80 Pounds

Of Kitty Litter.

It involved The Bearded One, his Corvette, and 10.5 quarts of Oil.


Our usual mechanic sold his business and within a year the new owner had driven the place out of business.  Maybe he was just a poor business man.  (What auto shop is closed on  Saturday?)  Maybe he needed a business loss.  Whatever.  Not being able to find a new shop that we felt that we could trust, The Bearded One decided to change the oil himself.  First we had to buy jacks that would work with the Corvette. (Ground clearance?  What ground clearance)

It all started so innocently:

He bought the oil, the filter, and a plastic thingie to collect the used oil.  The Corvette was jacked up providing needed work room.  The plastic thingie was placed appropriately.  Then he commenced to begin the oil change,  And the oil began draining.  Unfortunately the plastic thingie's cap was not open.  10.5 quarts of oil poured onto the garage floor.  To say that The Bearded One was upset is an understatement.

80 pounds of kitty litter and several scrubs with Dawn dish detergent later, the damage was rectified.

After much extra work the new oil and filter were in place and we went for a "soothing" drive.

But we still had to dispose of the 80 pounds of oil soaked kitty litter...

Lesson learned.