Patman;
Don't worry about those Vette guys, they have too much time and money both.
Fast lube places??lol
Yep, thats where most of them go, then drive 6 blocks to the A+W.
I figured out the other day that I could cash in my railroad pension, sell one of my houses and buy 8-10 C5s.
But no, I'd rather build my own fast cars, and drive beater pick-ups.
Ya know what I'm driving right now? A 77 Chev PU 250 I-6 three on the tree I bought for $300.00 7 years ago. It suits me.
The dog likes to watch the road through the holes in the floor.
And I don't have to lock the truck downtown.
To start the thing I turn the key to ON, then touch two wires together that are taped to the dash.
Now to keep this ON TOPIC, it took a few oil changes in that old PU, before the oil stayed clean for more than 200 miles. Now I can go 4000 miles before my UOA, which is when the oil looks dark on the dip stick, between changes.
If I had bought a new truck 7 years ago at 4% financing, the cost of borrowing alone, would have exceeded the cost of 1000 mile oil changes for 60,000 miles, by a factor of about 10:1.
The person who drove their car 350,000 miles and spent $3,500.00 on oil changes is far ahead of the game IMO.
[ October 05, 2003, 03:16 PM: Message edited by: userfriendly ]