trinacriabob

Hey, you guys know how fanatical I am about prevent(at)ive maintenance. The Regal is a few days away from 260,000 miles (422,396 km), all of which are MINE! I got there by changing to oil anywhere from every 2,000 to 2,500 miles. At any rate, here's my question: Would you defer, or not do, a minor tune-up (spark plugs and having it scoped) and trans fluid change at this point? Last tune-up was 211,000. Last trans fluid was 222,000. If I did both near 260,000, I should theoretically go to 300,000 within the next scheduled interval. However, I am still getting excellent gas mileage (high 20s on the freeway) and shifts are smooth and detectable (sort of unchanged) and fluid is still pink. Would you postpone these service items or just go ahead and do them in the next couple of months? If I make it to 300,000, I will definitely be getting rid of it at that point. Your advice?

Echoing what everyone else is saying, that's the first place I'd start...that a cooler line (trans to radiator to keep the tranny fluid cool) went and then I would be looking at the pan itself (for a gasket or other point of seepage). However, since I look at the area under my car virtually every day when I pull out, any time I see gold/pink/green/whatever, I immediately start looking for the area it's coming from. But if it went that fast, start by tracing tranny-to-radiator, not knowing what kind of car you have.

Columbia

Vancouver

Nothing....

Scanning the homepage, it appears to be Z-06's birthday (smallchevy, I think, before name changing became popular). It's also jsurenko's birthday...who filled out the info sheet one fine day and never posted. So, to Z-06, happy birthday!

Utah (the Beehive State, among other...ahem...things)

Yes...and no. Very Bronx Like moltie said, for me, no breakfast = big headache.

tacky

frightening

roller coaster

Cleveland

no comment

cotton candy

*palms sweating* Vegas, and its food, sounds great! Mangia, mangia...you ought to know what that means...LOL. I also have my vacations kind of planned by day, with enough "slush" in the schedule to not make it that rigid. Wow, when I crave a domestic trip in North America, it tends to be the Florida Panhandle, the Southeast Atlantic coast or Eastern Canada. Have a great time!

Oatmeal, plain, with cut-up strawberries or packaged cran-raisins or boxed tropical fruit mix Banana Pomegranate or cherry juice (to ward off gout...it's been documented to work) Tea at work during the day, except during summer

Venice Carnival

double-ply

NO

+ 1 The G8 alludes to *that other car* in spirit. It doesn't take much to figure out it's a Pontiac yet, even standing still, it looks assertive. What a great car the G8 is/was. I saw a base one in silver tonight. Nice.

It's as all their strides "forward" are cancelled by wheel covers as standard. Unbelievable.

Californian

Happy belated birthday

Cherokee

Our pets come up every now and then. More people here discuss dogs. I love dogs too. I am indifferent to cats for the most part; however, about 1 year ago when I lived in another neighborhood, there was a cat that practically greeted me outside my car when I pulled up from work and then came and hung out in my living room for about 2 or 3 hours before returning to his owner. He was well-fed. He didn't want food. He had a spot on the sofa he liked and sat there and purred.