2011 Rav4 Alignment

Alignment checked out by SPS – pretty much spot on from the dealer, so decided to leave it as is. Guess the dealership was telling the truth when they said they aligned the car after installing new tires.

2011 Rav4 – Weathertech Mats

First maintenance/modification up for the new Rav4 – Weathertech mats! Whoever owned the car previously and traded it into the dealer must have felt they needed to take the mats with them, so I ended up with none. Sadly the dealer didn’t provide any either, and after scanning the web for a wide range of…

Continental TrueContact 185/65-15 (Mini)

Continental TrueContact 185/65-15 (Mini, 11/2015-current): Initial impressions of this tire are very good. Main purpose was to use as a daily cruiser and highway tire for trips. This will play especially key in next year, as the RE71Rs truly disintegrate it seems. They are much narrower than what I’ve been running, so there is a…

Evo UOA #3

For whatever reason this got published before my other oil sample I sent out did. 148 miles, 3 20 minute track sessions on it. Looks pretty darn good, I thought track would cause more wear but I guess not. For all it’s 300hp turbocharged madness, happy to see how little the wear is. I even…

Evo UOA #2

Unfortunately noticed a bit more wear on this run than I would have liked, though as I understand it these are marginal increase at best. Not only that, but the run I am comparing it to, I did fill and drain a little thinking I was low on oil – I was not at the…

Kumho Ecsta PA31 185/55-16 (Fit)

Kumho Ecsta PA31 185/55-16 (Fit, 10/2015-1/2016) Got the Fit new tires for the upcoming winter season — there was a mismatch of tires (Yoko Avid Ascends and Dunlop Sport 7000’s) on the car and I wanted one, new set to last for daily driving and the snow. Due to the relatively odd size of the…

Evo’s First UOA

Got the results from the Evo’s first UOA, attached below. Overall looks pretty good! Obviously no major problems here, and I’m glad they mentioned filtration. The reason I am doing UOAs for the Evo is to test how different oil filters work to see which will be the best for my personal use. If the…

Evo Carpet Back In!

About a year ago the Evo got it’s carpet wet in a mini flash flood. Nothing was damaged and nothing more happened other than the carpet itself getting wet, but due to the dirtiness of the water I decided to throw that carpet out. Patiently waited for an Evo part out on evom where someone…