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Old 10-20-2010, 07:54 AM   #16
yelojkt
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Wichita; KS
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Originally Posted by postitagain
With the proper necessary upgrades the cars are very good and reliable... Low mileage cars worry me because we see so many low mileage failures.. People think they can drive the car 2000 miles a year and never have to change the oil.. All that time the oil is saturating the outer IMS bearing seal.. It's not the mileage between oil services that matters most, it's the time the oil is in service

My Car:

I have changed the oil once in 7 years. My car has 12k on it. It still smells like new!

I don't worry - life is to short!
Good grief you need to go drive that car. 12K an 7 years that is sad.
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