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excerpt: "Let's see now, I changed the oil last March, didn't I? Or was it May? And didn't the manual say that I should be checking the Flammitz every 2245 miles or the Potowski will self-destruct at a cost of $500.00?"
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# Silicon Grease Pit

Let’s see now, I changed the oil last March, didn’t I? Or was it May? And didn’t the manual say that I should be checking the Flammitz every 2245 miles or the Potowski will self-destruct at a cost of $500.00?