@HowAboutThis, on a scale of 1 to 10, please rate the level of sarcasm of your posts in this thread. 
2017 Forester OCI question
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Not sure if you've ever been told this, but you're basically a genius. But stay humble. Enough arrogant people on BITOG that we don't need another.
Is 1 "a lot" or is 10 "a lot"? That will help me determine if my lawyer says I can answer your egregious and arbitrary and capricious question.@HowAboutThis, on a scale of 1 to 10, please rate the level of sarcasm of your posts in this thread.
It's a Forester. Not an Outlook. Outlook is a different model of Subaru. It's also a really glitchy email app.
But moderately serious, given the 6k recommend interval, is 7500-8k a big deal given decent amount of highway miles? For the future, should I change at 5-6k or 7500-8 like the mid-2000 Subarus often had for intervals.@HowAboutThis, on a scale of 1 to 10, please rate the level of sarcasm of your posts in this thread.
I've been called a lot of names in my lifetime, but nobody has ever accused me of being "basically a genius".
I guess you only have the one car? Maybe getting one of the last years of the Grand Caravan would help, it does all the minivan things for 15-20% the cost of a new one.I check the oil at least a couple times per month. It uses a bit. I had the PCV changed in June but it still uses. So after owning a 13 Crosstrek and this Forester and an early 2000's Forester, I've concluded "a quart every 4-5k is what makes a Subaru a Subaru." The others didn't eat as many lug studs and wheel bearings. This 2017 has really ticked me off. Should've kept the 2006 instead of upgrading
My wife love's her Outback, and TBH, it seems to do all the things pretty well, other than seat 7? Mild off roading, light towing, decent highway mileage, even the built in racks work pretty well, its not a limo, but sure rides a lot smoother than my parents '16 Forester. I'm a bit worried about it leaking enough oil to be a problem, out of one seams between the half dozen chunks of engine block bolted together, but other than that, it seems put together pretty well.
The lug stud issue is 100% preventable, as they get damaged spinning on and off the nuts at high speeds. Go slower with the impact or a drop of oil on each. My impact isn't even all that fast, but if I go full speed with a dry thread, it will catch hard enough to make the impact mechanism hit, and if you just keep hammering, it will keep galling the threads.
Maybe she should consider an Excel if the Outlook isn't working out?
I can promise you this— nobody who actually owns a van for any length of time retains their anti-van attitude.
I get it. My wife was once young and cool and I was the imminently reasonable and rational husband nearly yelling at her how dumb it was to get an SUV that got half the MPG and had less space just so she could temporarily feel cool until we had another kid and got the van anyway.
I won that argument and my wife is as pro-van as they come. It took all of a month—maybe less— for her to come around.
Oh, duh, sorry.
On a scale of 1 to 10 where 1 is "Can I put Pennzoil in my Camry?" and 10 is "BITOG needs more questions about what oil to put in a Camry," how sarcastic were your posts in this thread, HowAboutThis?
My lawyer will DM you in the near future.Oh, duh, sorry.
On a scale of 1 to 10 where 1 is "Can I put Pennzoil in my Camry?" and 10 is "BITOG needs more questions about what oil to put in a Camry," how sarcastic were your posts in this thread, HowAboutThis?
But seriously, I was mostly serious in getting a few laughs and lightening the mood and also very concerned about the strength of my marriage if a minivan starts sending vibes my way and my wife notices.
My wife was really not happy with the idea of a minivan until about 30 seconds she loaded the kids into it for the first time.
My daughter-in-law felt the same way when my son bought her a new 2013 Sienna. 3 kids and 160,000 miles later she still owns the Sienna.
Maybe you misunderstood, but I don't know your wife nor do I care about your wife. It's MY WIFE I'm trying to convince.
But on a serious note, do you have access to a notary and would your wife be willing to write a few paragraphs on this topic to convince my wife a minivan is amazing? My wife will only accept official legal documents when related to minivan conversation.
Was she using Kirkland oil and what oil change interval did she use? I think you lost track of the original post and question.
I had a loaner Odyssey while wife's Pilot was getting warranty work done. She really like driving it, comfort, ride quality, space etc. Practical meets all the needs. My kids are older with their own vehicles now but was good for the 6 adults people hauling with stuff.
I don't think she ever really looked at it from a distance. We were driving to my moms house and we passed an exact year/color Odyssey. My wife commented "that thing is so F'n ugly, why would someone buy that?" My daughter started laughing, I looked at her with a
. She asked what my daughter was laughing at so my daughter replied, that is what we are in and you have been driving for the last 2 weeks. That turned into a great group laugh followed by "get rid of this, I want my Pilot back".
Warranty work was finished 2 days later and that was that. Next service with loaner I called and said the Odyssey is available, she said FU, anything else, so I got a Ridgeline loaner that she did like.
I don't think she ever really looked at it from a distance. We were driving to my moms house and we passed an exact year/color Odyssey. My wife commented "that thing is so F'n ugly, why would someone buy that?" My daughter started laughing, I looked at her with a
. She asked what my daughter was laughing at so my daughter replied, that is what we are in and you have been driving for the last 2 weeks. That turned into a great group laugh followed by "get rid of this, I want my Pilot back".Warranty work was finished 2 days later and that was that. Next service with loaner I called and said the Odyssey is available, she said FU, anything else, so I got a Ridgeline loaner that she did like.
You haven't mentioned having kids that I recall... maybe you have procreation plans that your wife needs to be let in on? Seeing how you have all these minivan yearnings...
We've had our van since early 2019.... Both of us, as well as all 4 of our boys, can't wait to be rid of it! They would rather be crammed into the Challenger.
My mom wanted a Durango back in 2004, dad ended up getting a Grand Caravan. She still pokes fun at him about it and I can count on 1 hand the number of times she drove it in the 16 years they owned it lol
So on a semi serious note.... Do what my parents did, let her test drive what she wants, then buy the van anyway
I have a friend who was a teenager during the cool van days of the late 70’s. You know, when murals were abound and it wasn’t uncommon to have an air brushed painting of a tiger or a wizard on the side. When the Chrysler Mini van was released in the early 80’s this poor lost soul bought one thinking it was cool to have a van. Unfortunately it was interfering with his ability to get dates. I had to take him aside and give a long talk to the boy. 
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