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[Sal1950]

I changed the oil & filter (NEVER CHANGE OIL WITHOUT CHANGING THE FILTER) at 100 miles (sent it out for oil analysis and cut the filter in half to check it's job & there were [as expected on any newly assembled engine, many particles of various metals {completely normal})

What did they charge you for the analysis?
Did you send the oil or filter?

You may thing that I am wasting oil: but ever since I implemented this procedure of oil analysis & cutting the filter in half, I can start the normal (heavy duty use) length oil changes & I have not had any car engine last less than 300K. The used oil gets finely filtered & is then used by the electric company.

There's no such thing as TOO Clean Oil. On a fresh engine build, I used to run the return line into a catch can and dispose the first 3 or 4 quarts run thru the eng. What does the Electric company do with the oil?

 

[Mikig]

It handles well, with 1/3 more power you would not need many of the extras you mention (I would upgrade the wheels, tires & brakes before I drove it anywhere outside of 10 miles or so.
The body is stiff enough unless you DOUBLE the power. I do not know what things you use BUT I usually end up with a lighter or very close to the original weight car when I start my modding High performance hot rodding.
I ordered a 2024 Subaru CrossTrek with exactly the options that I wanted on the Touring edition in March.
It arrived in May. It now has 5000 miles on it & I changed the oil & filter (NEVER CHANGE OIL WITHOUT CHANGING THE FILTER) at 100 miles (sent it out for oil analysis and cut the filter in half to check it's job & there were [as expected on any newly assembled engine, many particles of various metals {completely normal}) Also in the oil that the filter did not catch. Changed again at 500 miles, sent out for oil analysis (same but less of them) & at 1500 miles (same but less of them), changed at 4000 mile (same but even less). I expect that on the 6000 mile change that it will be the same as this one.
You may thing that I am wasting oil: but ever since I implemented this procedure of oil analysis & cutting the filter in half, I can start the normal (heavy duty use) length oil changes & I have not had any car engine last less than 300K. The used oil gets finely filtered & is then used by the electric company.
I have also raised the vehicle 2"s, added an air/oil separator to the PVC system and added a set of blocks onto the intake below the injectors along with a Typhoon K&N intake system. This has increase the torque to the wheels by 23 ft/lbs & the HP by 18, while making drivability better, increasing fuel economy (very slightly) and actually reducing emissions (very, very slightly, also).
There will be more mods before it gets to 10,000 miles (although not engine performance ones, as the stress on the transmission & final drives needs to be compensated for first).
More electronics? Not until after you get to quite a high level of hardware mods. (at least on this car).

I have to say, as I think many of us, that for now the car for pure fun for me is frozen to a date to be defined. The family, the daughter's studies, work, the house.... everything can't be done together, so for now I'm settling for a means of transport rather than a car as I've always understood them.... those that you drive and scream to be clear.... we've had some interesting cars at home, but the period was frankly more "relaxed" the real commitments, fewer, and the time to run after cars more.... for my needs and for convenience I'm following a car rental plan. I can keep it for a month and then change it every month choosing the company's models or get up to 360 days with the same vehicle. You pay a fixed monthly fee with a credit card, depending on the model chosen, which includes everything and I can obviously deduct from taxes.... laugh but I chose a Bev for the first time!! we already have an electric one at home... for now I can only speak well of it. Mine is a small crossover, but I use it for work and therefore I have the possibility of folding down the seats and having a little extra space when needed. I don't need anything big, also because I'm basically always alone in the car.

 

[EJ3]

I have to say, as I think many of us, that for now the car for pure fun for me is frozen to a date to be defined. The family, the daughter's studies, work, the house.... everything can't be done together, so for now I'm settling for a means of transport rather than a car as I've always understood them.... those that you drive and scream to be clear.... we've had some interesting cars at home, but the period was frankly more "relaxed" the real commitments, fewer, and the time to run after cars more.... for my needs and for convenience I'm following a car rental plan. I can keep it for a month and then change it every month choosing the company's models or get up to 360 days with the same vehicle. You pay a fixed monthly fee with a credit card, depending on the model chosen, which includes everything and I can obviously deduct from taxes.... laugh but I chose a Bev for the first time!! we already have an electric one at home... for now I can only speak well of it. Mine is a small crossover, but I use it for work and therefore I have the possibility of folding down the seats and having a little extra space when needed. I don't need anything big, also because I'm basically always alone in the car.

