# CarTalk membership total **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [July 8, 2020, 5:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cartalk-membership-total/166987 "2020-07-08T17:33:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![cdaquila](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cdaquila/32/18089_2.png) [@cdaquila](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cdaquila)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2020, 8:13pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cartalk-membership-total/166987/81 "2020-07-12T20:13:10Z")
@db4690 He wasn’t. That user was within the last month or so. It was in the spring, according to the thread he referenced. ---
**Author:** ![Nevada\_545](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nevada_545/32/41232_2.png) [@Nevada\_545](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Nevada_545)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2020, 8:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cartalk-membership-total/166987/82 "2020-07-12T20:44:47Z")
It was Brian Sydnes; > [@Oil Retention in modern engines](https://community.cartalk.com/t/oil-retention-in-modern-engines/162228): > > My first engine build was an old Ford 289 in 1984. This was a class effort. There was very little oil left in the engine after draining the pan. This was a solid lifter, push rod, rocker arm valve train and of course single cam. Some may still remember these engines and simplicity. My most recent experience is with GM 2.4L Ecotec with DOHC, VVT, dual balance shafts, hydraulic lifters, oil squirters for pistons and chains, large oil galleries, and top side cartridge filters in a small 4 cylin… ---
**Author:** ![Rod-Knox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@Rod-Knox](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Rod-Knox)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2020, 9:16pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cartalk-membership-total/166987/83 "2020-07-12T21:16:28Z")
Another Dryden epic is developing. ---
**Author:** ![Barkydog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/barkydog/32/2470_2.png) [@Barkydog](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Barkydog)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2020, 10:51pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cartalk-membership-total/166987/84 "2020-07-12T22:51:47Z")
> [@Rod\_Knox](#): > > Another Dryden epic is developing. Explain for the unenlightened please. ---
**Author:** ![Rod-Knox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@Rod-Knox](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Rod-Knox)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2020, 10:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cartalk-membership-total/166987/85 "2020-07-12T22:59:26Z")
John Dryden was an author well know for his mock epic poetry. “Mack Flecknoe” was particularly entertaining for me. The adage ‘tempest in a tea pot’ describes the literature and this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Rick-Woodbury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8dc957/32.png) [@Rick-Woodbury](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Rick-Woodbury)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2020, 12:48am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cartalk-membership-total/166987/86 "2020-07-13T00:48:37Z")
> [@texases](#): > > Yet you never stop. Ditto to you my friend. Try not posting to me again about stopping, when you are continuing. ---
**Author:** ![Barkydog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/barkydog/32/2470_2.png) [@Barkydog](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Barkydog)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2020, 12:50am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cartalk-membership-total/166987/87 "2020-07-13T00:50:25Z")
Last word, I win! ---
**Author:** ![Rick-Woodbury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8dc957/32.png) [@Rick-Woodbury](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Rick-Woodbury)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2020, 1:16am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cartalk-membership-total/166987/88 "2020-07-13T01:16:55Z")
If it had been 3 days since the comments, I would have honored my pledge to stop myself. However, that has not been the case. I don’ think it has been 3 hours (and usually less)…when another unsolicited comment comes in. The last post from texases was 8 hours ago. I don’t know if his post was quickly followed by others or not. However, I will wait a full day or more (starting from texases 8 hour since posting mark; the ones in between do not matter) and see if unsolicited posts continue. If it does not, then all is good. And that should indicate who is not stopping. ---
**Author:** ![Whitey](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/whitey/32/24680_2.png) [@Whitey](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Whitey)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2020, 1:21am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cartalk-membership-total/166987/89 "2020-07-13T01:21:17Z")
I’m not touching you. You can’t get mad. ![I'm not touching you You can't get mad](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/2/7/2796da57640ce70d22f3d2e8e648186d2fc0d604.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Marnet](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/marnet/32/41_2.png) [@Marnet](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Marnet)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2020, 1:33am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cartalk-membership-total/166987/90 "2020-07-13T01:33:02Z")
Can we get more popcorn??? We need more popcorn to get through these drive-in marathons. ---
**Author:** ![Nevada\_545](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nevada_545/32/41232_2.png) [@Nevada\_545](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Nevada_545)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2020, 1:37am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cartalk-membership-total/166987/91 "2020-07-13T01:37:16Z")
They will continue taunting you until you are banned. ---
**Author:** ![Barkydog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/barkydog/32/2470_2.png) [@Barkydog](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Barkydog)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2020, 1:47am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cartalk-membership-total/166987/92 "2020-07-13T01:47:11Z")
I do not think he will be banned, nice to have a poster so interested in this board on life support. ---
**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2020, 3:29am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cartalk-membership-total/166987/93 "2020-07-13T03:29:07Z")
> [@Marnet](#): > > Can we get more popcorn??? We need more popcorn to get through these drive-in marathons. here you go . . . this guy seems to be enjoying the show! ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/9/7/97fca4131750e62c97f98d2d0a36861a51c9a116.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Marnet](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/marnet/32/41_2.png) [@Marnet](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Marnet)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2020, 4:21am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cartalk-membership-total/166987/94 "2020-07-13T04:21:25Z")
Fair enough, point taken in good humor. I’ll bow out now. ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2020, 12:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cartalk-membership-total/166987/95 "2020-07-13T12:53:13Z")
Bump bump bump. ---
**Author:** ![oldtimer-11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e79b87/32.png) [@oldtimer-11](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oldtimer-11)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2020, 6:23am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cartalk-membership-total/166987/96 "2020-07-15T06:23:03Z")
Have you ever considered the remote possibility that what you consider a fact, someone else might consider just your opinion. After all, that Pluto was a Planet was a fact, until it wasn’t. You are not being singled out. I have been cautioned at least twice by our lovely moderator, It may have been more, I have pretty thick skin and I might not remember, but I am sure it was justified. I have not read your post about car buying, but there are so many variables involved in new car buying that I do not believe there is a one size fits all approach that will result in the best price for every deal. For example, if you want a model that is in great demand and there is a limiter supply, the dealer can get what he wants. He does not need you, there are people waiting in line to pay over msrp. ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2020, 11:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cartalk-membership-total/166987/97 "2020-07-15T23:02:33Z")
I dunno, I think I’ve been called enough names to get a prize. I’ve been around here for over 20 years I guess and seems like in the last couple of years there has been an effort to blast people. For some I have absolutely no idea what got them up off their chairs. It’s OK to disagree with responses and state your own opinion but really maybe tone it down a little. Like I said before, part of what is interesting here is the variety of participants. They aren’t all mechanics but teachers, engineers, business people, and maybe a lawyer or two, so you get a variety of responses. Also the questions involve more than just diagnostic questions. So as they say in Minnesota “whatever”. [Previous page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cartalk-membership-total/166987.md?page=4)