Shoe by Gary Brookins and Susie MacNelly for May 10, 2011

No! A replacement engine.

Good one, Dogsniff.

There was once a commercial about that. Happened to my wife once, too. Fortunately in our case the engine didn’t seize……….

Actually Cosmo, you are a dipstick.

lot of pink in the strip today ……the shirt and the Desota look like it’s pink too.

I thought only women ignored the check oil light.

Grog: cars of that vintage didn’t have a light indicating low oil level; they only had one indicating low pressure. It was possible to have a shot-glass full of oily foam circulating in the engine under enough pressure to keep the light from coming on. Of course, in those days you bought gas at a full service station (for 29.9 cents a gallon), and the pump jockeys routinely checked the oil at each fill-up, so people rarely ran out.

Maybe it is the NUT behind the wheel.

Cosmo already has longer “dip”stick…himself!

I was wondering about that, puddleglum1066. I can understand now how it could happen withou full service stations. Cosmo obviously hasn’t bothered to check the oil…perhaps since the demise of the full service station.

I recall being able to go to one in 2003, but when I moved, I never saw one again.

I just lost my car actually because of this exact problem… the crankshaft fused, because I didn’t check the oil. The worst part is that before taking the trip on which it happened, I was thinking “I need to check the oil soon.” Well, turns out I should’ve been thinking that about a week ago!

The “oil” light is STILL for oil PRESSURE, not oil LEVEL.

FishStix – Who had a credit card back in those days???

He needs one of those longer 7IO parts from the dealer.

No you need pinker lipstick.

Will it hurt to run them when they are out of gas? (I actually heard a woman ask this.)

It’s too bad that so many cars these days come with an extra dipstick installed in the driver’s seat.