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Originally Posted By: Blueskies123 I think it is time for a new or at least newer car. 2009 model with 66K doesn't sound old to me. I'd be very disappointed if it were my car. My civic consumed like this but only towards 200k miles.

Originally Posted By: Cujet Especially if you contract a competent machine shop to complete the critical items. I did my first rebuild alone with a Haynes manual and guidance from a local machine shop.

Originally Posted By: KCJeep Castrol's own 0w30 is one of the best syns available, has elevated zddp already and would most likely perform better and more predictably than your blend. JMO. I too like to blend but in this case I think you'd be going to a lot of trouble and expense to go...

Originally Posted By: LoneRanger Certainly not a topic to be made light of. Certainly an evil regime that has yet to be equalled in crimes against humanity. I will, however, say that they had some sharp uniforms. As for number of murders unfortunately they have been surpassed a few times just...

Originally Posted By: slipperysam ...Isn't it ironic that we can stress over oil yet will not give a second thought to what we eat? Just sayin! Slippery Sam That's come to my mind many times as well. Replacing or repairing an engine or car is one thing. It's not that easy when fixing your health.

TropArtic in a prettier bottle. Both good choices.

Originally Posted By: tomcat27 General thinning of the oil and dilution can increase consumption That is my thought too. The longer the OCI the more the possibility of shearing and fuel dilution.

Originally Posted By: whip How can this be? I thought guns equaled violence? You need to stop thinking logically and guide yourself by emotion. Then it will make sense once again.

If you plan to keep the car for long term like you say, buying new is a good choice. You might want to get an extended warranty like I did for 5 years and 100K. They will try to overcharge you on the ext warranty however. Act like you're not interested until the price of the warranty gets down...

I'm surprised Honda went back to 20 oil on the Si. [I just sold my '03 SI oil burner.] Everyone is giving opinions and so am I...go with a 0/5/10w30 instead of 0/5w20 due to your warmer climate and the more aggressive way you drive. One grade up will hurt nothing, esp. with such a great Honda...

Originally Posted By: djb You say "nutrients"... it's mostly sugar, with the concentrated dirt and insect bits left behind when they purified the rest of the batch. Yes it has more "nutrients", but only because purified sugar ideally has only sucrose. The sugar spike will be roughly the same...

She played bass for Black Flag.

Just got a message to call the I.R.S. back at (530) 876-6477 for some legal trouble I was in. Some indian accent computer-ish dude left message. Weird thing is that they knew my name and it was my cell phone. Oddly I just bought a car this weekend and gave out a lot of personal info during that...

Originally Posted By: andrewg Certainly a good vehicle....but you've stepped outside the criteria you started with. Yes, it will be more comfortable (but not that much), more power (to do what?), and more room (no denying that). No way near the mpg's though. The regular Prius would have been a...

Couldn't pull the trigger on the slow Prius C though I really liked it, then they had a couple of Camry's for $4K under MSRP and offered me way above $ what I expected for the Frontier in trade-in so I left with a V6 Camry SE. I even bought a 5 year 100k bumper to bumper extended warranty for...

Originally Posted By: Quattro Pete In case you haven't seen this, here are some user reported mpg figures: http://www.fuelly.com/car/toyota/prius%20c Thanks for the link!

Originally Posted By: gathermewool What will you do with the Prius C after you buy a Mustang - will the Mustang be a weekend-only car? Exactly...once a week/good weather only.

My Civic SI has been sold and I'm considering getting a high mpg car due to me doing about 30k per year at the present. I test drove one [a new '13] and yes, it's slow, but I may be able to deal with it if the mpg is really around 50...my driving is 50/50 mix [maybe a little more city]. My...

Originally Posted By: steve20 Except USA & Canada = use 5-30 the 0-20 requirement cracks me up Yeah...it's "required to achieve optimum fuel efficiency." Right there in black and white. Says nothing about optimum engine protection, though...odd.

If it wasn't so underpowered it could have been an interesting vehicle. This is the same thing I felt about an MR2 Spyder I used to own.