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Old 11-29-2021, 06:41 PM   #1
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Let's call this technical inferiority

I hate screwing up.

I drained the oil in the LR4 without checking that I had enough new oil. I had 3 quarts of the 5W-20 and thought I had a new 5 quart bottle that would have given me the 8 that I need, but that other bottle was 0W-20 for the Miata.

Annoyingly, Walmart doesn't carry it anymore (at least not within ~80 miles), and Amazon won't get it to me until Friday. Now the LR4 is in the back garage and the M3 is still on summer tires. So basically we are down to 1 car (sort of) until Friday. Yes, the M3 can be driven in summer tires, and yes, I could pay $11/quart at Autozone, but I am not doing that.

Also I've been too busy to do the cooling system work and now it's effectively winter and I don't want to risk having the SUV down for extended time. I think I may have to wait until Spring.

Just a lot of suckage.
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