Air Filter

Todays post is about air filters. Important things: filter the air going into the engine. When a filter gets dirty and clogged a car ends up getting worse fuel economy, reduced power, and can get all stumbly, so it's a good idea to check the air filter often, like when you do an oil change. Now last time I did an oil change on the Infiniti I neglected to do this simple task and as a result I've recently noticed some real poor fuel economy. Usually the Infiniti averages about 12l/100km but lately it's been burning 15 to 20l /100km. That's getting up to SUV territory. So yesterday I took out the filter and sure enough it was covered in road gunk. Now the Infiniti doesn't have a normal paper filter, it's got a fancy FRAM Airhog, it's the type of filter you don't throw away but clean then re oil and it's supposed to be better than a paper one because it lets more air through. However cleaning it and oiling it is a messy chore and it has to be out of the car for at least overnight because it has to dry and then how do you know you've totally cleaned it, I think over time it will get worse and worse. I don't think I would recommend getting one of these, they look fancy but I think it's better to just stick to the cheap throw away paper ones because you know you're getting a clean one out of the box.

I was looking at some old photos from November and I came across this one. It's the Miata shortly before it went off the road watching the sun set. Don't worry, you'll be back soon enough baby.

Cozy

Happy new year and Merry Christmas and all that. The Miata got a present from Santa this year, it's this car cover. As is often with gifts the size is wrong and it's way to big but it does keep the dust off and the Miata is nice and cozy. Just a few more months till all this cold weather nonsense is over and I can go back to creating more greenhouse gases so as to have less of this cold weather and more top down fun.