Wasn't sure when the air filter was last changed based on the service records so figured no harm in replacing it no matter what so it's a known quantity. Didn't look too dirty but was happy to get rid of the leaves that had worked its way in there anyway.
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| new filter left, old filter right |
Well another season has gone by and sadly been so busy this year that I haven't even really put that many miles on Scarlett. Still, minimum of yearly oil changes are a must so here we go.
Maintenance Update:
Mileage: 175,068
- 11 quarts Driven GP-1 20W-50
- Mahle OC54 oil filter
Sadly I wasn't able to put much miles on the Cayman this year but I always change the oil at least once a year regardless of mileage.
Maintenance Update:
Mileage: 57,784
- 9 quarters Drive DT-40
- NAPA Gold Filter
I typically always buy a new battery when buying a used car unless I know for sure it was replaced recently. I had intended that for the 944 but I guess time flew by and I still hadn't gotten around to it. Recently I noticed sometimes acceleration would hesitate randomly especially if I had a lot of electrical things on like my lights, radio, rear defogger, etc. It's very random and I know this can happen if you have just enough voltage drop at load where the DME is starved of voltage. I looked at the manufacture date of the old Napa battery in the car and it was about 6.5 years old which is really old for a standard battery so I went ahead and replaced it with a new Diehard Gold T6. I would've preferred to go AGM like all my cars but unfortuantely they didn't have one in stock in the T6 size.
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| New DieHard Gold Battery |
Maintenance Update:
Mileage: 99,694 miles
- New Diehard Gold T6 battery
Well another year went by and we didn't really put a ton of miles on the Jeep but it was due for an oil change anyway.
Maintenance Update:
Mileage: 86,321
- 6 quarts Castrol Edge 5W-20
- 1 new Mopar oil filter
It's been an incredible stretch of running with S2K Takover but sadly we reached out final event ever. Lower attendance has made it not financially viable for Brad to continue so we went to Watkins Glen for one last event...our final hurrah as a group.
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| Watkins Glen - 9-29-2026 |
Unfortunately, though expectedly, we got hit with constant rain and fog both days we were there with just an opening in drying conditions on the afternoon of the 2nd day. It was still a lot of fun though and the car felt great though I couldn't really set a PB or anything like that since we had to avoid all curbing and painted surfaces as they were too slippery go on.
Excited to get some additional track time before the season ends, I signed up to run with HOD NorthEast again, this time at NJMP Lightning. I was bit concerned looking at the weather a week before since it looks liked it was just going to be a wash out but we got lucky and Saturday turned out to be a perfect break in the weather and we were blessed with dry weather and highs in the mid-70s. The car cotinues to feel great and I set a new PB for Lightning at 1:15.99 (just barely squeaked in under 1:16 lol).
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| Beautiful day for a track day |
