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From: Abingdon. VA
Guess this is a bad thought, but I can remember when I was young how the highway dept treated the dirt and gravel roads in western NC with old oil to hold down the dust. Times have changed. Also own a 56 chevy belair - think a kid now could find the gas fill behind the taillight?
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From: Pensacola, FL
I may be wrong (it's happened before), but I though there was a Federal regulation that said any service garage that did oil changes was required to accept oil brought in by a customer at no charge. Maybe just Florida? Or did I just dream it?
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From: Marietta, Georgia
I'm pretty sure that was a dream since there is a mound of spaghetti in my living room.
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From: SE Wisc. (the Rust Belt)
Not sure about that one. I'm not certain how any government can justify making one man responsible for another man's refuse. But, we're a bit different country than we were. That said, I dream stuff like that all the time. Just last night, I dreamt a dozen midgets came to my house and installed my wiring harness and lubed the entire chassis...
I'm pretty sure that was a dream since there is a mound of spaghetti in my living room.
I'm pretty sure that was a dream since there is a mound of spaghetti in my living room.
I don't think that with our government these isn't much that isn't regulated.
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From: Saskatoon SK Canada
I know here it is law for facilities to accept used oil and filters. It helps keep people from dumping it down the drain which causes a much bigger problem. I've heard too many stories of people parking over a manhole cover and draining the oil. One liter of oil can contaminate one million liters of water.
As far as modern shops not working on older vehicles. It's not really a matter of service information, as any real shop has a subscription to a service information provider. Nearly everyone of those as readily available info back to the 60's and for older stuff you either e-mail or phone for the info.
The vehicles aren't daunting to the shop, quite frankly most times its the owner of the vehicle is why you don't want to touch it. The stories I can tell...
As far as modern shops not working on older vehicles. It's not really a matter of service information, as any real shop has a subscription to a service information provider. Nearly everyone of those as readily available info back to the 60's and for older stuff you either e-mail or phone for the info.
The vehicles aren't daunting to the shop, quite frankly most times its the owner of the vehicle is why you don't want to touch it. The stories I can tell...
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From: Marietta, Georgia
Yeah, back to the original post, sometimes that kind of backfires. I remember one day a guy at an Advance asked me if there was anything else I needed for my modern truck. And I said "not unless you have a wheel cylinder for a 49 Ford truck" laughingly. He clicked around on his computer and said "Yep, we have em in stock".
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