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Originally Posted by spdrcr21
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Below is how the fried eggs looked when I bought the car but after a quick treatment with a headlight restoration kit, they came out much better. They are still a bit green but I had never done this before so I think I could have done the buffing a little longer and maybe gotten rid of all the color and haze. But they definitely worked much, much better and it was nice to have the clear eggs on the long drive across the country.
Yellow, hazy fried eggs before....
Haze free, slightly green fried eggs, hold the ham, after
And now onto the drive to TN and how it wasn't exactly uneventful. After a few hours and well into Arizona or New Mexico, I noticed the car was leaking oil since the oil level was falling whenever I filled up with fuel. Then I noticed an oily covering all over the rear bumper and when looking underneath, I saw a dripping sway bar and lots of oil. This was a new development as the car was not leaking until the trip. And as the car wasn't leaking before, I only had a little less than 1 quart of oil with me. And it was getting late but I figured how hard can it be to find a 24 hr Walmart out here in the stix or near Albuquerque? Well, apparently it's impossible! Nothing is 24 hours anymore and worse yet, not much is open past 9 or 10pm! So fearing of continuing and running too low on oil, I pull into a rest area and attempt to sleep. Ok, so no Porsche is exactly comfortable to sleep in but at least in my 951 I could recline the seat and deal with it but sleeping in a Boxster is akin to sleeping in a middle seat on a flight. So, after an hour or so, I get on the phone and look for something, anything, that might be open at this hour and I find Clines Corners truck stop not too far up ahead. But will they have Mobil 1 0w40 or comparable? I doubt it so I phone them where the friendly guy says they have Mobil 1 but if I hold on, he'll check which ones exactly. Great! Ends up they actually had a few quarts of something similar enough to put in the car to protect the engine from running dry so, yay, on the road again to pick up the oil at one of those strange roadside places that has gas, food, minimart, fireworks and oil! So a few pics and quick refill in the freezing NM wind and I'm heading east again!
Ooops, where is my oil going? The beginning of the missing oil.
Oil Leak halfway between home and nowhere
Mysterious Oil Leak? I blame Devil Dog Road!
Maybe that oil leak will fix itself....If not, what's a little Boxster work on the side of the road in the middle of Nowhere!
Another stop for gas and that oil leak is getting worse!
In goes the last of my oil while the DQ Marathon station gently sleeps.
No sleep til Boxster....Rest Area sleep is tough in a Boxster!
Clines Corners, New Mexico: When you're in dire need of fireworks, state souvenirs or Mobil 1 oil at 2am, this is your place; this is your ONLY place!