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I've been using the Lucas break-in additive with conventional oil. After 2000 miles or so I'll switch to Royal Purple synthetic with the zinc additives already included.
You can order any of that on Amazon or from Summit.
Dan
My plan is to use break-in oil and likewise transition to Royal Purple after 500 miles. I have a few bottles of the break-in additive but it is my understanding that it should be mixed into oil that is non-detergent. I have no facts to support this however.
I am retired in Northern California. I was born and raised in Michigan and have been in CA since 1965. I agree, we have dumb laws, but so does every other state. I have restored (?) several Mustangs and am currently working on a 51 F1.
I was a domestic and International salesman for many years and I love living here.
The weather is great, family is close , people are friendly and I can enjoy my cars and trucks year around.
When my older relatives were alive in the 1960s & 1970s, I enjoyed my visits to California and have many wonderful memories there but by the mid to late 1980s it changed so much I had no desire to go there anymore. I just read a good article on how much of a nanny state that it has become. Its one thing to clean up the air but it has gotten so ridiculous. I've heard that in the last 20 years that over 30,000 small businesses were outlawed over various emissions regulations. In our area of interest that included chrome and paint shops and things of the sort. Recently a couple who moved here from there said that restaurants with outdoor barbeque pits which are very common here in Arkansas are mostly illegal in California. What happened to this being a free country???
When my older relatives were alive in the 1960s & 1970s, I enjoyed my visits to California and have many wonderful memories there but by the mid to late 1980s it changed so much I had no desire to go there anymore. I just read a good article on how much of a nanny state that it has become. Its one thing to clean up the air but it has gotten so ridiculous. I've heard that in the last 20 years that over 30,000 small businesses were outlawed over various emissions regulations. In our area of interest that included chrome and paint shops and things of the sort. Recently a couple who moved here from there said that restaurants with outdoor barbeque pits which are very common here in Arkansas are mostly illegal in California. What happened to this being a free country???
OH IT"S FREE. JUST NOT TO YOU AND ME. The old saying " no worky, no eaty " is a thing of the past. I could go on and on and on and,,,,,,,,,, well you know.Thankfully this site is my version of a sanctuary city for old fashioned people with old fashioned trucks.
Hey Bald, I and a lot of others would not consider Tracy, Northern California, that is west central valley at best and is closer to far east bay. Tracy used to be a nice small town but the bay area moved in and ruined it. IMHO
My Apologies to all for starting this Thread. Doesn't serve the vibe to support and encourage each other in Ford Truck stuff. Won't happen again.
E
No apology is necessary it tells us how each one of us feels. Unfortunately for us up here in Canada there is a saying that "whatever happens in California" will happen here in about 5 to ten years. We have been following this trend.
I am pretty sure that the nut jobs that you see only stopped over in California for a while. They drop their liberal beliefs onto us & now they're headed your way. Sorry to rain on that parade, but I don't think that they are actually from here!
Funny story though....I have relatives by marriage who are Oregon natives. My wife's uncle was ranting about how Californians were ruining the property values all over Oregon. He got a little quiet when I mentioned that for every Californian who paid too much for a piece of Oregon property....there was an Oregonian who took the money.
All joking aside...there are a lot of decent people here. I hope you won't let a few bad apples taint your entire view.
Dan
I never meant for my generalizations to taint an entire state population. I understand full well that it only takes a couple bad apples to ruin a bushel. The media likes to portray the entire left coast as a leftist coast, and I know that's not true. The big metro areas seem to breed and attract the more hard core socialists, like James said. Seattle, Portland and San Francisco are all pretty much one and the same. Move away from the crowded city and attitudes are drastically different. It's that way all across the country. One only needs to look at a national map showing the voting record by county. I don't think there's anyone here on the forum I wouldn't mind to have as my neighbor.
I think that was the beginning of my personal journey from an idealistic young person to a reasonable, sane adult. It's one thing to be 20 and think a certain way, but (thankfully) most people grow up. But a whole bunch of people never do.
Realized soon enough that I'd rather live next door to a logger or a miner than a Sierra club activist who spends time sitting in a tree. But we were constantly beat over the head growing up how "evil" logging and such resource extraction industries are. This is just insanity. I've spent thousands of miles hiking and camping in our parklands too. They need protecting, but locking up everything is completely insane, and is crippling industry and jobs. And that my friends, is the crux of the issue.
They are green on the outside, but red on the inside, if you catch my drift.
the biggest problem in Cal. and the rest of the world is to many people . When you get high concentrations of people in one place you have to make regulations to control health and welfare . Those of us that live in rural areas end up living with rules made for those that live in city's . When you see pictures or drive in the traffic in LA , NY , Boston , ECT , you have to think what it will be like in 20 more years . Right now there are about 7 billon people on earth , study's show the earth can provide food and water for about 10 billion . That is what the population is projected for buy the end of this century . So the closer we get to the end the more rules we all will have to live with . Glad I won't be around to see what happens , I feel sorry for the kids being born today .
I tell people I had 39,000,000 reasons to leave California, and they all had two legs. BTW, the population of the entire country of Canada is 35,000,000.
We had some friends come to KY from Chicago recently. They told us how great it is here compared to Chicago. The taxes are going up the regulations are going up the free loaders are getting everything and their tax dollars are paying for it. The inner city schools are falling apart revenues are falling while budget needs are skyrocketing
We say the same things about Ky. Heck a few years back the governors plane was in such bad shape they evacuated the capital when he flew into DC and the radios would not work. The tower at National airport called an alert and sent the jets to intercept
What I'm saying is I think we are all in the same boat as the people in Calif maybe they just get a little more press than some of us. Things have to change and that will only happen if we all get out and vote for decent people not the Career politician we currently have running.
I feel I will be leaving California soon. It is just too against my grain politically and the laws are complete crap. Plus, WAY too many people. Can't stand it.
Not all bad, though. I was here at a shoot all day. It would be one thing I would miss after moving.
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