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Understood. Guess I wasn't too clear that these upper limits were based on averages and when the other aspects of my oil started to downturn. Just for grins, I took a couple out a few thousand more miles past the original UOA and the wear metals and contamination rose rapidly. So, again for me...

Yep. And don't forget that stupid education philosophy in SC called "Common Core" :rolleyes:.

The red dot for the RXM came with 2 sets of screws, 1 long, 1 short. I installed the longer ones to ensure a good purchase, but one of them would contact the extractor rod before being completely tightened down. The short one did fine and the gun functions perfectly. I read afterwards that...

Which is why I even offered to sell my house to Dave since we are leaving in the next couple years 😁. As nice as the area is, it is getting waaaaay too crowded and can't support the growth. Crime is upticking quickly too with all the influx, glad I don't deal with it anymore. Too many people...

Were the screws too long and interferring with the function of the gun?

@dnewton3 hit the nail on the head. Seems you are trying to band-aid the consumtion issue with oil, rather than addressing the mechanical cause of it. While that may "work", and not have you expend lots of effort/money chasing/fixing the issue, have you thought about doing the Valvoline Restore...

Those 22 rd. mags should loosen up a bit and reduce your FTFs significantly. Heard the same complaints from other users, especially when the magazines first hit the market. You have discovered the joy of shooting with a .22. Fun and cheap. Still fosters development of fundamentals without high...

Might be why it's so hard to get the deal at KY GUN Co. Looks like @Fa24wrx got lucky ;).

Well, however arbitrary it may seem, it IS based on trended analysis for my cars and application, ie; driving style etc. I understand that the 2 parameters I've set are not linear and that is why I chose them for a RELATIVE gauge on when to dump the oil. The "meet in the middle" point from...

Nice gun purchase, you'll love it. Mine eats anything in sight without so much as a hiccup. Most ammo works for me, but some is very dirty (Aguila). All thats been through it lately, and for the forseeable future, are CCI Mini Mags. Its like the Mobil 1 of .22LR ammo, great stuff and can be...

For as long as I can remember, "tags" was the most common term used for license plates in cop vernacular. "Run the tags" was used way more often than "run the plates". Ironically, ALPRs are Automatic License Plate Readers, not ATRs and no one seems to get it confused what they do. The DMV down...

Me? Neither.

A plastic drain plug?? Oh no! Keep the plug, but replace the rest of the car. Seriously, you'll be fine for a couple changes with the plastic one that has the o-ring. Get a couple to keep on hand next time you're at the dealer in case one starts to weep on you.

When I started to read your post, I was thinking , hmmm "the best" oil for a Euro turbo/DI 2.0 is not a 0W-20 IMHO. Then I got through it and found you have seen the light. Welcome to the "thickie" side 😁. Mobil 1 makes a VW511.00 ESP X4 0W-40 thats commonly available by the way ;).

Carvana is a shrewd duck in the used car sales world. My sister bought a car from them 3 years ago, 2018 Mini Cooper S with 23K miles on it. It was in pretty good shape, except typical lease maintenance (minimal) some paint chips, curbed wheels and so on. She too said the experience was...

Thank NHTSA for that one. Ralph Nader lives on :rolleyes:.

Buzzkill 😁.

Show of hands, how many "Thickies" are feeling kinda smug about now? 😁

Thats nothing new, my grandmother had one of those. Well, didn't quite look like that, but a real pig was outside my bedroom window in the pen squealing while granny fried up one of his kin folk in the cast iron pan at 6 AM.

Wait, what??!? A huge corporation that would stand to lose millions of dollars for a mistake they "had no idea about"??!? Say it ain't so 😁. Is skepticism one of the ingredients in the new 0W-40 approval package?