u/Forward-Rice3280

I’m looking at a used car that has “stayed in the dealership family” its entire existence. I have some questions about vaguely worded maintenance on its carfax. I’m familiar with and have worked on this type of car a lot. would it be out of the question for me to speak with someone from the service end when I go there? I’m sure there’s tons of people in sales that understand the mechanical end but that hasn’t been my experience.

so im always chasing something thats hurting performance. clogged pcv, dirty injectors etc. problem always manifests the same when it comes, no power up hills, clogged reaction after red lights. none of my normal tricks worked this time so I said what the hell and did an early oil change (1500miles) and mixed in some 5w30 with the 0w20. cars driving great now so I’m guessing I freed up some sludge. my question is should I pre empt this and do a few more early changes to try to flush it out? it’s a Subaru so it’s super easy, I don’t even lift the car.

2014 forester 2.5 273k miles

I’m really liking alot of the 2024‘s im seeing, especially the price if I’m being honest. however im horrified at the idea of the oil cooler issues they can have. leaking? fine I can fix that, wouldn’t be thrilled about it, but the idea of the fluids going where they should’nt sounds like an expensive problem. has anyone been through this? is the problem over blown by the Honda/toyota glazing community?

I know professionals on Reddit seem to hate these posts. has anyone here pursued their pharmd later in life? example: im a middle aged river boat captain. no higher education besides messing around at community college almost twenty years ago. so I’d be starting out with pre reqs at the community college and attempting to transfer to a local university that has a good six year program. I love my job but im looking for a little more consistency in the nature of my work. half the days are akin to driving a semi truck full of dynamite on ice, and the ice is moving. when my wife was getting her masters(fnp) I looooved hearing about her pharmacology classes. so yeah I’m here to cherry pick stories for motivation to see if anyone else started from a blank slate at nearly 40?

I take cbd. broad spectrum not full spectrum. I check third party lab reports on ever bottle I buy. however i have a drug test coming up so I bought some tests and they show positive! doesn’t anyone have any similar experience? I’m hoping and praying it will leave my system entirely in the three days I have until the test based on how entirely fucking small the concentration has to be on what I ingested. it’s frustrating not even having gotten high and still possibly going to fail the test!