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Three of my kids left home after college. My youngest son is now 25 years old and still lives at home and I’m perfectly fine with it. He is an OTR flatbed truck driver who hauls heavy equipment and is lucky to be home three days a month. He makes good money and saves a lot of it as he is too...

2024 VW GTI 4,000 miles. Out. Mobil1 ESP 0w-30 that was put in place of factory fill at 700 miles. In. HPL Euro 0w-30 and factory filter. Both changes have been done topside and my oil vac got all six quarts out and changing filter and O ring while oil was being evacuated makes it a quick...

The crayon stuff VW uses works great. I’ve never had a VW that developed even a speck of rust.

I wouldn’t think anyone would do that job and not replace those parts too. Those parts are quite often the failure point and quite an expensive comeback if they fail quickly.

Here in WV we hardly ever see earthquakes as the Appalachian Mountains are as old as time. If it was a hummingbird fart it was a loud one. I never associated an earthquake with sound. For five seconds it sounded like the low rumble often heard from cars with crazy stereos and then an explosion...

About 4:30 we had an earthquake. My dogs started barking like crazy so I got up off the couch figuring fed ex was delivering something then I heard a super low rumble that lasted like five seconds and then boom, it sounded like a sonic boom. I instantly thought that my gas HVAC system had just...

I’d do it now. Not only has it passed the mileage at 100k, but at ten years is at the point to change even if it only had 10k miles on it.

I’ve had several drain plugs where the threads I could see were clean of oil till the drain plug pulled out of the pan. But in most cases I’d say the washer is the more important part of the seal. Check and make sure the mating surfaces of the pan and the bolt itself are flat and clean.

If snow is tracked in that is usually the biggest source of moisture inside a car.

Well I have HPL in stock so I’m good for now lol

A good couple we often traveled with got my son a large Lego set one year. The next year I got their son a drum set.

I can’t bring myself to do Mexican chain restaurants as there are several real local Mexican restaurants in my town that just constantly get it right. The only one I’d even consider is Chueys Tex Mex

I have a mostly clean two car garage at my house that I use for light maintenance but still usually do topside oil changes in the driveway on my VW as I can have it done in literally a few minutes. For heavy duty stuff I have a 30 x30 garage at my BIL house that I built for him with a nice...

I dropped the factory fill 0w-20 and am using 0w-30 504 spec in my mk8 gti and will sleep easy

I drive my personal cars the same as I did the 40k lb fire engines during my career as a firefighter. 1. Don’t tailgate 2. Drive for the weather conditions 3. As you approach an intersection lift foot off of accelerator and cover the brake pedal. 4. Lean slightly forward when checking side...

Just ordered 5 gallon pail of 0w-30 Euro. The GTI will be covered for a while.

Sunoco here Regular $2.49 93 $3.54

Sounds so familiar

Im lucky in that regard. Front of house is dead north and I have an 80 foot white oak in my front yard so I can wash my cars anytime before noon and be completely in the shade.

I’d say wearing out is not the issue for someone trying to control oil consumption. It appears to help with that and not harmful to the engine.