NETWizz
Well-Known Member
- Reaction score
- 1,964
Okay, so I live in an apartment complex and have a new neighbor. I have tried to like her, but we are 100% different on EVERYTHING... ALWAYS.
It is to the point I am afraid to say anything because I am always wrong, so I just nod smile and let her do all the talking...
She text-ed me wanting to go out to eat (I will go with anybody because a group or the company of another beats going alone and going out beats eating at home.):
Here was today's example of why I think I am going to just stop:
We are talking and she brought up her new car (a Prius) and how she is loving it...
I mentioned I have a friend who is probably going to be looking for a new car because here 2006 engine blew up (I think it threw a connecting rod or something catostropic because there is a hole in the engine block
)...
Conversation with neighbor with Prius:
Her: I have had several cars with engines that blew up!
Me: You have?? More than one?? Hugh??
Her: Yeah, I have had "two" cars blow up.
Me: Wow. Why so many? What happened?
Her: They didn't have any oil.
Me: Hugh? How were they that low on oil? Did the engines leak or burn oil?
Her: No, they just didn't have ANY oil because I didn't add it.
Me: Hugh? They can't not have any oil even if you didn't add it.
Her: How would there be oil if I didn't add it?
Me: Unless the car burns oil or leaks it out, whatever oil is in there will stay in there until the end of time...
Her: No, you aren't listening. How would there be any oil if I didn't add it?
Me: They come pre-filled with oil from the factory because they would barely make it off the car lot as new cars if they had no oil.
Each time you get an oil change it is completely drained and filled with new oil to the "full" line, so any minuscule amount that gets burned would be replaced.
Me: Now if your engine leaked oil or burned lots of oil, I could see it getting too low and seizing up.
Her: If you don't ever add oil, what exactly do you think would happen to the engine?
Me: The oil would remain in the crank case but eventually sludge up and turn gummy and nasty like roofing tar and the engine would seize up.
******************************************
Later during dinner I asked, "What car did you have that didn't survive you not adding oil?"
Her: I had a Mazda RX7
Me: [Bashes Head on Table... You had a ROTORY Engine! Those consume a LOT of oil, which is why you MUST add it.]
It is to the point I am afraid to say anything because I am always wrong, so I just nod smile and let her do all the talking...
She text-ed me wanting to go out to eat (I will go with anybody because a group or the company of another beats going alone and going out beats eating at home.):
Here was today's example of why I think I am going to just stop:
We are talking and she brought up her new car (a Prius) and how she is loving it...
I mentioned I have a friend who is probably going to be looking for a new car because here 2006 engine blew up (I think it threw a connecting rod or something catostropic because there is a hole in the engine block
)... Conversation with neighbor with Prius:
Her: I have had several cars with engines that blew up!
Me: You have?? More than one?? Hugh??
Her: Yeah, I have had "two" cars blow up.
Me: Wow. Why so many? What happened?
Her: They didn't have any oil.
Me: Hugh? How were they that low on oil? Did the engines leak or burn oil?
Her: No, they just didn't have ANY oil because I didn't add it.
Me: Hugh? They can't not have any oil even if you didn't add it.
Her: How would there be oil if I didn't add it?
Me: Unless the car burns oil or leaks it out, whatever oil is in there will stay in there until the end of time...
Her: No, you aren't listening. How would there be any oil if I didn't add it?
Me: They come pre-filled with oil from the factory because they would barely make it off the car lot as new cars if they had no oil.
Each time you get an oil change it is completely drained and filled with new oil to the "full" line, so any minuscule amount that gets burned would be replaced.Me: Now if your engine leaked oil or burned lots of oil, I could see it getting too low and seizing up.
Her: If you don't ever add oil, what exactly do you think would happen to the engine?
Me: The oil would remain in the crank case but eventually sludge up and turn gummy and nasty like roofing tar and the engine would seize up.
******************************************
Later during dinner I asked, "What car did you have that didn't survive you not adding oil?"
Her: I had a Mazda RX7
Me: [Bashes Head on Table... You had a ROTORY Engine! Those consume a LOT of oil, which is why you MUST add it.]
