Yesterday, Mystery Mechanic and I noticed Vic 3.0 was riding pretty badly on the highways and byways of Massachusetts. We've been keeping an eye on one snow tire that he picked up at a junk yard (not something I myself trust). The tire must have sat for a long time in one position, possibly low on air, because one patch of tread has a roundy-softy-wornish-rotted look. It made it feel like an out of balance tire, probably bouncing off the pavement ever so slightly over and over. After yesterday's trip, we said "BAH! Might as well put the RS-A's back on". It's March and we have had pretty much NO snow in the Boston area all season.Which means we will get whacked with a major Nor-easta' next week.
Once all the snows were off, we also noticed another one for the junk-pile... that one has cracks on the rear sidewall that look scary. So next season I will have to do some shopping!
On the 9th, Vic finally got it's oil change, after 9 months and about 3,500 miles. The mechanic pointed out that there were traces of "animal activity" under the hood. Sure enough, while we had the air compressor going today, I took a peek myself and there were piles of nuts and birdseed on the intake manifold. It took a while to blow it all out. The exhaust leak is still there but hasn't changed much. Still need to source that issue out.
Doesn't look like much, but this patch was enough to make the car ride badly.