Recent content by john_pifer

Agree. I’ve tried others but keep coming back to this. The suds have great lubricity. Not cheap, but it’s always in stock at Walmart.

Well-said. Personally, I’ve chosen M1 0W-40 these days with my 290,000+ mile Tacoma 4.0. It did live most of its life on 5W-30 or 10W-30. But always M1. Runs like new.

I don’t know if it smells like a new car, but I’ve found the Meguiar’s Ultimate Interior Detailer spray to smell pleasant. I don’t care for strongly-scented perfumed products, and it’s not too strong. Also not greasy.

Amazingly, the water spots all came completely off with the Griot’s Ceramic Detailer Spray! This was my first time trying it on the Odyssey; the previous 2 times I’ve washed the van, I’ve dried with only a microfiber, then applied the Griots Ceramic 3-in-1 Ceramic Spray Wax. This time, I...

I have some of the Griots ceramic detailer spray. Had not even thought that that might even work. Guess it can’t hurt to try before going more aggressive.

I’ve seen a few threads, and a couple of discussions on removing spots from glass, but nothing recent on paint. We bought a new 2024 Odyssey (black paint) less than a month ago. I washed the van 2 weekends in a row (2-bucket method, Meguiar’s Gold Class, Griot’s Garage 3-in-1 Ceramic Spray...

Is that a post-9/11 rule? I can remember asking, and getting permission, to visit the cockpit during a flight when I was a kid, maybe 4-5 years old. Even got to sit in one of the pilot’s seats and played with the yoke! This would have been around 1984-85 timeframe.

That’s awesome man! It looks great!

It’s been said that the “ultimate enthusiast vehicle” is a sporty RWD or AWD wagon with a manual trans. Sporty and fun to drive, but lots of utility to haul stuff as well. This is not that different, really, except larger and a bit more ponderous. This obviously has a pretty sporty powertrain...

That was a gnarly incident. Those are the aircraft we work on, and OGMA in Portugal does the same type of work that we do, on the ERJs. We talk about and think about that incident frequently as an example. It’s been incorporated into our training. Just incredible that they got it landed...

I’ve never tried TH. Heard a lot about it. Sounds like I need to.

I think we used to just call that PUP

I know Honda has always said they use a break-in oil with a good bit of moly. Not sure if that’s still the case. Maybe someone can enlighten us. I’ve historically changed oil on brand new vehicles around 3000 miles. In any case, I’d like to change it before it gets too hot.

Pennzoil Platinum Pure Plus. They used to put that on the bottles - it was their trade name for their GTL-derived synth oils. Not sure if they still do or not, but we used to use that abbreviation around here a lot.

Installed the S-VCM muzzler last night. No issues. Thinking I'll take advantage of the $25 rebate when you buy 2 5-qt jugs of PPPP. I'll use the 5W-30. Still only 1400 miles on it, so not in a huge hurry to drain the FF, but will probably change it before we start seeing regular 90 degree temps.