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    2mpg in a bottle.. hmm

    Normally I don't listen to gimick BS, BUT. I use syn. oil in anything I plan to keep for any length of time. Just switched to mobil1 last week. Ran it on 15k with regular oil because I'm weird and still think there is a such thing as break in. Anyway, here is what i noticed Once a month for the...
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    stock toyos w/ lil cuts, wtf?

    One front and a rear on the other side of the car have one small cut starting in the very top of the sidewall. Anyone else see/seeing this? It doesn't look like something caused by crap on the road.
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    4.3 quarts eh?

    This is for anyone that does there on oil changes. Can you get 4.3 quarts in it, let the engine sit for more than 5 minutes (after running the engine to fill the filter element/housing), and it not be over the full mark? The shop did my first change and they put it over. I just did my own and...
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    Mazda5 vs. Protege5

    From 40-80mph, what do you think happened? (ughdance) Both Automatics.
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    A/c shut off

    I was getting onto the highway the other day in my wife's car and had to give it some gas to keep from being run over. Once up on the highway I noticed the a/c was not blowing cold for a few secs then it came back. I punched it again to see if it did it again. Once again it blew warm for a sec...
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    Synthetic Oil Vs. 2.3

    Ive heard some rumblings from people with HLAs about not using synthetic oil because they will tap and/or die over time. Even some who say you could loose lift because the syn runs thinner and wont fill the HLA right. I dont even know if the 2.3 has HLAs... heh. Any idea if there would be any...
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    How to not sound stupid?

    My wife is wanting me to install an exhaust system on her car that doesn't sound like a pissed off bumble bee. I managed to do that with my elantra by keeping stock exhaust manifold, going to 2 1/4 inch pipe after the second cat, dropping the massive stock resonator, and installing some generic...
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