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I haven't really driven it yet... it is sitting in the driveway leaking oil from the valve cover at the moment. I drove it home and that has been it. I just picked it up Saturday and will start working on it tonight or tomorrow.
I drive about 20-25 miles a day typically.
As far as the wasting oil thing is concerned... the reason for the aggressive oil change schedule is due to the fact that I don't think the car was maintained very well and the engine flush things can sometimes do more harm than good on elderly engines. I have GTX 5W-30 in front of me now that I got on special and will likely do Synthetic Blend on the next one. These will do for my baseline tests.
I figure I will have a good idea of Phase 1 within two weeks of starting. The others will take longer due to the fact that I would want to give them more time.
I don't think I will be doing too many crazy mechanical mods to this car as I have a Mustang Cobra and a Mazdaspeed Protege also... This one is a hopefully drive to work car that will get better MPG than the MSP or at least be able to use cheaper gas at the minimum...
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