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:::Jerry:::: wrote:
In those days, I
thing there was a 1,500 mile service, or walk around checkup.

You think wrong. 1,500 mile servicing went out many, many, years before
OHV Cavaliers.


Actually *if* IMM is referring to the first dealer check after PDI and
delivery then he might well be correct in stating 1,500 miles - this was
often described as a 'Free Service' or 'First Service' in the service
history book.

Well, if anyone was thrashing a car before this they should expect it to
fail in a big way, if it was using 'running in' oil. As should anyone who
thrashes a car before the oil is up to temperature even *after* it's run
in.

I've got even less time than those with no mechanical sympathy than those
who think that pouring in a tin of heavily advertised expensive ****e
makes their engine or gearbox last forever. Because they're fools. Like
IMM, who believes every advert.

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*I'm not your type. I'm not inflatable.

Dave Plowman London SW
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