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    2018 Highlander oil change schedule

    As Leno used to say, "Exactly, exactly....." My L/Certified Lexus came with two years worth of scheduled maintenance. The very next day after that mid year "inspection" and tire rotation, I ran it up on my ramps and gave it a fresh load of TGMO. Not EVEN going the whole year. And when I went to...
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    New Mobil 1 at Wal-Mart 20k Mile

    3/2/17. On the shelf at WM in Georgetown, TX, at the $49+ price.
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    Ford Escape valvetrain pics 500000 miles.

    What brand/grade of oil used?
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    Why don't transmissions get sludge and varnish ?

    Thanks for answering a question in the back of my mind for thirty-five years. That being, why dumping a quart of ATF in with a diesel fill up would cure a case of "nailing" injectors, although Redline and MMO seemed a bit more effective. We sold a lot of Redline for that purpose and routinely...
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    As If Nitrogen Filling Is Special?

    That was my conclusion after evaluating the cost of equipment to produce it in a shop and the pricing for customers. Yes, pure (hard to produce)nitrogen creeps through tire bladders at a slower rate than plain old air, it is dry and potentially reduces corrosion inside alloy wheels, and doesn't...
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    Tesla to kill the auto dealership?

    ...money making machine..... Oh, yes. They can be. A term not heard outside the business, but taught at every seminar I ever attended for Service/Parts management was "Service Absorption," Every manufacturer, every dealer has a goal of achieving a certain percent of total dealership expenses...
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    Best oil to keep rings clean?

    RATS, Friendly! Now I'll be wondering when the consumption will start to increase! Booooo.... Your theory re low tension rings makes sense, however. From all I've read about the design of the Prius, Toyota took great pains in the tiniest details to hit their fuel consumption target. I've been...
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    Best oil to keep rings clean?

    I have no idea what effect it has had on oil consumption, but OCD that I am, the oil changes in my '08 Prius have averaged 3752 miles. I've used mostly NAPA synthetic 5W30 or Synpower in the same grade. There has never been a visible level change on the stick during these intervals. It is...
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    Does anyone just drive the car anymore?

    As someone said, might be an age thing. It is with me. I enjoy the sounds of the tires on changing surfaces, the sounds of the surrounding traffic on my commute. Self preservation is enhanced by using all our natural senses at once. Remembering and avoiding those known potholes on my usual...
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    Fumoto Valve question

    What DOOG said... That's exactly how you should do it.
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    Cell phone/driving: an officer's view

    .....choose which laws one obeys.... PRECISELY! I used to go sailing through the traffic as what is called an "aggressive" driver. Having done a 180 degree turn and bought a Prius several years ago, I find that obeying the speed limit has a wonderful byproduct in adding miles to my gallons...
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    Interesting Aircraft you have used, accidently.

    Ooops, left out the Mitsubishis. MU2 and Marquis, the Rice Rockets. Actually got to pilot those...
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    Interesting Aircraft you have used, accidently.

    Let's see.... Bell 47, minus its spray rig, touring the air over my home town at age 10 in the summer of 1955, with my little sis and I under the same seatbelt. Convair 880 with Tree Top Airways... Champion Citabria with a pilot who liked to show off its aerobatic capabilities.... unsettling...
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    PP & PU being combined into a new oil.... PUP

    ....confusing marketing..... Amen. Not to mention that retailers (especially WalMart) will make a shelf space decision and bump something else off the shelf to make room. Like they did with NextGen.
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    Calumet buys Bel-Ray

    Bel-Ray..... used their fork oil servicing the dampers on my 1972 Mach IV Kawasaki, trying in vain to tame the beastly handling with all that power and a flimsy frame. I have the bottom half of one plastic bottle to this day, using the built in markings for oz. and cc to measure out my car...
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    Buffing a car.

    If you decide to DIY, use an ORBITAL buffer! The skill needed to use the rotating buffer you see being used in paint and body shops is hard won. Burned paint is frequently the result of attempted buffing by someone without the "touch." A successful auto painter is truly an artist.....
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    Lost My Dad Today

    My condolences, Shannow. Instant, deep lonesome feeling. Dad left us in Y2K and there are times when something neat happens to me and my first impulse is to find Dad and show him..... All these guys are on the right track. Tell your kids all about him and keep making memories with them. And be...
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    Retiring early - how much $ would be enough?

    How much better to be contemplating these options than to be experiencing what so many are going through, the people I work with for example. Takes me back to Tracy Chapman's 1988 album: "Life I've always wanted, guess I'll never have. I'll be working for somebody else until I'm in my grave...
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    Arco Graphite Oil

    Having used some molebdenum disulfide additive in a 327 Chev motor in the sixties and watched the idle climb 150 rpm as it spread the stuff around, I jumped at this this new graphite oil to use in the 5-speed box on my 1977 Honda Accord. With the car so new I could not tell if the shifting was...
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    RIP Tom Clancy

    InhalingBullets, I'm with you in wishing there were more books based on John Clark. In fact, "Without Remorse" is my all time favorite Clancy. We've lost one of the greats....
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