Misconceptions About Driving - Neatorama

I’ve always thought that changing oil every 3,000 miles was just propaganda from oil companies, but I’d be a little nervous about going 7 to 10 thousand miles between oil changes. Honestly, I never changed my oil for my first twenty years of driving, because every car I owned leaked so much that I was constantly adding new oil anyway. Then for the second twenty years of car ownership, I’ve relied on others for car maintenance, so when I suggested putting water in the battery the other day, my husband laughed. Apparently, we don’t do that anymore. In this week’s Misconceptions video from mental_floss, we learn some other things you’ve heard about cars and driving that aren’t necessarily so. -via mental_floss

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it is a myth that you can't mix or swithch between conventional and synthetic oils. You can buy oil which is a mix of the two.

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Certain synthetic oils and partially synthetic oils are actually designed to give you 7,000 to 10,000 miles between oil changes. They cost a little more than regular oil, but are quite worth it in my opinion. Especially if you have a long commute every day. The only thing one has to worry about, if you go with the full synthetic, is that you have to continue using full synthetic oil for the rest of your car's life unless you flush the system.

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Whats funny is if look at the last picture on the site the 39 cents was still there. So they sent the letter for free (minus the tip). They found a way to beat the post office.

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I know where you live Ilya Shnaydman!

=D

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Isn't it illegal for postal employees to accept gratuities? And wasn't Ilya offering a bribe if the post office "looked the other way"? As a loyal American, I have no choice but to report this incident to the Justice Department. Heads will roll!

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This probably wouldn't work in the UK, they'd send it but then hold it at the end sorting office until the recipient collected it and paid the missing postage. This happens as standard if a letter is sent with too little postage on it.

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About a month ago, I mailed a banana to a friend. I put about $3 in stamps on the peel, wrote the address on the peel, dropped into mail. It arrived a few days later. They had put it in a ziplock back. It had a small bruise on the side and they put in a long letter apologizing for any inadvertent damage to the banana. I guess this protects them from lawsuit.

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Drexel U. represent!

(this kid lives in one of the dorms)

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I've done this many times, especially when I was a kid. The only time I had any problems with it was when it wasn't sent because I had insufficient postage. All one penny's worth.

--TwoDragons

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I used to work at the post office and have run by quite a few letters with chage taped as postage. I would take it and replace it with a stamp. The bottom right was torn because of the machine it was fed through, the extra weight probably snaged something. Postal employees are alowed tips, people on ocasion would leave small amounts in their box or cookies around the holiday time, it is a very nice and apreciated gesture. Alot of work goes into getting mail out everyday and any sign of apreciation is always well apreciated.

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US Postal employees are prohibited by law from accepting cash tips.

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Games magazine had a contest when I was a kid involving sending the most creatively adorned envelope to Games. I clearly recall someone sending the letter in International maritime signal flags. It arrived just fine.

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Wait, you mean he sent it as a series of flags? Or as a series of icons instead of letters.

Either way, bravo!

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