh was not hawkish enough so the 10 year Treasury is at 4.6%. 10 year TIPS are along for the ride. Its all kabuki theater. The government cannot afford 10UST at 400BPS let alone 460. This is...

Clearly those are the high achievers, but I think you might be surprised. The meme bandied around here is mostly false. There is no giant subset of young people hiding in there mothers basement. They may be living at home, but most are working. Its really pretty pathetic that we now have 15...

At some point prices will create demand destruction. Probably not in this country, but elsewhere that have lower levels of disposable incomes. If it got really bad even here fleets and such could simply go from 5K OCI to 6K OCI, etc - and save a bunch of oil.