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I'm pretty sure that the 6-month rule is aimed primarily at people that don't take their car to the track. Those owners are most likely aware of that the oil can take a beating from hard use. In contrast, the owners who drive a few miles to a car show once a week, maybe cold start the car at...

My reason for the early (generally at 500-1,000 miles) fluid changes is to get the break-in crap out of there. Most all vehicles have somewhat dismal oil analysis results on their first oil, and the magnetic plugs can pick up quite a bit of ferrous particles in the beginning. Dealers don't...

Two problems. They haven't produced enough of them to cover a day's worth of border crossers. Secondly, he has no idea how to exit a stage, except the wrong way.

These days the engine probably doesn't need much cuddling, but there are parts behind it that could use some. You only get one chance at breaking in the gears correctly and judging by the somewhat common complaints about noisy diffs, few people do that correctly (not even taking into account...

Well, I kinda was. Bought a heavily optioned (all but a sunroof) used Durango after the Hornets came out. Yes, it has over 90,000 miles on it, but cost less than a new (discounted) Hornet and will likely last longer. Plus, not being seen in a Hornet is priceless.

A couple of months ago I came across a dealer that was selling V6 Challengers for $21K, and an extra $1,500 for the AWD version. I didn't buy one of those, so why on earth would I be interested in a homely Hornet??

Look at the build sheet. A window sticker can't list everything, and things like that are usually part of a package.

I'd have to disable the GPS feature. If something happens I sure wouldn't want anyone to be able to see the speeds before the event.

Of course not. It's hot there, so they built it at night.

Haven't got around to check it, but it feels like there's a little bit of toe-out, based on how the car reacts at turn-in.

Not many miles (unfortunately), there's only around 6K on them. They're timed out I think, being from '18. But I'm impressed that the shoulders on the front still look very good. They've taken some abuse.

I dunno. Still on my first set, which will be replaced in the spring because they're getting old.

Meh. I don't really use my brakes, so no need to make them as effective as possible.

I think he is the original owner. And buying a multi-door, also slightly warped.

And on the news they said that the media claims that the market is down.

Yeah, I left kinda late. It's been in the teens at night lately, but not single digits yet. I really like fall since it doesn't get hot during the day. It's been quite nice (highs in the mid 60s or less), but now it looks like snow until Saturday. Still, that sure beats it being hot.

Now that it finally has cooled down, the other day I turned the heater on in the new to me Durango since it was about 25 outside. Warm on the left side, cool on the left. Close enough - I'm sure the heated steering wheel still works.

Hmm. And here I bought Challenger tips (very affordable take-offs) for my Trackhawk.

Don't forget to spray some tire goop on the new tires when they're installed, with some ending up on the rotors. I hear that really helps with brake performance.

Yeah, some of that leftover paperwork is pretty interesting. That car was the only one I ever got with all the plastic still in place, but more importantly, it was also the only one (out of at least a dozen) that all the fluid levels were correct in. For whatever reason, especially the rear...