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A friend in high school had a '60, I think 1200 cc and rated at 36 HP. No oil filter - her dad said VW recommended an oil change every thousand miles.

One jump for me - static line out of a Cessna 172 from 3000', May 4, 1986. Round chute, and no tandem jumps back then. C$180 for the training and 1st jump - subsequent jumps would have been C$30. I wish I had done enough to go freefall. I've floated the idea of doing another jump, but Mrs...

I think the original (Austin) Mini was 850 cc.

Back in the mid-'70s, a friend's father, a skilled backyard mechanic, told of watching a gas jockey add a quart of Shell oil during a fill-up. They both saw something that looked solid leave the can and go into the engine. The gas jockey noted it on the receipt. The engine blew up a few days...

In that era (1980) I worked as a tune-up/oil-change tech. Our bulk oil was Esso 10W-30, and I think the pre-tax price for an oil change, lube, and 15-point inspection was $14.88. For $5 more, the customer could upgrade to Quaker State (also 10W-30). The QS was in individual Imperial quart...

"Uncharted"? Are we running out of car names?

C'mon up to the 'Peg. Here's a loaded leftover 2024 for under C$50K (plus 12% sales tax). The boss wants to move metal, and has a sharp pencil!

Just to make sure I understand, these figures would be the net result of: - births, - deaths, - interstate migration, - immigration from other countries, and emigration to other countries. Am I understanding correctly?

That's the late great astronaut Pete Conrad, one of the "Next Nine" (2nd astronaut group, from 1962), and the 3rd man on the moon. I'm enough of a space nerd that I bought some Dura-Lube after seeing him touting it on closed-circuit TV at Canadian Tire around 1993. It did not seem to hurt...

So true. Winnipeg - the town where no one wants to pay retail.

Used-car prices remain very high here. No way my friend can replace the car for $3K*, so it's worth putting a bit of work into. Plus it has the coveted MT, increasingly rare here. * Certainly not in C$ anyway, and probably not in USD either.

Guys, are any of the aftermarket options acceptable, or do we need to go genuine Subaru?

I'm a big believer in doing so, when I have the lead time. A few years ago I was planning to replace the stabilizer-bar end links on my friend's Sonic. I was going out of town for a week, but left him with a rattle can of penetrating oil and asked him to spray them daily. They came off...

@slacktide_bitog, is this the correct tool?

A friend, great person and neighbour, heard a bad noise coming from the front end of his 2011 Subaru Impreza. He looked underneath, and found a split open boot on the passenger-side outer CV joint. He bought a TrakMotive unit locally, and brought it over this evening. We installed it without...

Hockey I would have had a good shot at. NFL, I'm usually clueless.

Just saw your photo, and quickly sent a link to John, my friend the sports expert. Edit: He replied very quickly.

Interesting, I was thinking about my own mortality lately, and thought about the one Fumoto valve and the two Valvomax valves on the three vehicles in our family. Our one son understands the Fumoto on his van, but I would have to leave instructions regarding the Valvomax units on the other two...

Sammy, this one's for you! I'd guess '71 or '72 - you'll know for sure.

Is it basically the 3.5EB but w/o the turbo, or is a completely different engine?