I took my 2005 Crossfire late on Saturday to a dealership for an oil change. They got it done quick. After I left the oil indicator came on saying that I needed to add 2 quarts.

I looked at the receipt and those bozos had only put 5 quarts of oil when it needed 8.

I took it back and the service department was closed. The sales guy sent me to a quick lube that he said had 0W40 mobil 1. Evidently he didn't have the key to get into the service department and get 3 quarts of fregging oil for me.

He said he would reimburse me to have it topped off. Well of course they didn't have it or anything close to it. So I had to go back to the dealership.

Instead of calling a parts store to get the oil; he gave me a Dodge Charger to drive for the weekend. While the charger is nice; I'd rather have my car. They will top it off on Monday.

My question is how many miles of driving under those conditions would it take to damage the engine?

One would think a Chrysler dealership would know how many quarts of oil goes into that car. And also when I took it in; I explicitly told them it took 8 to 8.5 quarts.

Lessons learned:

1. Always have about 5 quarts of oil in the trunk because you never know if Walmart or anyone else will have it in stock. (I only had one quart in the trunk.)

2. Always read the receipt after a Crossfire oil change to make sure they put in 8 quarts. Evidently you can't even trust the dealership to do this.

3. Bring your own oil; put it in the front seat; and have a note saying this car needs 8 quarts. I usually do this because I can get the oil cheaper myself. But yesterday that wasn't the case.

I don't have the room where I live to do my own oil changes. So spare me the posts about that.