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I'm a little late to this thread, but figured to share that I have a 2000 986 Boxster with manual transmission and it's been great. I've owned and driven a lot of cars, many faster, or more comfortable, or more practical or economical, but not many that are more fun to drive. You feel one with...

I don't always change air filters as often as owner's manual suggests. For example, I changed the original air filter on a bought-new Toyota at around 60,000 miles even though Toyota says to change it at 30,000 miles. But changed air filter at the recommended 60,000 interval on my son's...

The filter in this engine is vertical with the open end up so drainback will not be an issue, nor will using the slighly larger filter. I have a 2020 Tacoma with this engine and the OP has the same engine in his 2015 Tacoma. If it were my car having this issue, I would first change the oil...

I would still change the fluid and just use the proper fluid for that transmission. Sorry, I thought it would have had the ZF 8-speed.

I changed the ATF on my 2004 530i when it had about 100,000 miles on it. I used ZF Lifeguard 6 fluid. I changed it twice with a drive in between to fully mix the fluid. I sold the car recently with 240,000 miles on it and it was running perfectly - the transmission was still shifting fine...

I'll "vote' for a Bavaria. My friend has both a 3.0 CS and a Bavaria and they're both great driving cars. The Bavaria actually drives better with it's longer wheelbase and is much less expensive to boot. Those BMWs are actually pretty easy to work on too and parts are generally available here...

I would use Mobil 1 ESP 5w-30 as someone else already mentioned.

I'd suggest an adjustment for boosted engines... like perhaps use 0.80 times the 50 times sump capacity times MPG or 40 x Sump in qts. x MPG. But I just made up the 0.80, but it should probably be something a little less than 1 since turbos and superchargers are harder on oil than a NA engine.

Since I bought a Tacoma new last year before the chip shortage began to push up prices, I've enjoyed a temporary negative cost of ownership since the price of the Tacoma is probabloy higher today than it was when I bought it. That coupled with low insurance rates and low usage during Covid...

One more to add here is the way many new cars are connected to the cloud - I'm not a big fan of the car manufacturers (and pehaps others) having the capability to know where my car is and under what conditions it's being operated.

I bought a 2020 2.7 Tacoma last year and find it to have plenty of power both around town and on the highway. I've been using SuperTech Syn. 5w-30 with Toyota YZZD3 filters (slighly larger than the stock YZZD1). As you and others here have written, I'd think most any decent oil will work fine...

I have an Audi Q5 with the 2.0 liter DI turbo that has a similar issue and I'm considering using that Valvoline Blue Restore 10w-30 oil that was developed for Cummins engines. It supposedly has a lot of esters or something to clean the piston rings. It's expensive (approx. $75 for 5 quarts)...

Yeah, that's odd as it's the same engine. I can see the "Honeywell" stamped into the aluminum turbo housing up by the firewall.

There is a Honeywell turbo on my 2016 Passat with the 1.8 EA888 gen 3 engine.

I'll second the Amazon Firestick. I use it for all of my TVs. They're pretty inexpensive too, I think $30 or so. You'll need a TV that has at least one HDMI connection.

Go All Blacks!

As several here have already posted: Mobil 1 0W-40 FS. I've been using it for years in my Boxster after having researched here and other sources beforehand. For what it's worth I've driven it pretty hard at times, once down (from PA) to the Tail of the Dragon, and once on a track. Several...

Here's my college daughter's 2001 Jetta wagon. She loves it.

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted by NormanBuntz</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Unless you're in the western mountains of NC, you may consider switching to a 5w-20 synthetic. That's what I used in my 2013 Accord. Many owners with the 4 cylinder Accords...

I'd suggest taking it over to Run Run Exhaust over in New Holland (Lancaster County) and have them look at it. They are an old school exhaust place and have all the proper equipment (tubing, welders, etc) and knowledge to fix exhaust leaks. And they are very reasonably priced!