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I once bought a rust bucket beater. The engine had so much sludge that the valve springs were barely visible. It burned a quart of oil every 90 miles, but had good compression, ran well, and got good gas mileage.
I changed oil, and the new oil got black immediately. Just for grins and giggles, I changed the oil every time it was down the second quart. Each oil change was a little farther apart. Four years later, it was burning one quart every 950 miles. Clean hot oil also dissolves engine gunk.
I bought the car for $60, and sold it for $100. Four years of driving with negative depreciation.
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06 Canyon: The vacuum gauge plus wheel covers helped increase summer 2015 mileage to 38.5 MPG, while summer 2016 mileage was 38.6 MPG without the wheel covers. Drove 33,021 miles 2016-2018 at 35.00 MPG.
22 Maverick: Summer 2022 burned 62.74 gallons in 3145.1 miles for 50.1 MPG. Winter 2023-2024 - 2416.7 miles, 58.66 gallons for 41 MPG.
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