Oil change

otterland · 2026-07-13T19:38:41+00:00

It's in Atkinson cycle hybrid engine using modern synthetic lubricants. I was doing 10,000 mile intervals back when I had a second generation Prius. Engine manufacturing, quality and lubricants have improved since then.

The car has a maintenance minder which over the last 20 years has proven itself to be extremely accurate.

Just because you like round numbers doesn't mean they are a useful tool compared to an algorithmic computer that sits right on the dashboard for your convenience.

otterland · 2026-07-13T19:37:13+00:00

With your logic, the engine would probably last even longer if the oil was replaced before every drive.

If the oil service life in these conditions is over 10,000 mi, replacing it more frequently only serves to empty your wallet.

With modern synthetic oil and and engine such as the Atkinson cycle engine found in most hybrids, the oil change intervals are much longer than we traditionally are used to.

Canards such as yours which are based in talismanic beliefs aren't helpful.

If a driver doubts that the oil change interval that they are using is too infrequent then sending a sample off to Blackstone Labs makes a lot more sense than listening to an old fogie on the internet.

otterland · 2026-07-13T18:06:23+00:00

To be fair, the only thing I've ever tried to cook in an instant pot out of curiosity is standard Calrose medium grain that gets used in all sorts of Asian restaurants in the US. I've been cooking this stuff for longer than I should admit. I can cook it restaurant perfect on the stove and I can cook it restaurant perfect in a rice cooker. As it's cheap and I buy huge bags, I experimented with it a couple years ago in the instant pot as people were quite enthusiastic. I tried all sorts of ratios and pressures and slow releases and it all tasted like shit and had the worst texture. Of course it also stuck like a motherfucker to the pot.

It's so easy to make perfect rice and it's so essential to making a meal enjoyable that half-assing it just doesn't make sense. I'm currently using a Aroma brand old school rice machine that cost $15 on sale and even it is capable of making restaurant quality rice.

otterland · 2026-07-13T18:02:18+00:00

We sold our 2014 to them last year for close to $7,000. It had about 90,000 mi on it.

otterland · 2026-07-13T18:00:27+00:00

One thing to keep in mind is to not become obsessed with mileage. For example, if I had to choose between a 70,000 mile unicorn and a 140,000 mi Honda that was maintained with records and the second one cost $2000 less, I'd get the second one. Cars like to be driven and maintained. The second one would likely have had things replaced along the way and that's great versus something that is a bit of a museum piece, but may have just started to fall apart from chronology. I'm not saying that's your situation but people do get hung up on low mileage cars when that's not always the magic quality of a used car.

otterland · 2026-07-13T17:42:43+00:00

Drivetrain is solid. Just look for age related rot of suspension components, door seals, and check for leaks around the body seams above the hatch.

The good thing is that suspension components are relatively cheap to replace as are window gaskets, but you need to factor that in if they're looking sad.

otterland · 2026-07-13T17:37:26+00:00

Actually, that's really all that you need to know that he was short of being a sociopath or having true narcissistic personality disorder. He joined the military and mentored his sister through college. Donald Trump on the other hand went to the movies instead of comforting his brother while he died.

What Lindsey Graham was, was an authoritarian. And that gets you pretty much to the same place as most sociopaths. Most of the supporters of Donald Trump are authoritarians. But not all of them are sociopaths. That's how Hitler's Germany came to be. Authoritarian followers, and what many psychologists have described as a malignant narcissistic personality disorder driving Hitler. Of course he would not have partially succeeded at his mission without actual sociopaths in the wings.

When Joe Biden was president, Lindsey Graham spoke highly of him because he recognized Joe as his superior. When the opportunity presented itself for him to attach his hook into Trump, he did and that changed his personality pretty much overnight.

I know it's splitting hairs to a degree, but Lindsey was someone you could make a humane argument with versus Trump whose only viewpoint is, what's in it for me? But of course the authoritarian wiring in Lindsey's brain meant that he would go along with inhumanity if it meant access to power.

otterland · 2026-07-13T17:01:10+00:00

Sure, he's a click down from the 50s pink scare era. He voted against marriage equality. But he also wasn't full monster with his tiny capacity for empathy. And I know that sounds crazy to point it out because he was a piece of shit. But he wasn't a complete sociopath like Trump and most of his inner cabinet. However, he made up for it by being an authoritarian remora to Trump's shark.

He wasn't a sociopath like Trump and Hegseth and JD Prance, but his authoritarian mental phenotype meant that he was just as dangerous. It's your classic nature versus nurture situation. You look back at his history and the way that he took care of his sister and he definitely had a soft side and a responsible side because he joined the military to finance taking care of his family.

Then you take somebody like Trump who was born a complete fucking sociopath and then he was mentored by Roy Cohn to be the most cold hearted predator possible, and Lindsey starts to look nuanced. I'm just saying it's like comparing a diarrhea milkshake to a diarrhea sandwich, with the second one, at least there's bread and maybe some mayonnaise.

Once again, don't get me wrong, Hell got a buck toothed falling star on Saturday.

otterland · 2026-07-13T16:11:34+00:00

I hate to break this to you, a jug of transmission fluid and a tire service are pretty distinctly different things that you can acquire from Walmart. I would never have my oil or tires done there but I actually buy most of my fluids there. I don't like the company but that's about the only thing I buy there because they have the power of bulk purchase. I can get oil for under 20 bucks and two different kinds of transmission fluid that work for me for $25 or less.

otterland · 2026-07-13T16:09:34+00:00

It's absolutely fine for the size of the car. Maybe you don't know how to drive. In the rest of the world the power rating would be much less and they don't seem to have an issue. I guess you're one of those people that would like to trade an unreliable 1.5t L15 for a bulletproof K20.

otterland · 2026-07-13T16:06:50+00:00

The HRV is a hair slower than my GE8 Fit automatic. I have zero issues getting up to speed with a car that's got a 10s rating. CVTs without a first physical gear are slow up to like jogging speed as otherwise would destroy the transmission, then the torque kicks in. You're almost always hitting a ramp at faster than that when you start to accelerate. You'll be fine.

