Recent content by zooom

RE: use of oil stabilizer.... Oil by itself is a pretty stable chemical substance. In fact oil has been "around" since the age of dinosaurs..... What do you think Lucas oil "stabilizer" is going to do for your oil then? One thing is for sure: it will DE-stabilize [i.e., lighten] your...

I have a MH and would like to occasionally tow my 2010 T4R along for the "ride". The manual does not completely address the subject of long distance towing, but alludes to "emergency towing" when necessary. Generally, most AT equipped vehicles are not towable [4-down] unless equipped with some...

RE: oil change interval.... I would say that I'm also old school towards car servicing, but I waited until ~ 11 months & barely 9980 miles before my first oil change. I was very pleased with the appearance of both the drained oil & filter cartridge. No metallic residue & the oil looked like...

RE:city mileage Gotta be light on the pedal to get good mileage, as well as timing the traffic lights. We live in FL for ~7mo & the terrain is pretty flat too. Rest of the time is in PA which has more hills. Avg in PA is closer to 18....

Gentle sidebar.... Shucks! You finally let the cat outta the bag! It's ALWAYS been an old mechanic's trick to move/adjust the drivers seat whenever a vehicle is brought in for service. Used to be taught in trade school about how gullible most folks are [especially when it comes to servicing...

XM renewal.... Just renewed [or extended?] my XM reception yesterday at the "promotional" rate of $77 + $11.78 in Royalty fees/yr. for the next 3 years. Generally followed the forum advice with the XM representative [i.e., acted like a dumb but mellow "potential" subscriber] and simply asked...