dave1949
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Dave, I wonder if the new Subaru wouldn't be better off on dino oil for the first 25K miles or so before switching to synthetic? I've heard that synthetic can delay break in, especially of the piston rings. Then again maybe that's no longer a problem with modern engines, but that Consumer Reports article about excessive oil use would indicate that it is.
Might treat myself to lunch there, but I won't be taking in any movies. There's only one theater, and earlier in the week the staff there called the police when they noticed odd behavior from a patron carrying a large back pack. When officers searched the pack they found a loaded .45 caliber pistol and a box of ammo. The lame excuse recounted on the news was that the man was worried about losing the pistol to theft, so brought it with him to the theater, on two successive days. The cartridge found under his seat after the first visit for some reason triggered staff's initial suspicion, but it was the bag that won them over the second day. After searching the man's car and house and confiscating his pistol and computer, he was set free with a misdemeanor citation for carrying a loaded firearm. All of which could have been avoided with proper gun storage habits or a bit of training and a concealed carry permit. But since he's still on the loose, and until convicted is fully capable of purchasing another firearm, I think I'll stick to the DVD player for the foreseeable future.
Man who brought gun to movie theater booked, released | Local News - Home
Have a good one, folks!
I have no clue about the oil issue. I did something on the Subaru I have never done before, bought a 10 year extended warranty. Probably a waste but we tend to keep our vehicles longer now that we aren't commuting to work. So, I'll let Subaru worry about the oil. The manual says they consider 1250 miles per quart to be acceptable. Well, that's a lot by modern standards I think.
It seems like movie theaters are the place to be for crazies these days. We have a lot of mentally ill and quite irrational people loose in this country and I think they feed off the emotions that surround some issues. Maybe the percentage of people on the edge is not different than in the past, but there are more of them by numbers populating a finite space and more exposed via the internet. That's my theory.