Why is the oil and filter better if it is the same brand? What exactly, is the difference between the dealer Mobile 1 and my Mobile 1?
As for quicker, depends. I pass a reputable shop a few times a week and they are faster than I am. If I drove over just for that reason yes.
Please explain your illusion.
As for excuses, at my age I no longer crawl under cars.
On Apr 30, 2023, Ed P wrote (in article<news:xFG3M.1671473$ snipped-for-privacy@fx12.iad):
If you don't know that you'll be putting in better oil at a lower price than the shop can do it at, then nothing anyone says will enter your mind.
Ron, the humblest guy in town.
OK, so you did/can not back up what you said. Sure the price is better but that does not make the oil better. It does no make the filter better. Said Ron, the FOS guy in twon
+1 on that. My F150's spare is in sort of a cradle under the bed. I'm no 90 pound weakling but it's a royal pain in the ass to get it out and even worse to get back in.
iirc, that's about what I paid at Tire-Rama -- mounted.
That's the nice thing about putting knobbies on my DR650. How would you know if it was balanced or not?
And don't forget to add the $90 bazooka to your home tire changing station. It's that 1 in 10 where you need a sledge hammer to break the bead and a bazooka to seat it that turns it into a 5 hour pain in the ass.
Be sort of amusing if it wasn't. Of course that assumes you have a floor to bolt it to, or space in the garage.
I've sort of wondered if you can roll one of those zero turn mowers.
What part of Aztlan do you live in? I haven't seen much of a market for used tires and batteries too far north of the border.
The 12g version won't fully inflate a mountain bike tire. otoh, 12g Daisy cartridges are a lot easier to find and cheaper than the 16g version.
Newton's Laws of Motion will flip any moving object abruptly changing direction.
I cannot find 12g "threaded" CO2 cartridge on Amazon.
Thread at the tip of the cartridge is the easiest way to attach a cartridge onto a device. That's what makes the CO2 tire inflators so compact. The inflator attachment is smaller than the CO2 cartridge.
This is similar to what I have. Look at the photos and video. It is really compact.
Neither is a Sienna. Mine's a Highlander; his is an FJ Cruiser.
I just looked at a picture of the 2023 Sienna. Gosh, minivans have gotten really muscular in their styling.
Weight. The need to keep the wait down to keep the mpg up.
It's not that he didnt' know. It's that there was a lot of rust.
We don't need an excuse. We just don't want to.
My mechanic does other things besides an oil change while he has it.
If you have to tell people you're humble, you're not. Unless you're being ironic.
If a below average male swimmer can claim he's a female so he can win more events, I suppose anyone can claim they are humble.
Last change I did was my '91 Buick Regal. It was a real PITA to get to the filter. Not so bad on a real lift, but ramps or jacks, not fun. Did it twice, never again.
I also get the same exact oil that Ron gets. no better, no worse.
On Apr 30, 2023, Bob F wrote (in article<news:u2nhb7$177f$ snipped-for-privacy@dont-email.me):
I am about the same age and I also find it "less fun" to be lying on the ground removing an oil filter bolt, but I still do it because of two great values, the first being you get better quality oil at a lower price, and the second being the satisfaction that you know the job is done right.
There are other benefits such as the time savings (an oil change is just about the quickest job that can be done on a car - even vacuuming it takes longer) and convenience of doing it when you want it done, but the main reason is better oil at a better price & the satisfaction of doing it.
If someone doesn't want to do it, they will always make up a million excuses for why they don't want to do it - which is what they do.
I almost never use the ramps because jacking up one end is almost as quick. I have four sturdy jack stands, where I always use at least two + the jack.
What I do now that I didn't do when I was younger is I wear kneepads and elbow pads, and I spread an old blanket on the ground when I'm working on the brakes or the engine unless it's drippy - and then I don't use the blankets.
You're right about that. I don't know how anyone who lives in a flat could fix anything. Just the tools alone would fill up the closets.
You almost have to own/rent a real home to work on a car.
Ron, the humblest guy in town.
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