I have only financed a car once (for 2 years) [I always had well used cars] {currently a 2000 Nissan Frontier 2.4 Liter that now has more power that the then V6, as well as much better handling and towing capability and a 2004 Chevrolet Silverado SS "tribute" truck}.
The Subaru is replacing the 2012 Lexus ES350 that someone made a left turn in front of me & I T-boned them on March 25, 23. I have not yet recovered from that 45 MPH accident (that I had to get3 cervical vertebrae fused together and still have major back problems [I am about 60% better but still have a long way to go]. The Lexus only had 48,000 miles on it (& KYB struts, new Michelin Cross Climate II tires and many other smaller mods), but was my wife's. I have never bought a car for us. I bought one for me and she bought one for her. I bought another one for me, she bought another one for her. But because I was driving alone in the Lexus, I figured that it was up to me to replace it.
So I ordered the Subaru (with her approval). I finance it for 2 years but will have it paid off in less than 12 months.
For me (and for her) driving is about fun. And we mod our cars to our liking for both performance and convenience. So, a rental car would not work for us.
Our son does not feel the same way & at 34, he bought a condo & his first car, a new Toyota Camry. He's 36 now. Before that, he usually borrowed our 2007 Honda Fit (I only put KYB struts on it & a larger sized Michelin tire (which one I do not remember). That was the first car that my wife bought (new, [she paid it off in 9 months] as was the Lexus when she bought it {which she paid off in 24 months]).
It's odd that we both drive for pleasure but our son doesn't enjoy driving. To him, it's just a way to go from one place to another.

 

[Somafunk]

What did they charge you for the analysis?
Did you send the oil or filter?

In the UK I always used Millers oil in my fully built MK2 Golf 1.8 16v engine, changed every 4000 miles and often used their oil analysis service, it was £30 per sample 14 years ago but is now £40

Vision Oil Analysis

Reduce the risk of unscheduled downtime and costly breakdowns for your vehicles or machinery using Millers Oils Oil Sample Analysis.

www.millersoils.co.uk

 

[EJ3]

In the UK I always used Millers oil in my fully built MK2 Golf 1.8 16v engine, changed every 4000 miles and often used their oil analysis service, it was £30 per sample 14 years ago but is now £40

Vision Oil Analysis

Reduce the risk of unscheduled downtime and costly breakdowns for your vehicles or machinery using Millers Oils Oil Sample Analysis.

www.millersoils.co.uk

Yep, it's $50 here.
You get to cut open your own filters & check them out yourself.
A magnifying glass or USD microscope helps.

 

[Mikig]

It's odd that we both drive for pleasure but our son doesn't enjoy driving. To him, it's just a way to go from one place to another.

I also really like driving, I like cars and in general everything that has an engine and moves... I started as a child with rc cars, I spent whole days assembling and disassembling, then in Italy they use the scooter. At that time you could drive at 14 without a license. Needless to say, we always had a screwdriver in our pocket…change the muffler, change the carburetor, change the carburetor needles, change the filter, change the pulley, and it wasn’t even a turntable but the old Piaggio Si and Ciao had rubber belt transmission, and so on every day…how many Sundays did I spend at the Monza racetrack, we live about 40 minutes away…cars, motorcycles, everything and more…then came the driving license and I have to thank the Lord for that…I have to admit that I overdid it more than once…then came a period when, thanks to my father, we had the opportunity to indulge ourselves…I was lucky enough to write for a car blog that was quite important at the time…how much fun I had!! then came the responsibilities and I put my passion in a drawer!! I look inside every now and then….I miss it, but above all I miss the mind I had back then….now I watch the races, I always dreamed of being a driver, but my dad, a doctor, never sponsored me….he was always afraid…so I have no choice but to enjoy every race I can watch on TV!!! However I have to say one thing: I don't like the modern automotive world anymore: I used to find it much more interesting. So I'm grateful for having been able to enjoy it in a period where you could still enjoy it…

 

[EJ3]

I also really like driving, I like cars and in general everything that has an engine and moves... I started as a child with rc cars, I spent whole days assembling and disassembling, then in Italy they use the scooter. At that time you could drive at 14 without a license. Needless to say, we always had a screwdriver in our pocket…change the muffler, change the carburetor, change the carburetor needles, change the filter, change the pulley, and it wasn’t even a turntable but the old Piaggio Si and Ciao had rubber belt transmission, and so on every day…how many Sundays did I spend at the Monza racetrack, we live about 40 minutes away…cars, motorcycles, everything and more…then came the driving license and I have to thank the Lord for that…I have to admit that I overdid it more than once…then came a period when, thanks to my father, we had the opportunity to indulge ourselves…I was lucky enough to write for a car blog that was quite important at the time…how much fun I had!! then came the responsibilities and I put my passion in a drawer!! I look inside every now and then….I miss it, but above all I miss the mind I had back then….now I watch the races, I always dreamed of being a driver, but my dad, a doctor, never sponsored me….he was always afraid…so I have no choice but to enjoy every race I can watch on TV!!! However I have to say one thing: I don't like the modern automotive world anymore: I used to find it much more interesting. So I'm grateful for having been able to enjoy it in a period where you could still enjoy it…

The JELLY BEAN cars with all the computerized safety nannies suck. Maybe if I could cut the range in half of most of the nannies...Driving would be FUN again.
Don't know about the "LOOK WE ARE ALL JELLY BEAN CARS" shapes, though.

