Patrick...total agreement with every one of your posts on this thread...asspecially the point about us falling apart before these overbuilt basturds will.
I drive it periodically throughout the year...lucky enough to turn left off our street onto a big straight two lane for about 10 miles that takes me into the lower Kings Canyon to warm up the Avons as the road follows the river for another 7 miles...turn around before the dam and come back...30-40 minutes. If it's a bit cold and misty...so much the better. The Fresno heat drops below triple digits most evenings when I get home and run it...better than a stiff drink for clearing out one's head and warming the oil (also rarely above 95C).
I wash/Windex the car and change the oil once a year...only the green stuff (Brad Penn) for the flat tappets (as God intended) and Moroso filters. Every two years, I drain the water and put some back in with a bottle of Water Wetter.
KISS. Folks tend to fiddle with these things too much IMHO...I'd rather drive the hell out of it.
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