I spent part of the afternoon with Dean & Carey, filtering oil. We put recycled oil in each of our tanks for the first time. The oil is from a Chinese restaurant, so if you're driving behind us, it probably smells like egg rolls.

Carey nervously watched me drive away, wondering if my car was going to crap out. It drove just the same as before. I'll give it a road test this week, although I don't expect any problems.

Until now we were using new oil from Smart & Final or Cosco. Here's the first used oil we poured into the car: