WEBVTT - Short Stuff: How Often Do You Need To Change Your Oil?

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, and welcome to the Short Stuff. There's Charles w

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<v Speaker 1>Chuck Bryant, I'm Josh Clark, there's Jerry over there. Um,

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<v Speaker 1>and this is the the short stuff where we improve

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<v Speaker 1>your life for the better. Yeah, one of our few

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<v Speaker 1>sort of auto centric. We don't do this kind of stuff. No,

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<v Speaker 1>this is we leave this to the car talk guys.

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<v Speaker 1>God rest one of their souls. They were great. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>they were great. And you know, Hodgement, always John Hodge

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<v Speaker 1>and our friend always, very sincerely said that he thought

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<v Speaker 1>we had sort of the most natural repport since he

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<v Speaker 1>had heard clicking clack. I forgot about that. That's a

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<v Speaker 1>high compliment. Is a high compliment, thanks Hodgment. Yeah, so

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<v Speaker 1>this one's a little ironic because I am so far

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<v Speaker 1>overdue for an oil change. It's embarrassing. It's hilarious. Man,

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<v Speaker 1>it's bad. I do the opposite. I show up. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>like as a time. Yet really they're like, yes, sure,

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<v Speaker 1>I guess man, I'm so are behind. And the main

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<v Speaker 1>reason is because I don't want to go to one

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<v Speaker 1>of those I won't mention brands, but one of the

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<v Speaker 1>no appointment necessary. We can do it in thirty minutes

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<v Speaker 1>and you're out of here places, right, and you have

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<v Speaker 1>to give them like the routing number and your bank

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<v Speaker 1>account because you owe them so much money when you leave. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>and it's just like you know, there's horror stories of

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<v Speaker 1>them not really changing your oil and leaving the oil

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<v Speaker 1>tank empty and not changing your filter, and so it's

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<v Speaker 1>recommended to not go to those places. So I want

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<v Speaker 1>to make an appointment with like my mechanic, and I

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<v Speaker 1>just haven't done it, and so long, man, I know

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<v Speaker 1>how you feel. I gotta do it. Do you have

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<v Speaker 1>a good mechanic? Uh? Well, not since I've gotten the

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<v Speaker 1>Honda Pilot. But I imagine I could go to my

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<v Speaker 1>other sort of stand by mechanic and it's not like

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<v Speaker 1>I go to the same place. But it's not like

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<v Speaker 1>my my l A mechanic because I had an old,

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<v Speaker 1>old junker car. Like we knew each other really well

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<v Speaker 1>because I was there a lot, so me and Jimmy

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<v Speaker 1>were pals. But I'm not pals with my mechanics. Now.

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<v Speaker 1>That's why I hesitated when you said, do you have

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<v Speaker 1>a good mechanic? And and uh l, A is a

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<v Speaker 1>bit of a drive for an oil change. Yes, So

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<v Speaker 1>all right, Chuck, Well, how do you know you need

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<v Speaker 1>an oil change. This is my first question. There may

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<v Speaker 1>be more. Well, there's a few ways. Um you mean,

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<v Speaker 1>how do I know right now? Yes? Oh, because I

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<v Speaker 1>am thousands of miles over even the highest recommended limit. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>all right, Well wait a minute. Does your car have

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<v Speaker 1>one of those um oil life indicators? Yes? Okay, has

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<v Speaker 1>it come on yet? Oh? It came on about months

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<v Speaker 1>ago and it says zero percent on there, which freaked

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<v Speaker 1>me out at first, because, as you will learn right

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<v Speaker 1>now everyone, if you have a newer car, there are

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<v Speaker 1>two lights. One that says, hey, you need an oil change,

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<v Speaker 1>and one that says you are out of oil or

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<v Speaker 1>close to it. And if you get that second light,

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<v Speaker 1>you need to stop driving right literally as soon as

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<v Speaker 1>you can. That is why I'm really crazy about oil changes. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>is I have I've done that. I've driven until the

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<v Speaker 1>engine was like done. See you, thank you for my life? Yep? Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean that's what that means everyone. I'm not sure

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<v Speaker 1>if you know, if you drive a car that runs

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<v Speaker 1>out of oil sometimes even a mile, your engine is toast. Yep.

