RicodJour wrote:
Doug Kanter wrote:

"Duane Bozarth" wrote in message

Doug Kanter wrote:

Oh....you pay a little more for the oil & filter someplace else? Whatever
for?

I think he's saying he doesn't change oil and filter because he won't
pay the exorbitant overheads involved in the manufacturing and
distribution of the products that he could just as well make for
himself...

46 oz juice can, stuffed with cheesecloth, attached with duct tape. Got it!


No, that's not it. You forget who you're talking about. This is Mr.
Can-Do!, the perfectionist. He refines his own oil because if anyone
is gouging, it's the oil companies. The filter housings come from his
foray into smelting a while back, so he was already geared up for
production. The filtering medium was obviously left over from his
paper-making endeavours (paper grows on trees! Why should he pay
anything at all for it?).

R

Actually I change my own oil because I know that those guys don't grease
the ball joints or check any other suspension type stuff. They are too
busy undoing your airfilter so that they can get you to buy another one.
I change my oil every 3 months and check out the bottom of my car.
Costs a lot less than the jiffy lube and a lot more care goes into it.
My Jeep has over 300000 miles on it and purrs like a kitten and has
never needed any major service. Just a clutch, and I replaced that
myself in an afternoon and save $800.

Who needs good gas mileage when you can save the money by doing your own
maintenance?