 

[Mikig]

The JELLY BEAN cars with all the computerized safety nannies suck. Maybe if I could cut the range in half of most of the nannies...Driving would be FUN again.
Don't know about the "LOOK WE ARE ALL JELLY BEAN CARS" shapes, though.

well, the shape was once dictated by mechanical needs. It had a determining function… Then the coachbuilders and designers arrived: they had good taste, they were inventors of style. They were able to mask the mechanics and make them a functional work of art… then mass motoring arrived and changed the paradigm: at first the shape, having overcome the mechanical problems, had lost its utilitarian traits… in that more modern historical period they were good, they invented new types of cars, new segments, and made safe and functional cars popular among the majority, but still with character and personality, beautiful and enjoyable… I dare say “mechanical” again. Then modern times arrived… the big problem of the manufacturers? marketing and status, crazy unnecessary numbers decided only for the wow effect!!! Certainly not for those who are passionate about cars, which basically ended in the early 2000s with rare exceptions.

 

[Sal1950]

The JELLY BEAN cars with all the computerized safety nannies suck. Maybe if I could cut the range in half of most of the nannies...Driving would be FUN again.
Don't know about the "LOOK WE ARE ALL JELLY BEAN CARS" shapes, though.

You want driving to be fun again?
Sell that expensive late model ride you have now and use the same money to find some sweet restomod at the next Mecum's auction or alike.
Second owner builds that have been thru the show circuit and seen everywhere go for a huge discount over what the original build cost.
A 1950s or 60s styled ride with a late model 5-700 hp LS engine, one done by a reputable builder will be as day to day reliable as any econbox
you can find today. And you can even work in it yourself. Plus everywhere you go folks will be looking an giving you thumbs up, asking you questions. etc

 

[Sal1950]

Can you imagine how much FUN crusin this 1962 Pontiac Catalina with a 4sp and dual quads would be.
Maybe do an unseen upgrade to a single quad style manifold & fuel injection system for starting ease and fuel economy?
I'll bet this awesome ride rolls off the block for not toooo many bananas at the Jan 2025 Kissimmee party.

 

[EJ3]

You want driving to be fun again?
Sell that expensive late model ride you have now and use the same money to find some sweet restomod at the next Mecum's auction or alike.
Second owner builds that have been thru the show circuit and seen everywhere go for a huge discount over what the original build cost.
A 1950s or 60s styled ride with a late model 5-700 hp LS engine, one done by a reputable builder will be as day to day reliable as any econbox
you can find today. And you can even work in it yourself. Plus everywhere you go folks will be looking an giving you thumbs up, asking you questions. etc

The Subaru is the wife's, not mine.
I have the Hot Rodded 2000 beater Nissan Frontier (too much fun blowing stock V6 vehicles away [up to 70 or so, anyway). And the 2004 Silverado SS.
But nothing around me gets left stock, not even the wife's Subaru CrossTrek or my 2007 International Harvester/Cub Cadet 23 (?) HP lawnmower.

 

[Chromatischism]

A miata is a great car for the road course track.

And great for zipping around town

 

[Mikig]

Speaking of cars and audio: if any of you find a video in English that explains it, this is interesting.

Ferrari is studying how to make its electric cars, which will be introduced on the market in the next few years, emit a sound. It seems that it has filed several patents, which involve the creation of devices dedicated to the purpose, and, which differ from the classic speaker placed under the car and the diffusion of a synthesized sound through the speakers inside the vehicle.
Ferrari seems to be studying an air resonator, activated by the air itself that from some dedicated intakes conveys the air to this tuned system and capable of emitting a characteristic sound to the vehicle in motion. Some talk about 90 dB obtained.
Another system that is described is a particular sound generator that would capture the desired frequencies of the mechanical parts, and from the engines, which would be conveyed and diffused inside the cabin. This seems to be intended to serve not only to increase the conveyance but also to provide sounds familiar to those of combustion engine vehicles, helping drivers to better evaluate the perception of speed through sound. The whole thing is obviously designed to not have to resort to the classic electronic synthesizer. We will see what comes of it, but all of this has already been patented in the USA for some time.

 

[EJ3]

Speaking of cars and audio: if any of you find a video in English that explains it, this is interesting.

