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What Game Durability Meters Teach About Car Upkeep
A durability meter is the little bar a game shows for a tool or a vehicle part, counting down as the thing wears until it...
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Warren ran a independent repair shop for twenty years before deciding that the most useful thing he could do was explain, in plain terms, what he was actually doing and why. He started this site after too many customers arrived having been told the wrong thing by someone who should have known better.
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A durability meter is the little bar a game shows for a tool or a vehicle part, counting down as the thing wears until it...
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Anyone who has bought a car from a dealer has heard about the extras. Free paint protection. A complimentary first service.