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MG TD TF 1500 - I've been keeping a service log.....

April 2: Oil topped up.
May 6: Oil topped up.
June 2: Oil topped up.
July 4: Oil topped up.
Aug 12: Oil topped up.
Sept 8: Oil topped up.
Oct 1: Oil topped up.
Nov 5: Oil topped up.
MAndrus

April 15 - cardboard put down on garage floor

May 1 - saturated cardboard replaced, more cardboard put down

May 30 - soggy cardboard disintegrates, put down metal drip pan

June 15 - nearly full drip pan emptied

June 30 - accidentally run over drip pan while pulling into garage, oil sprays all over the garage floor and wall; clean up the mess and replace drip pan

Aug 7 - drip pan full, dead mouse found in pan, consider stuffing mouse as trophy, wife complains, discard mouse

Sept 1 - drip pan full again, now with leaves clinging to the sticky oil, clean out, get filthy oil on new pants, quietly clean the pants by hand while wife is at church so wife doesn't complain about yet another oily spot to deal with

Oct 1 - left car outside and rain is coming, run out into the garage in the dark to pull it in, step right into the nearly full drip pan, fall flat on ***, spend next two weeks in agony

Oct 16 - see chiropractor, endure more pain

Nov 29 - consider setting fire to oily drip pan and filing an insurance claim

;)



Kevin McLemore

Is this supposed to be humorous? :-)
Christopher Couper

Love it :-)
MG LaVerne

Well, I think Mr. Andrus was being serious... I just thought I'd add a bit of fun. My apologies to him - certainly no offense meant - but those thoughts just came to me as I read his topping-up history!
Kevin McLemore

Great Kevin! It reminded me of "How to Give a Cat a Pill."

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC372253/

;-)

BobbyG

Bobby Galvez

But he didn't tell the miles driver (if any?) between top offs so it's hard to tell if he's serious or not?
efh Haskell

7 Months and no oil change? You aren't driving enough! ;)
Steve Simmons

We don't change oil... we just keep replenishing it.
MAndrus

I think he missed an entry



go to store...buy more oil :-)
MG LaVerne

Nice!
George Butz

I gave up keeping the oil top up log. Just keep changing the cardboard! Car is now in storage, so it doesn't leak or burn any. :-)
... CR
C.R. Tyrell

:) Thanks I needed that!



Drove on the edge of the drip pan, what a mess. Been there done that!
G D

On a serious note, I now buy cheap kitty litter on sale.
I pour about a 1/2" into the pan and change it about once a year and messes are all but eliminated.
G D

We are a curious bunch, huh?

...
MAndrus

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