Work Hard, play harder......keep your eye on the prize, because if you don't, someone else will.

 

Monthly payments are a wonderful thing (as I so well know!). Best $$ (other than my new car payment) that I spend each month... Apple also sells refurbished -- like new -- units. If you're a student, you should be able to get a good low-interest loan through your college or a bank.

If you want to be a designer or engineer, you NEED one!

 

[/quote]Working on newer cars isn't really all that bad, in fact, once you're comfortable with using code readers and have the CEL codes for your car, troubleshooting can be easier because specific failures trip specific codes.[/quote]

But even if you know the codes, you have to know how to make the repair. I don't even wanna go there!


[/quote] I don't use synthetic, I use the recommended weight of oil, but I use Valvoline exclusively. When I was in my undergrad I did a project using different oils and their performance under loads. Valvoline kicked every other oil's butt hands down. I change my oil/filters religiously. I don't know much about Castrol, but I avoid Pennzoil like the plague. It is a parafin (wax) based oil and the wax can build up inside your engine. If you then use a different type of oil, or decide to change over to synthetic, it can wash this build-up into your oiling system and clog your filter. One of my friends blew-up a small block 302 V8 in a Datsun 240z that way.
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Geez...Valvoline it is! I will take in my own to the service center, if necessary. Yeah, Penzoil and Quaker State are the pits -- I've heard some horror stories. Thanks so much!

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