just in case anyone was curious about the oil burning neon, it's not a blown ring. my oil was overfilled quite a bit, about 1/2 of a quart too much. i drained the oil a little, so i'm running 1/4 quart below the max fill line now. i drove a good 100 miles to check it out with another car watching me, and there's no sign of burning oil.
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"The genius of any slave system is found in the dynamics which isolate slaves from each other, obscure the reality of a common condition, and make united rebellion against the oppressor inconceivable." ~Andrea Dworkin
"If... the machine of government... is of such a nature that it requires you to be the agent of injustice to another, then, I say, break the law." ~Henry David Thoreau, 1849
That's right, bitches, TWO quotes!