Need a break?

Here's a website that has a bunch of animals who apparently don't realize that the economy is in a funk, the presidential race is a mess, or any of the other things they should be depressed about. Clueless... go ahead, make you day just a little better and click on this:

Happy faces link

Now, don't you feel better?
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How often should I change my car or truck oil?

This is a photo of an engine that didn't have its oil changed often. That's why there's all sorts of junk built up in there, which causes wear and also leads to less power and worse fuel mileage.

With a new engine with little or no wear, you may be able to get away with 7,500 mile oil changes. But as an engine gets older, "blow-by" increases. This is because the rings and valves are not as tight as when new. More unburned fuel gets by into the crankcase, and this dilutes the oil, causing the oil to break down sooner. So if the oil isn't changed often enough, you can end up with accelerated wear in your engine. So for engines with fewer than 50,000 miles on them we recommend changing the oil every 5,000 miles if you're using conventional oil, and every 7,500 miles with full synthetic oil. For older engines, 5,000 mile intervals are still OK, but if you want the engine to last a long time, why not go with 3,000 miles oil changes? Ultimately, your car will last longer and you'll save money.

It's a hassle taking your car or truck to get this done. We come to you and do it at your location.

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Sometimes people want to buy a car on Ebay, but the car can be far away from them. Yesterday we saved a guy from buying a car that was listed as "FLAWLESS" on Ebay and had a lot of fresh paint (etc.) covering up a lot of FLAWS (rust and sloppily done repairs)! He (the buyer) was 2,000 miles away, so we were his eyes on site here. If you or anyone you know ever needs an expert inspection, just call us!

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This Honda Pilot belongs to the owner of a business in Tempe AZ. They have a few company trucks and used to maintain their company trucks like this:

1. Send an employee with the truck to a lube shop, which meant down-time for the vehicle and no productivity from the employee.
2. Pay the price of the oil change PLUS the employee's wages while he sits there waiting.

Now they have us do all the maintenance right at their company location. This means:

 

1. Much less vehicle down-time.

2. The employees continue working on what they should be working on.

2. About the same price for the service.

3. No paying an employee to go sit at a lube shop!

Oh, and while we're there we do the owner's Honda and one or two of the employee's personal cars, so they don't have to go get it done on the weekend.

 

Makes a lot more sense, doesn't it?

Take a Break!

It's good to work hard for many reasons, especially if your purpose is a good one (as opposed to being entirely selfish). But remember to take a break now and then. Step outside of your life for a few hours or a day to get a fresh perspective... go to a place like the one above, where I went recently.

Here are some links to articles on How to Live in the Moment, How to be More Happy, etc. At first, some of the keys or ideas may seem sappy or too simple to you, but if you think about them you'll realize that many of them are actually pretty good. You may not like everything written but perhaps you can profit from some of it.

http://www.wikihow.com/Live-in-the-Moment

http://www.positivityblog.com/index.php/2007/09/26/how-to-find-happiness/


http://www.grandparents.com/gp/content/your-life/your-outlook/article/sshow-how-to-be-happy-everyday.html?page=1


http://women.webmd.com/guide/give-your-body-boost-with-laughter


... that last one applies to anyone, not just women.

Anyway, be good to yourself, have fun, and God bless you!

:->

;-p

B-)

Here are some of the vehicles we've helped folks out with recently...

 ... so you can see we service just about anything that has oil in it! If you have questions about any kind of vehicle maintenance, we can help.