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Old 05-19-2016, 02:18 PM   #21
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The answer to the question where I live, is Southern east Florida. Coral Springs. Daily commute to Boca Raton to work. And talk about bad drivers, rain or not. But I will say most of them are mindful, and give me the latitude I need. And it seems the more I drive, the better it runs. Not quite sure how many miles you can get out of a stock built engine, but I plan on finding out. And while maintenance and upkeep are a bit more than previous cars I have owned, I do enjoy doing the work.
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Old 05-19-2016, 02:28 PM   #22
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The answer to the question where I live, is Southern east Florida. Coral Springs. Daily commute to Boca Raton to work. And talk about bad drivers, rain or not. But I will say most of them are mindful, and give me the latitude I need. And it seems the more I drive, the better it runs. Not quite sure how many miles you can get out of a stock built engine, but I plan on finding out. And while maintenance and upkeep are a bit more than previous cars I have owned, I do enjoy doing the work.
I am just down the road the road in Pembroke Pines.

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With modern oil, you don't have to change it every 500 miles . Check it for how dark it is and that's when it's needed to be changed.
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Welcome aboard x3. Drivers are the way to go, leaving tomorrow for a round trip of some 60 miles, weather permitting. Right on with oil change at 500. WELCOME...
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I drive my cars a combined total of about 2000 miles per year. I don't like to drive them in the rain (and it rains a lot in Portland), not because I don't want them to get wet, but because many drivers are new to Oregon and don't know how to drive in the rain, especially in the fall.

I am becoming even more cautious, though, because in the last five years or so we have had something like a 20% increase in population in the greater Porland area, and there is a corresponding increase in traffic, of course. And even in the city people are driving too fast. The only accident I have been involved in in my Model A in over 50 years was caused by a fool coming around a corner too fast in his zoomcar and hitting my coupe.
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