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After 6 years with mine, I'm considering a second one. The only issue we've had in 6 years was the freeze in our climate occasionally. 35 MPG average and a blast to drive, comfortable on a long run.

In NB, the government monopoly is slowly giving way, some grocery stores now carry beer and wine, beyond that you have to go to the NBLC or brew your own. My wife is from Quebec, my brother-in-law has a funny saying that rings true there. "The important necessities of life, Alcohol and Tobacco...

I'd just like to see those prices, Reg. self-serve here in NB this week is $1.189/L, $1.209/L for mid and $1.269/L for supreme.

We have one, I often describe the back seat as small dog storage shelves. So far as the car goes, we absolutely love ours, it's fun to drive, good on gas & reliable.

I pull mine every 1000 rounds or so, clean the action, lubricate the action bars and breechblock, wipe off the trigger assembly, remove any visible crud and put 1 drop of ATF on each pivot pins, a touch of grease on the face of the hammer and reassemble. Whole procedure takes about 2 minutes. My...

Originally Posted By: ryan2022 Thanks Maritime, Those FRS's are great BTW! A friend had the Corolla AE86 way back when. Big Time, the Boss and I figure the FR-S was the best money we've spent on a vehicle yet. Fun to drive, reliable, good on gas, turns heads.

I'm running Mobil Multi-ATF in my truck, so far it was the fluid that provided the best cold weather shifting of everything I tried. In Calary, I'd leave the Quaker State Multi in it, if it's working for you.

With photo radar in a lot of areas of Quebec a lot more Quebecois are following closer to the speed limit thn they use to.

Take this with a grain of salt. I have a Ford Ranger, 4.0l SOHC with a manual, the tow rating is 5640lbs, I haul a 23' Sailboat with it twice a year about 50miles each way, it weighs in just 4500lbs on it's trailer. The truck will haul the boat, just not comfortably. If considering hauling this...

You also must remember timing sets were redesigned on this engine in late '02 to help them last longer. I guess I'll stick with 5W30 on it. I figured their had to be a reason, but I had no idea what it was.

I find it odd, all other Ford gasoline engines are spec'd for 5W20, except this one.

Are using stock NGK copper/nickel plugs? If not, you most likely have the answer to your problem.

Anyone have an answer on this?

This was what had me scratching my head, in theory E-10 could cause an increase in sludge if the fuel had a high water contest. However, once the engine reaches operating temp, this extra water should evaporate off. I was wondering if anyone else had seen this.

Just finished reading an article in this month's edition of Canadian Technician on Oil Sludge. The author indicated the E-10 is causing increased sludge & water build up in the crankcase from the use of E-10. Internet digging didn't seem to reveal much on this topic. Any truth to this? If so how...