Recent content by rherrco

I bought a winch several years back, in case I aver got stuck somewhere off road. Todate, I’ve only used it a couple of times, but only to pull out tree stumps in the yard.

Wheels look too good to take off roading.

Back in the nineties, we had a fourth kid on the way. Our vehicle choices then were pretty much minivans, which were not appealing to us. I recall resigning myself to that fate when I went out to look at a few Chrysler products. The salesman suggested I take home a used 80 LC and show my wife...

Oil and filter change schedules are something I try to adhere to with few exceptions. However, I’ve got no idea how fast oil degrades under severe load or heat environments, vs cruising along an interstate under light loads all day. Does oil get dirty on dusty trails? How dirty? Risk of blowing...

I doubt the filter needed changing unless you put a POS filter in to begin with. But that leads me to wonder how hard it would be to have a sensor that monitors oil and filter condition, not just mileage.

Somewhat off the beaten path, eh?

That fits my recollection. Thanks.

At mile high altitude 91 octane is about the highest available. I wasn’t paying much attention to what I was pumping, but it sure got my attention after awhile on the mpg meter.

Looks normal from the street. There were a lot of bars (11) that came with the Prinsu rack, I got down to three, but add more as an upcoming trip with roof loads require. 6-8 usually all that I need.

After I tore up my stock rack on Elephant Hill a few years ago, I put a Prinsu on. Mileage did suffer, but I found removing most of the cross bars helped with the mpg. The problem with the stock rack is that it doesn’t carry much gear. Many years ago I drove my BMW 2002 out to Portland from NYC...

Last year I was headed back from the SW part of the state and found a gas station on HWY 24, selling ethanol free gasoline. I filled up, and my MPG averaged over 20 by the time I got home, mostly I-25 but heavy traffic. With 33 Falken AT tires and a roof rack, that was about 4 mpg better than I...

No concern for paint damage from gravel?

FMEA ( Failure Mode And Effects Analysis )