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<v Speaker 1>They can't just like loop it back up again and

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<v Speaker 1>get it going. Yes, I was almost to the Peep

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<v Speaker 1>for brunch, and I was like, my god, I'm gonna

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<v Speaker 1>go eat brunch. First walk to the Peep and eight

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<v Speaker 1>and then walk back and dealt with my car. That sucks, man.

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<v Speaker 1>Remember the Peep? Sure great place. Was it worth it?

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<v Speaker 1>How's that brunch? Oh? It was totally worth it. It

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<v Speaker 1>was the last, the last good brunch I ever had.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm kidding. So um, we should really specify. I wanted

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<v Speaker 1>you said it, but we really need to make clear.

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<v Speaker 1>There are two different oil lights in a newer car.

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<v Speaker 1>One is, hey, it's time for you to go get

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<v Speaker 1>your oil change. One is pull your car over to

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<v Speaker 1>the side the road and stop driving it now it's

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<v Speaker 1>really not worth like, oh, I think I can make

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<v Speaker 1>it right. And the oil the oil system indicator, the

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<v Speaker 1>one that just says, hey, go go get an oil

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<v Speaker 1>change soon. That's a fairly new thing. And it's because

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<v Speaker 1>of that new thing that the recommendation of driving or

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<v Speaker 1>changing your oil after three thousand miles or every three

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<v Speaker 1>months is gone. That's gone. Unless you have an older car,

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<v Speaker 1>it's probably not the case for what you need to

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<v Speaker 1>do with your oil. You're probably okay to go five

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<v Speaker 1>thousand if you drive a Jaguar the right way. Fifteen

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<v Speaker 1>thousand is their highest recommended time in between oil changes.

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<v Speaker 1>So that whole three thousand miles or three months thing

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<v Speaker 1>that's gone. But it's not gone. And from what I

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<v Speaker 1>can tell from what I'm reading in places like Edmonds, Uh,

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<v Speaker 1>the only reason it's still around is because the auto

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<v Speaker 1>service industry is keeping it going with everything they've got. Yeah, man,

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<v Speaker 1>because they want that money. Baby. Yeah. I mean, like

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<v Speaker 1>you said, if you have an old car, and and

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<v Speaker 1>when I had my old Plymouth Valiant, it was a

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<v Speaker 1>kind of deal where like I could tell when I

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<v Speaker 1>got an oil change. Oh yeah, like it drove better.

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<v Speaker 1>And so modern cars, you know, you can't really tell

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<v Speaker 1>when you got an oil change. Uh. I don't think

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<v Speaker 1>so can you. I mean, this is the first newer

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<v Speaker 1>car I've ever had. Um, No, you really shouldn't be

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<v Speaker 1>able to. I think it's a real issue if you

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<v Speaker 1>can't tell. I'm gonna actually I'm gonna get my oil

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<v Speaker 1>change and then follow up and let everyone know. But um,

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<v Speaker 1>certainly with a tune up you can tell, yeah for sure.

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<v Speaker 1>But with so with that oil indicator, like what it's doing,

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<v Speaker 1>Chuck is it's it's analyzing how you drive. It's checking

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<v Speaker 1>the oil, the temperature, all this stuff. It's basically keeping

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<v Speaker 1>tabs on your oil. And based on all this, it

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<v Speaker 1>will it will that it will turn that light on

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<v Speaker 1>when it's time for you to go get an oil change. So,

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<v Speaker 1>even if you are beyond the mileage of your recommended

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<v Speaker 1>um recommended time between oil changes that you'll find in

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<v Speaker 1>your owner's manual, if that light hasn't come on, you're

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<v Speaker 1>still probably good. Yeah, but I would, I would definitely

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<v Speaker 1>trust that if you have a newer car and trust

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<v Speaker 1>that light over that little sticker they put in your window.

