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[–] notsure@fedia.io 22 points 6 months ago

...when the screaming into the void stops, that's the proper change time...

[–] Townlately@feddit.nl 14 points 6 months ago

Only change when the leaves get soggy, otherwise you are good to continue to raise the possum in the vehicle nest.

[–] Kaboom@reddthat.com 13 points 6 months ago

If it's a synthetic possum, 5,000 miles is the usual recommended. But you can stretch it to 6 or even 7 thousand miles if you want to

[–] BeBopaLula@piefed.ca 13 points 6 months ago

My buddy and I are techies. My van kept misfiring. Did we lift the hood. Nope we hooked up the port reader which confirmed that there was misfiring.

When we did open the hood there was a squirrel living under the hood and he had chewed the plug wires.

[–] ByteJunk@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago

How is nobody pointing out how bad this guy is with cars?

Everyone knows you don't change the opossum. You change the leaves when they become damp or start flaking off, or every 2000 miles.

[–] BeNotAfraid@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago

K24 wooh. You gonna turbo that Opossum or build it?

[–] Lighttrails@sh.itjust.works 6 points 6 months ago

I call the big one Bitey

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemmy.zip 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I just rotate mine twice a month, change the toy, he loves it.

[–] RamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 6 months ago

It still looks good. I think it will be fine for another thousand miles or so.

[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.ca 4 points 6 months ago

Poor little guy.

[–] absquatulate@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

This takes me back to when I was following /r/justrolledintotheshop. That sub is simply a goldmine.