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Re: [Summary] Run-In Oil??

To: Dan DiBiase <d_dibiase@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [Summary] Run-In Oil??
From: "R. O. Lindsay" <rolindsay@dgrc.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 14:08:31 -0600
Dan DiBiase wrote:

> ...snip...
> I was totally shocked process. Given that the car has been assembled for a
> total of maybe 2 minutes - to rev the engine and then slam on the brakes
> for their first application - I thought, if this is the normal routine for
> all cars, why am I wasting my time breaking in the engine for 500 miles
> and bedding the brakes properly?!

   American cars are considered disposable appliances.  They don't need to
last much longer than 50,000 miles.  That's as long as the first owner keeps
them.  And people wonder why I buy European cars.

Rick Lindsay
Diamond Geoscience Research
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