Recent content by svtrit

My 2020 Wrangler is in a similar scenario as yours, though I put about 2500 miles a year on mine. I do nothing for prep for parking for the winter. I occasionally drive it if the roads are dry, but otherwise I just park it and change the oil when it’s due, around 5000 miles. I keep a battery...

Not all corn is used for ethanol. One subsidy I know has been used in Midwestern areas is prevent plant due to Spring rains. The others are for conservation practices. https://afdc.energy.gov/data/10339 Oil sucks up a lot of tax dollars as well. Quite a bit more…..this chart is the proposal...

Where’s that data from? Ethanol hasn’t been subsidized since around 2010. Ethanol also destroyed the minimum income subsidy for framers. Subsidy’s for farming are all but dead thanks to ethanol.

I have a 2015 Chrysler Town and Country and go back and forth quite a bit. I really like to use it on long trips to do a cleaning cycle for the fuel system. I still get 20-22 mpg on E85 compared to 24-25 on E10. I run it when it is >=$0.35 per gallon difference. My guess is you have a...

I worked for a Canadian company for a few years. I was baffeled when they were talking about bunny hugs and touques. Bunny Hug= Hoodie Touque= Stocking cap. Cost me a loonie to figure it out.

I was pondering this same question as I drove my 2020 Wrangler 3.6L over the weekend. The Pentastar needs some RPM for upper valvetrain oiling, or so I read. Also, the 2 stage oil pump runs a 31PSI at 1000 RPM. Made me think I’m not getting enough oil up top, which will ruin the cams.

I put a brand new O'Reilly alternator on my daughters 09 Camry. We will see how that works out long term.

Snakes and spiders are two creatures I like to keep around. However, I am outnumbered in my house.

I love old Mopars and always wanted a Duster. I felt how you are feeling about my YJ for various reasons, including mechanical, my wife hated it, and I didn’t have time to drive it. I sold it for what I bought it for 5 years earlier. Within months I missed that ugly Jeep and my wife realized...

You may want to try Poppy’s Patina, or the Vice Grip Garage brush on clear. Both can be brushed on or sprayed and offer protection the old paint currently cannot. I’ve always been a restore it fully person, but some cars should be preserved as survivors.

I had a 2019 Rogue that would do 30mph at 2500 RPM mornings below freezing. It was the only thing I disliked about that car. It was like driving my Jeep at 30mph in 4lo. The torn filter is odd. I’ve had three Nissans with the 2.5 and never once had a torn filter. I hated the valve clatter at...

No. I have 600 miles on the second change and it’s an 1/8” below the full mark. Maybe it’s leaking? Oil cooler is a year old. It’s a Chrysler 3.6l with 132,000 miles. My 2020 Wrangler hasn’t used a drop in 1200 miles on its first change of VRP. 58000 miles on its 3.6l.

Oddly enough, my van is starting to burn R&P. This is my second run at it. I’ll go back to MaxLife or Havoline in the 6qt box.

Was he a salesman? I used to get told by salesman when I got on them about not going 20k miles on an oil change that they didn’t have time and they needed to be selling. I told them their phone works just as well in a waiting room as it does in an office or driving down the road. I wasn’t...

I drive a 2017 F150 as a work provided daily driver. I really enjoy that truck and sometimes wonder why I like my Jeep so much. Should I just sell the Jeep? It’s an awfully expensive weekend ride that isn’t the most useful vehicle. Then I drive the Jeep and all thoughts of loving my F150...