... Dear Lord. I froze on the spot, mouth agape, when it started. That is one of the most glorious things I have EVER heard.

Yeah, I’ve done repairs and mods on my rentals as well, so I agree that some are feasible. I replaced a leaky bathroom faucet on the landlord’s dime and with his permission in that house; and in the apartment I later rented, I installed my own smart HVAC thermostat and then just swapped it back out with the original…

One upshot of home ownership versus renting is that you *can* fix things yourself that your landlord might want to limp along, and you can also renovate or modify to your heart’s content. It’s yours!

I hope they give that thing a really deep cleaning after running it through all that salt water!

JimZ is correct. The original poster states that what matters is *flow rate*. JimZ is correctly pointing out that that is not the case. The oil pump in your car pumps the same amount of oil whether it's hot or cold (small changes in density with temperature notwithstanding). Oil *pressure* certainly varies based upon…

JimZ is correct. The original poster states that what matters is *flow rate*. JimZ is correctly pointing out that that is not the case. The oil pump in your car pumps the same amount of oil whether it's hot or cold (small changes in density with temperature notwithstanding). Oil *pressure* certainly varies based…

It's actually OPEC purposefully depressing the price to try to make shale oil production unprofitable for US producers. It's literally a price war between the US and OPEC.

Bingo/agreed. A GT-R is a hard car to learn on. I switched from driving my heavily modified G8 GXP to a stock Focus ST on track. The Focus, with its lower power and stock suspension, is a MUCH better learner both because it so very tangibly moves - and is thus great for practicing intentionally moving the weight…