Recent content by Porfeo

Yeah. Personally I think the last one looked cleaner. This seems to be too cramped together.

Sorry for the noobish question, but are you supposed to check the oil level on this car when it is warmed up? I have always checked it alongside my tire pressure in the morning when it is bone cold.

Not to threadjack, but what are the bulb sizes needed for the HID Conversion?

Thanks for the advice guys! I do realize two months isn't an incredibly long amount of time, however I do like to take care of the car as best as possible.

Hey guys, this Sunday I leave on a two month long trip with my whole family. I wanted to know what is the best way to store the car, and what I should do before I go to make sure the car is in top shape when I return. I know the basics, like not leaving the handbrake on since it will stick...

Yeah, I do realize that the A/C compressor is driven by the belts connected to the motor. However I never realized how much this drag seems to affect the performance of the car. Is it becuase of the small engine? On my last car (2.5l 6 cyl BMW) you did feel some power loss but not at this level.

Hey, I'm normally a windows-down kind of guy. I love the feeling of the wind rushing in and also appreciate the extra sonary input that is blocked out when the windows are up. However it reached 106 here in northern Mexico today, so I yielded to my sweaty back and turned the A/C on. I hadn't...

Yeah. I also noticed yesterday while I was cleaning my engine bay that I didn't receive a speed cap. FTL

Yeah, It's not good to let the fuel run too low as all the contaminants are denser and therefore fall to the bottom of the gas tank. When you let it fall that low all this junk is forced through the pump, which isn't very good for it. Second (I could be wrong here but it was the case in my old...

Thanks man! Good to know for future reference. By the way, is it just me does the fuel meter fall waaaay faster in the last 1/4 tank?