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<v Speaker 1>That's a big one because they're still saying three thou

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<v Speaker 1>miles right exactly. So So first things first, stop having

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<v Speaker 1>any attention to that whatsoever. Unless you were literally related

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<v Speaker 1>by blood to your mechanic who put that sticker up there,

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<v Speaker 1>pull it off and throw it away. It is meaningless.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a sales gimmick. Okay, that's two. Step one. Step

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<v Speaker 1>two is to then go to your owner's manual and

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<v Speaker 1>look up oil and it will tell you what the

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<v Speaker 1>person or the company that major car recommends how often

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<v Speaker 1>you get your oil. And it's not an arbitrary number

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<v Speaker 1>that they just pull out of the air. Usually there's

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<v Speaker 1>a low one in a high one, so something like

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<v Speaker 1>five thousand miles. And as numbers depend on how you

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<v Speaker 1>drive your car, because there's really two ways you can

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<v Speaker 1>drive your car normally or severely. Yeah, mine is severe

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<v Speaker 1>not It's not that I drive crazy. I drive like

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<v Speaker 1>a grandma. But I can never get on the highway,

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<v Speaker 1>which is great. I live near where I work and

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<v Speaker 1>I don't really ever have to go on the highway.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean occasionally if I have some weird errand, but

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<v Speaker 1>my normal everyday driving commute does not involved high speed

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<v Speaker 1>travel or highway mileage. And that's where you can get

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<v Speaker 1>away with going a little bit longer. It might be

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<v Speaker 1>counterintuitive because you would think that's harder on your car,

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<v Speaker 1>but it's easier on your car. It is because so

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<v Speaker 1>when oil, like especially like conventional oil, is stuff they

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<v Speaker 1>pull out of the ground and refine from petroleum. That

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<v Speaker 1>stuff breaks down um over time, and like it condenses,

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<v Speaker 1>water condenses out of it, and that water can mess

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<v Speaker 1>up your engine, right it can. It can lead to

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<v Speaker 1>um engine part ruin Asian, I think is the technical

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<v Speaker 1>term knocks and pings pretty much. So I think that

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<v Speaker 1>was from letting gets So when you drive out on

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<v Speaker 1>the highway, which is something over like ten miles at

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<v Speaker 1>like a highway speed, a distance over ten miles, you

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<v Speaker 1>actually get your engine going enough so that it burns

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<v Speaker 1>off any condensation that might have built up. Which is

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<v Speaker 1>why if you drive on the highway regularly that's ideal

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<v Speaker 1>or normal driving. When you drive stop and go commute

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<v Speaker 1>kind of traffic or less than ten miles just about

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<v Speaker 1>every time, that's actually, like you were saying, way harder

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<v Speaker 1>on your car than driving it on the highway because

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<v Speaker 1>of that condensation that can build up over time. So

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<v Speaker 1>if you're driving it severely, you want to take that

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<v Speaker 1>lower number. Yeah. With that, that's also why when you

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<v Speaker 1>when you go to sell a car or buy a

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<v Speaker 1>car use someone will usually indicate like highway miles, like

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<v Speaker 1>higher miles, but highway miles is a lot of times

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<v Speaker 1>better than lower miles that aren't highway miles. That's right.

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<v Speaker 1>So let's let's take a little break in here a

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<v Speaker 1>little buddy, and we will come right back. I can

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<v Speaker 1>talk a little more about some little oil changes. So

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<v Speaker 1>Chuck um, like I said that oil indicator light is

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<v Speaker 1>one reason why you want to um or one reason

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<v Speaker 1>why you can go longer between oil changes, right, that's

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<v Speaker 1>reason why. The another reason is because people stopped opening

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<v Speaker 1>their owner's manual, so like for a very long time,

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<v Speaker 1>owner cars have come out where they don't say three

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<v Speaker 1>thousand miles or three months, that's that's your oil change

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<v Speaker 1>place saying that right. But also there's been some pretty

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<v Speaker 1>big advances in in oil technology too, and actually the

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<v Speaker 1>way that they make cars these days has improved tremendously. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>for sure, fetic oil is something that you may or

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<v Speaker 1>may not use. Uh, you may have made that switch.

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<v Speaker 1>Again if you read your your manual, they may recommend

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<v Speaker 1>synthetic oil right off the bat, and it is more expensive,

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<v Speaker 1>but it is way better um than regular oil, has

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<v Speaker 1>a lot more benefits, Uh, performances better just right off

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<v Speaker 1>the bat. Uh, it is better for the environment. Um.

