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Old 04-27-2014, 02:46 PM   #31 (permalink)
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My problem is that whenever I take my car somewhere, they "fix" my tire pressure.
I specifically tell them not to, using a Post-it not to lower tire pressure when it goes in, and it seems to work.

Changing cars has meant a change in fuel type, thus a change in fuel stations as well, and the ones I now (have to) go to have free air - which used to be 0.5 eur/5 minutes at the previous fuel stations.

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Old 04-27-2014, 08:18 PM   #32 (permalink)
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You guys pay for filling your tires? Jesus. I just pump them up with a bicycle pump. Takes like 20 pumps to top off the pressure per tire but it's a nice workout, which I don't get often.
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Old 04-27-2014, 08:27 PM   #33 (permalink)
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You guys pay for filling your tires? Jesus. I just pump them up with a bicycle pump. Takes like 20 pumps to top off the pressure per tire but it's a nice workout, which I don't get often.
No! When we get our oil changed!
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You guys pay someone else to change your oil?

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Old 04-27-2014, 08:49 PM   #35 (permalink)
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I used to never buy gas at a place that charged for air. Now that I only use E0 (in one car), I don't have much of a choice :/

My dealership people know not to screw with my settings, other than Ford and my seat position- which is pretty tough if you have a bit of a gut.
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Old 04-27-2014, 10:16 PM   #36 (permalink)
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Change my own oil. My air compressor is one of those small pancake jobs, close to 15 years old and I built two houses with it.

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Old 04-28-2014, 06:16 AM   #37 (permalink)
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You guys pay someone else to change your oil?

No, I don't, and when it turns out that the sixteen year-old with an impact wrench that the previous owner had change the oil stripped the oil pan, I do that myself, too.

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I will be fixing all of the stuff that I broke replacing the pan, too, and all of the stuff that breaks when I fix that stuff!

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