I will roll over to 156k probably tuesday with my cavalier

 

I'll be curious to see how many miles I eventually get out of this car. Logic would say these things run pretty reliably up to around the 175,000-mile range, but I'm not sure how much the age of the vehicle will eventually affect this for me. If I made it that far I'd be pretty dang happy, since that would put me out another 6-7 years from now based on how many work miles I generally put on a vehicle in a given year.

Using the current IRS reimbursement rate of 56-cents per mile, that means this car would put a little over $75,000.00 of mileage money into my pocket -- not a bad return on investment for a $3000.00 car, even if I have to put a few repairs into it over the years! With any luck, this thing will be a "cash cow" that funds at least one more "fun" car for me to play with in retirement......

 

Finished helping my friend change his spark plugs in his Ram 4.7L. It wasn't too bad at all. But seeing how burnt and dirty they were after only 40k makes me want to change mine (I just rolled over 35k).

Coy, which plugs did you go with when you changed yours?

 

Motorcraft Sp534's.. Oreillys has them for 3 bucks a pop.. Ford is now recommending .028 on the gap.. I did mine at .030 and it runs great.

 

Gotcha, thanks. Probably gonna do it this week.

 

Good Luck on the Coils.. Mine were ON THERE.. Took me longer to get the coils off then it did the plugs.. Also on the driverside left on rear plug you have to pull that rubber insulation piece off and disconnect the connector on the HPFP to safely get to the plug.

 

Yeah I was afraid of that. The coils are always a pain. The ones on the Ram today were surprisingly cooperative. I'll just use some dielectric grease when I put them back on so hopefully it won't stick the next time. Hey, at least there's 2 less plugs to worry about

 

 

Getting colder.....sub zeros to negatives by tonight

 

Yeah -- noticed that it dropped below freezing last night here in San Antonio! I hope the twelvie of Diet Pepsi I left in the car didn't freeze.....lol

 

How do you drink that stuff?

 

I don't know how people drink soda in general... stopped drinking it close to 10 years ago. Have less than 5 a year.

 

I always have cans of ginger ale in the fridge. I cook with it, mix it with Jim Beam on occasion, and if I have a soda craving it does the job. Other than that, I hardly ever drink sodas. Mostly water, beer, and sweet tea

 

Usually doesn't freeze until around 20*....

 

Linch....