Ferrari is studying how to make its electric cars, which will be introduced on the market in the next few years, emit a sound. It seems that it has filed several patents, which involve the creation of devices dedicated to the purpose, and, which differ from the classic speaker placed under the car and the diffusion of a synthesized sound through the speakers inside the vehicle.
Ferrari seems to be studying an air resonator, activated by the air itself that from some dedicated intakes conveys the air to this tuned system and capable of emitting a characteristic sound to the vehicle in motion. Some talk about 90 dB obtained.
Another system that is described is a particular sound generator that would capture the desired frequencies of the mechanical parts, and from the engines, which would be conveyed and diffused inside the cabin. This seems to be intended to serve not only to increase the conveyance but also to provide sounds familiar to those of combustion engine vehicles, helping drivers to better evaluate the perception of speed through sound. The whole thing is obviously designed to not have to resort to the classic electronic synthesizer. We will see what comes of it, but all of this has already been patented in the USA for some time.

The air coming out of the exhaust of the new 215 MPH+ ZL1 Corvette puts out 37 LBs. of thrust!

 

[Mikig]

Speaking of numbers…. Just think that the Bugatti Chiron engine, when fully loaded, is able to suck up to 60,000 liters (or 60 m³) of air per minute. 60,000 liters!!!! 750 liters of liquid pass through its 10 radiators every minute, it has an air conditioning system with a whopping 10 kW of cooling power, and at top speed it consumes 190 liters of fuel every 100 kilometers….

 

[EJ3]

I also really like driving, I like cars and in general everything that has an engine and moves... I started as a child with rc cars, I spent whole days assembling and disassembling, then in Italy they use the scooter. At that time you could drive at 14 without a license. Needless to say, we always had a screwdriver in our pocket…change the muffler, change the carburetor, change the carburetor needles, change the filter, change the pulley, and it wasn’t even a turntable but the old Piaggio Si and Ciao had rubber belt transmission, and so on every day…how many Sundays did I spend at the Monza racetrack, we live about 40 minutes away…cars, motorcycles, everything and more…then came the driving license and I have to thank the Lord for that…I have to admit that I overdid it more than once…then came a period when, thanks to my father, we had the opportunity to indulge ourselves…I was lucky enough to write for a car blog that was quite important at the time…how much fun I had!! then came the responsibilities and I put my passion in a drawer!! I look inside every now and then….I miss it, but above all I miss the mind I had back then….now I watch the races, I always dreamed of being a driver, but my dad, a doctor, never sponsored me….he was always afraid…so I have no choice but to enjoy every race I can watch on TV!!! However I have to say one thing: I don't like the modern automotive world anymore: I used to find it much more interesting. So I'm grateful for having been able to enjoy it in a period where you could still enjoy it…

The law here was 14 for a daytime provisional license, about 3 months before I turned 14, they changed it to 15. Damn it!
Our home was the 10th one (my parents designed & built it with friends) on a plot of 500 acres that our neighbor owned & it was on deep water, so I was driving around on the private land & private roads, backing boat trailers with boats on them into the water & stuff like that since I was 12 anyway. So not having a license just kept me within the 500 acres for another year.

 

[Mikig]

The law here was 14 for a daytime provisional license, about 3 months before I turned 14, they changed it to 15. Damn it!
Our home was the 10th one (my parents designed & built it with friends) on a plot of 500 acres that our neighbor owned & it was on deep water, so I was driving around on the private land & private roads, backing boat trailers with boats on them into the water & stuff like that since I was 12 anyway. So not having a license just kept me within the 500 acres for another year.

It has changed in our country in recent years. Even for 50cc you need a special license. When I was little: from 14 years old 50cc, from 16 years old 125cc with license but no highways, from 18 years old any vehicle with license. Now the system is different: clearly what I did at 14 years old would provide, noe, for immediate arrest

 

[EJ3]

Speaking of numbers…. Just think that the Bugatti Chiron engine, when fully loaded, is able to suck up to 60,000 liters (or 60 m³) of air per minute. 60,000 liters!!!! 750 liters of liquid pass through its 10 radiators every minute, it has an air conditioning system with a whopping 10 kW of cooling power, and at top speed it consumes 190 liters of fuel every 100 kilometers….

Street Legal Ford GT does 0-310.8 MPH in 1 MILE!

 

[Mikig]

Street Legal Ford GT does 0-310.8 MPH in 1 MILE!

amazing!!!. The car is fantastic, the noise gives you goosebumps….an airplane!!!

 

[Mikig]

Street Legal Ford GT does 0-310.8 MPH in 1 MILE!

I don't know how to share a video but if you go on YouTube search
POV: Novitec Ferrari 812 GTS N-Largo
so much stuff....