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<v Speaker 1>Which also, by the way, if you're I meant to

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<v Speaker 1>say earlier, if you're one of those people that's like, no,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm still gonna get it changed every three thousand, even

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<v Speaker 1>though that's like far too much because it's just good

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<v Speaker 1>for the car. It's really not gaining you anything. You're

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<v Speaker 1>just losing time, money, and it's bad for the environment.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, oil changes aren't great for the environment. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>Like if if America's cars, of all the cars on

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<v Speaker 1>the road, went from five oil changes a year so

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<v Speaker 1>every three months to three oil changes a year, Um,

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<v Speaker 1>we would save something like four and a quarter million

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<v Speaker 1>gallons of oil that would be poured out of America's

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<v Speaker 1>car every year. Amazing. Yeah, so it's definitely having more

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<v Speaker 1>of an impact than on just your free time and

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<v Speaker 1>your your wall with right. Um, but synthetic oil is

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<v Speaker 1>better for the environment. Um. So it depends on who

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<v Speaker 1>you ask. Like, if you ask some experts, car experts

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<v Speaker 1>might say, yeah, make the switch. If you have a

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<v Speaker 1>newer car, you should totally make the switch. If you

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<v Speaker 1>listen to other people, though, they might say that you

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<v Speaker 1>don't need to switch to synthetic unless your car specifically

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<v Speaker 1>calls for it. I know if you tow things a lot,

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<v Speaker 1>then synth synthetics can be better. Uh, and it can

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<v Speaker 1>prolong like you're the life of your engine. But maybe

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<v Speaker 1>like if you do trust your mechanic, talk to them

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<v Speaker 1>and say, hey, what do you think when you think

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<v Speaker 1>about the synthetics? Right, and they'll be like, why are

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<v Speaker 1>we talking on? Yeah, it's like come over here by

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<v Speaker 1>the soda machine. So um, synthetics are are better for

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<v Speaker 1>the environment, and that they last longer, so there's less

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<v Speaker 1>being poured out because there's just fewer oil changes. But

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<v Speaker 1>they all, I mean, they're made from chemicals and they're

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<v Speaker 1>they're bad for the environment if you just go dump

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<v Speaker 1>it in the grass or something. So but I mean

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<v Speaker 1>people love to poke holes and no, it's not even

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<v Speaker 1>better for the environment, you dumb hippie. You know that

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<v Speaker 1>kind of thing. So I just wanted to address that

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<v Speaker 1>so that you wouldn't get ambushed by somebody who talks

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<v Speaker 1>like that. I mean, it's not friar oil, no butt chuck.

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<v Speaker 1>I saw that canola oil is being developed to replace

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<v Speaker 1>synthetic and conventional and it actually lasts longer, it breaks

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<v Speaker 1>down over a longer period of time, and it actually

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<v Speaker 1>may be more violent environmentally friendly, and that would be

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<v Speaker 1>used as fuel or just as the engine oil engine oil. Interesting, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>like canola oil. Just pour some pour some crisco in

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<v Speaker 1>there and see what happens. Don't don't do that, Do

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<v Speaker 1>not listen to me. I was just kidding. Just now.

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<v Speaker 1>It's like Alive oils, America oil, had they tried that.

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<v Speaker 1>It's right, it breaks down the antioxidants in your engine.

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<v Speaker 1>You got anything else, really, Man, I think the keys

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<v Speaker 1>here of this, Chuck, listen to your oil um life

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<v Speaker 1>light and I know that's not what it's called, but

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<v Speaker 1>I cannot get the words that it is called together

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<v Speaker 1>in my head. And um, consult your owners manual and

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<v Speaker 1>when they put one of those three months or three

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<v Speaker 1>thousand mile stickers on, get rid of it. Oh. I

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<v Speaker 1>do have one other thing, Chuck knew it. If you

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<v Speaker 1>are one of those people who drive your car less

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<v Speaker 1>than five thousand or miles or however much your owner's

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<v Speaker 1>manual recommends between oil changes a year, you still want

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<v Speaker 1>to change your oil because you're probably driving it on

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<v Speaker 1>short trips, so you're driving it severely. So your your

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<v Speaker 1>owner's manual probably recommend a time frame two and usually

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<v Speaker 1>that's six months, so you probably just want to change

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<v Speaker 1>it every six months at least because oil does break

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<v Speaker 1>down over time. All right, Okay, so that's the last one.

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