Bre'r Kurt Weiske wrote about RE:What you don't want to hear your wife   
   say... to Bre'r Roy Witt:   
      
    KW>   Re: What you don't want to hear your wife say...   
    KW>   By: Roy Witt to Kurt Weiske on Tue Dec 04 2012 12:46 pm   
      
    >> Even when you've drained all of the oil out of the pan, there is a   
    >> residue left in the bearings, perhaps the oil filter, etc...enough to   
    >> drive it some distance with little damage to the engine, maybe.   
      
    KW> Let's keep thinking that!   
      
   And fingers crossed.   
      
    KW> Compression was good and they did a "sniffer" test where they test   
    KW> for oil and coolant in the exhaust, and it passed those tests.   
      
    KW> Good news is they're replacing the timing belt for the price of the   
    KW> belt since they'll have the top end off anyways.   
      
   General Practice in the automotive repair business. Doing that makes for   
   good customer relations.   
      
    KW> ...And I got a letter in the mail from the dealer asking her to bring   
    KW> the car into the dealer for a trade-in! Apparently used Subarus are   
    KW> in demand enough for the dealer to try to convince people to trade in   
    KW> 3-4 year old models.   
      
   Could also mean that the Subaru dealer is hoping they can bait you into   
   buying a new one. I get those and more from the local Chevy dealer.   
      
   Yesterday I got a Xmas card from them with a $20 gift certificate, good   
   only at the dealer for service, etc.. This dealer hasn't heard from me   
   since I took my 02 pickup in for recall service; they replaced the cables   
   that hold the tailgate up before it hits the bumper. That was in 2005.   
      
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