I met her a few years ago at an academic reception. She asked what I taught and I told her Spanish. She then started speaking Spanish with me for the next few minutes. Told me that she learned by working with with her father's farm hands growing up on the family ranch.
Very impressive woman.
A question for Colorado residents: My son and his wife recently moved to Denver. They each have late model Subarus. My son told me last night that he doesn't think rust prevention is a big deal there, and his wife, a long-time resident of Fort Collins, agreed. They don't think that a lot of salt...
Do any of the parts chain stores have a scan tool for ABS that they lend? My 2006 Grand Caravan (3.8, 245k miles) has a light that comes and goes. Off now but likely to reappear.
You might want to go over to Taurus Car Club of America (TCCA) which is a good site for the Vulcan engine and its quirks. Lots of good information there.
I lost transmission fluid with my 2003 Taurus once because the vent tube was clogged. But it cam right out the dipstick tube so that might not be the source of your problem.
I have a 2006 Grand Caravan with the 3.8 that has about 240,000 miles. I want to change the pcv to see if I can reduce oil consumption a bit. My memory of other pcv's is that they act like sort of a one-way check valve: allowing suction in one direction and no (or reduced) flow in the other...