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First full exterior detail since I got it in November. While there were no visible swirls/marring, I've been a bit dissatisfied with the clarity and gloss of the paint so I decided to do some polishing. Thanks for reading

Recently purchased a 2020 Civic. I remember it used to be said that Honda factory fill was "special" because it had a lot of moly in it because it was either part of the add pack or as a result of the assembly lube at the factory. Is that still the case? How long should I keep the break-in oil...

First extended drain on car. Tried the 40 weight just to experiment and probably will stick to a 20 or 30 weight in the future. Might stick with 10k oil changes unless I get the itch to change it out around 5k miles.

My Fiesta ST's brake pads with almost 30k miles is making a light squeal when braking. It looks like the front and rears still have about half of the pad material left, but I might go ahead and change them anyways. The OEM pads are very good, but also very high dusting. I would consider the OE...

2016 Fiesta ST. Lab recorded sample as Platinum 5W-20 but it was Mobil 1 5W-30 with a Purolator PureOne. 40 mile roundtrip commute to work. Driven spiritedly. The car has an off-the-shelf tune on it with a Mountune (K&N type) drop in air filter . Current oil is Castrol Edge 0W-40 and I'll try to...

My Fiesta ST still has it's oem tires (Bridgestone Potenza RE050a) at 20.5k miles. They're down to about 4/32nds and I'm looking to replace them since it's the beginning of Florida's rainy season and I don't want to take any chances with hydroplaning. They're still decent in light to moderate...

Valve cover gasket replacement. 204,xxx miles with 5k mile oil changes with synthetic about 80% of the time. Not a whole lot different from what I remember from the first gasket change 50k miles ago. Maybe a little more varnish, but not bad.

Took sample in 2012

Took this sample in 2012 and never mailed it. Lost it during a move and finally sent it in with the samples from my other cars. Don't know how 5 years has affected the sample but thought it would be interesting to see if anything degraded.

First UOA

Hi all, I will be visiting Utah from 9/15-9/22. I will be doing Ford's ST Academy for 2 days and plan on using the remaining time I have there at one of the national parks and Salt Lake City. I will be flying into SLC around noon on 9/15 and renting a car. I need help choosing which of the...

Does anybody have any experience with the Falken Azenis FK450? There's basically no reviews on them. I just bought a set for my Maxima because of the rebates from Discount Tire Direct. 500AA and rated for 50,000 miles so hopefully they last a while. I've had Falken Ziex 912 before. They were a...

My 02 Maxima has been hard to start after sitting for a few days at a time for the last few months. I didn't suspect the battery since they normally just straight up fail on me without any warnings. This time it would start turning the engine over for a couple times and pause a bit and then the...

Thanks to the Autozone oil clearances, I've accumulated a bunch of oil. Some of it I bought without knowing they were low-SAPS until I got home and read up on them, which if I understand correctly aren't suitable for long oci because US fuels aren't low sulfur I currently have 15 liters Pento...

Hi. Recently purchased a Fiesta ST. Factory fill has been dumped and I'm planning on what to use in the future. Ford recommends Motorcraft 5w-20 syn blend, but I will be using a synthetic. I am concerned about the 20 weight though since this is a direct injected turbo engine. Someone who works...

So I was perusing the Havoline website and looked at the product sheet for their conventional oils. The description for the 5w-20/30 says that they're syn-blends. Is this a mistake or are they really blends? Havoline PDS Quote: SAE 5W-20 provides optimum fuel economy and durability...

I recently got a new car (Fiesta ST). It comes with H11 bulbs for the low beam. The light is decent, but I'm used to the HID in my Maxima (OEM D2R reflectors). I am thinking about replacing the bulb in the Fiesta for something brighter. Will I get a significant increase in light output from...

Car is a 2006 Miata with 10x,xxx miles on it. Car was purchased used with 70k miles. Never had a rear wheel drive car before so I didn't even know what the differential was. So I dumped the fluid in the diff at 107k miles and it was dark and the magnet on the drain plug had a lot of fine...

I just noticed that Havoline has a high mileage oil, and WM carries it in a 5 qt jug. I've been searching for info, but most of the stuff on here were from 4+ years ago. Anybody know anything about the current formulation? Will be using 5w-30 or 5w-20 (if I can find it). Others I'm thinking...

My parents will need to buy a lawn mower in about a month and I'm in charge of research. The budget is Currently I'm looking at the Craftsman 37060 and the Husqvarna HU675AWD . From what I understand, the Craftsman could be a rebadged Husqvarna HU700F. It has a Honda GCV 160 and FWD...