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#21754 of 31413 Re: [locke2c] by fibber2 Aug 10, 2004 (1:43 pm)
Replying to: locke2c (Aug 10, 2004 5:06 am) No, nothing quite that interesting or clandestine. Just typical big company politics. I have been working on a special assignment since March to bring in a new diagnostics tool (several $M), and everyone drags their feet until I take 2 weeks vacation. Then it becomes "can you go right now"? So being the good trooper, I spent the last few days of vacation planning, then flew on Sunday. Already asked for a partial 'do over' on vacation... Flew into Amsterdam, then drove down to Eindhoven. Last years Ford Focus from Hertz - nothing exciting... But great cars abound! One of the other participants got an A-class Mercedes. Kind of funky, but functional. Bridge Too Far dealt with Arnhem, which was a bit West of my drive. But you can see the mass destruction all around. I am staying in Eindhoven city center and was expecting to be blown away by the architecture. Unfortunately, there is very little "old world" left here - victim, I can only imagine, of probably some pretty fierce street fighting. Steve
#21755 of 31413 by locke2c Aug 10, 2004 (1:44 pm)
Dennis, what was your coolant temp? I've used both 5w30 and 10w30 M1 and honestly there isn't a great deal of difference between them when you look at the product spec sheet on their website. in other words, I doubt M1 5w30 was your FXT's problem. ~c Replies to this message: bluesubie (Aug 11, 2004 5:58 am) locke2c (Aug 11, 2004 6:45 am) bluesubie (Aug 11, 2004 9:51 am)
#21756 of 31413 by locke2c Aug 10, 2004 (1:51 pm)
actually the 9 bridges began in Eindhoven and concluded with Nijmegen since they never made it into Arnhem. as I said it's one of my favorites. hopefully you'll have some time to look around! ~c
#21757 of 31413 by kens Aug 10, 2004 (2:25 pm)
I thought the "30" designation indicates that the two flow the same at a given "hot" temperature. Nijmegen -- I've been there once for business. Man, that was like 10 years ago. Ken
#21758 of 31413 Well - Juices posts were toadally entertaining! by subaru_team Aug 10, 2004 (4:15 pm)
I had to read back to get to them with that lead up! Yeah - I thought I should get in touch with some of the crew when I was in Baltimore. Unfortunately, I didn't have my laptop (in for a fix) nor my phone book to look anyone up! But - the sessions I attended at the Univ. of Maryland - Baltimore County, were great so I may be going back soon. The vendor that talks about telephone call center technology holds a lot of sessions there, so.... Patti Replies to this message: rsholland (Aug 10, 2004 7:44 pm)
#21759 of 31413 Re: Well - Juices posts were toadally entertaining! [subaru_team] by rsholland Aug 10, 2004 (7:44 pm)
Replying to: subaru_team (Aug 10, 2004 4:15 pm) But - the sessions I attended at the Univ. of Maryland - Baltimore County, were great so I may be going back soon. UMBC is about 20 minutes from where I live. My son is taking classes there in Psychology to prepare himself for entering grad school. Bob
#21760 of 31413 by ateixeira Aug 11, 2004 (5:27 am)
UM is my alma mater, though I went to the College Park campus. Fear the Turtle! :o) -juice
#21761 of 31413 Re: oil [locke2c] by bluesubie Aug 11, 2004 (5:58 am)
Replying to: locke2c (Aug 10, 2004 1:44 pm) The car had been sitting all day that day and the day before, and I tried starting it at around 5:00 p.m. It sounded completely dry. The thickness of 10W30 40C is 62 cSt, vs 50 on the 5W30. I think the temp chart in the manual shows 100F or so as being the max temp for 5W30. It hasn't happened since. -Dennis Replies to this message: locke2c (Aug 11, 2004 6:45 am) bluesubie (Aug 11, 2004 9:51 am)
#21762 of 31413 Back from the Island by damish003 Aug 11, 2004 (6:02 am)
Long Island, that is. 5 days, just about 1000 miles. I've been getting around with a massively herniated lower back disk for over a month, with surgery scheduled for next Monday, so it was a good test of the cars overall comfort for that kind of mileage. Put in a good lumbar pillow and a bit of extra padding...worked out fine, with a stop to stretch every hour or so. Love that car. Fun trip. Didn't get to Bob's suggestion of T. Roosevelts house...just didn't have the time, unfortunately. Had a time getting across the G. Washington Bridge and flying over the Cross Bronx. Not sure how people that live there do that every day. My wife was a white-knuckle passenger on the Cross Bronx, while I just took up a somewhat more aggressive driving stance and hoped no one would clip me. Wild driving out there, that's for sure. Hope everyone had a good week. Lots of messages and mail to catch up on. -Dan-
#21763 of 31413 by ateixeira Aug 11, 2004 (6:07 am)
Dan: drove the same roads a couple of weeks ago returning from CT. Same experience. I made sure I had a full tank of gas and snacks in the car for the kids, because I didn't want to stop there. -juice