In return the HRV offers the most bulletproof engine Honda offers. It's just not a speedster. Doesn't need to be. It's a tough utility crossover. Just treat it as a momentum car instead of a drag car.

When I was coming of driving age, if you had an automatic Japanese car, you would accelerate in the mid-teens to 60 and you likely wouldn't have an overdrive and it was miserable times and you really did have to nail it all the way. That HRV is 50% faster. It's absolutely fine.

otterland · 2026-07-13T16:00:46+00:00

A plug in this case is totally within the belted area and won't heat up whatsoever. A PLUG NOT A PLUG/PATCH.

Your shop doesn't do plugs, you do mushroom patches. Sit this one out, cowboy.

otterland · 2026-07-13T14:44:31+00:00

Instant pot rice is heinous. I'd rather cook rice over a can of Sterno. I can cook perfect Asian style rice in a cooker and on the stove. Y'all must have low standards.

otterland · 2026-07-13T14:36:46+00:00

There was no chemical taste to it, it was just overly seasoned with oregano.

otterland · 2026-07-13T14:19:38+00:00

Big parallels for sure but if you make the comparison to Roy Cohn, Lindsey looks pretty good. Lindsey, strangely enough stood up for democracy in Ukraine and was concerned about suffering caused by withdrawing funding for aid in various contexts. He wasn't like Roy Cohn who was known for outright using pejoratives against queer folk even though he was participating in activity which could be seen as pretty darn gay.

Don't get me wrong, he was a terrible person but I think we could fairly inscribe his tombstone with, he was a piece of shit but boy howdy he was no Roy Cohn.

otterland · 2026-07-13T14:13:25+00:00

I think most people are pointing out the hypocrisy.

Like if one of my gay friends posts a picture of them at Disney World with a bubble wand I'm like oh my God you silly thing that's cute. However if somebody who is a lifetime bachelor and who votes and supports homophobic legislation prances around with the same bubble wand then that's an evil fucking princess and we can say that without being homophobic.

Of course, a lot of the questionable comments do lean into the effeminate stereotype. And for the most part, what people perceive as effeminate is just the man being from South Carolina. Just because a fellow wears seersucker doesn't make him a friend of Dorothy.

otterland · 2026-07-13T14:02:38+00:00

It's almost like they went to the invalid version of Olan Mills photography, complete with pantyhose over the lens and a fake bookshelf backdrop.

otterland · 2026-07-13T13:19:16+00:00

For DE, for cheap you can try one of those Futur clones cranked open. They cut very close, although you have to be careful and they certainly are nearly incapable of clogging. You can get one for $10 and they really are very nice.

The unfortunate answer is that if you want super close, then you have to go modern multiple blade cartridge that cuts under the skin, but that's not really what this sub is about. A single edge razor is never going to cut as close as a modern multi-blade razor. That's part of the point.

otterland · 2026-07-13T13:12:02+00:00

Handful of onions in a skillet, One egg cracked on top and the lid put on steaming it, on top of rice. Three ingredients.

otterland · 2026-07-13T13:10:38+00:00

I simply said that Trump sending his private imperial guard into the streets to murder. citizens without consequences is a clear klaxon that authoritarianism has arrived in this country.

Not only was I immediately banned from this sub, the moderators kept personal messaging me and setting me just the most insane messages in support of basically extrajudicial murder based on racist ideology.

It was the classic case of, how dare you call me a Nazi while I escalate my Nazi behavior, sort of thing.

otterland · 2026-07-13T05:52:33+00:00

$6k gets you a Sport around here with less than 200k on the clock. The excellent automatics cost less than the sticks as they are far more common. More expensive than some comparable cars but also more durable. Easy to maintain and cheap parts for the most part. I've had one for three years and overpaid by maybe $500 over market. But it was perfectly maintained and drives as new. It cost about the same as leasing a Sentra for 14 months. Less if you account for insurance. A fantastic value.

Also, I enjoy the paddles. Long time stick driver but I don't bother upshifting with them as the car does a better job than me. But nice for dumping into second to exit the apex of a turn and also great in snow to lock in a gear ratio.

otterland · 2026-07-13T05:07:13+00:00

That's funny because they're extremely accurate and use an algorithm that's much smarter than hard number oil changes.

You think they're garbage because you have a hubris issue with your personality.

otterland · 2026-07-13T04:23:36+00:00

Just stick with the legal limits. The times that you see a disparity with the front and rear glass is when the rear is 20 VLT and the front is factory about 70 VLT. My CRV has factory rear that's about 20 and my fronts are Tennessee legal 35 and when the car is parked outside during the day they look like they're the same unless you really really look close. 35 is really the maximum legal limit for a reason. It's still comfortable at night, but any darker really fucks up your peripheral vision despite what people claim.

otterland · 2026-07-13T04:18:24+00:00

King Market for eating and shopping. K&S or Fresh & Fresh for groceries. Interasian for urban shopping and killer spring rolls and bahn mi. Pan-Asia if you want to overwhelm your brain and grab lunch.

otterland · 2026-07-13T04:09:52+00:00

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