Besides - I had already considered the far classier option of mounting a covert operation one night to crawl underneath the vehicle with a 5 gallon pan and remove his sump plus. After draining all the warm oil out of the engine I would quietly remove the pan, replace the plug and cover all evidence of the action. Upon cold starting in the morning about 2000 pounds worth of engine damage would occur in the first 2 seconds.
Its a trick a mechanic told me about once. Wouldn't you sound stupid at the garage "Whaddya mean there's no oil in it?!?!".
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