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You need a new car!

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It had been a few months since I had changed the oil in my car and it had surpassed at least a week since the ‘oil’ light had been constantly on. So, I went to get the oil ‘changed’ and it was kinda embarrassing but real funny when the mechanic wrote “you need a new car” on my receipt when he found out that everything in my car needed to be replaced…lol…

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