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matthew1 wrote: ↑04 Jul 2025, 16:14 3.5 quarts is a small amount of oil. I've owned pull-start mowers that approached that. Not really, but... 3.5? Holy smokes man.
And 110 cubic inches making 180hp, there’s a lot of heat being produced. If you’re half a quart down….
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I just checked - my wife's first car was a 1978 Honda Civic 1500 CVCC. Oil capacity was 3.2 QT. We still have the car but do not drive it.
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BlackBart wrote: ↑04 Jul 2025, 18:26
matthew1 wrote: ↑04 Jul 2025, 16:14 3.5 quarts is a small amount of oil. I've owned pull-start mowers that approached that. Not really, but... 3.5? Holy smokes man.
And 110 cubic inches making 180hp, there’s a lot of heat being produced. If you’re half a quart down….
I suppose by mass, oil is an insignificant heatsink. Its mass is dwarfed vs. the block itself. But it's gotta move that heat around...
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I understand the air cooled Porsche engines get most cooling from the oil circulation..
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I drove that BYD from Munich to Innsbruck and back for back-to-back conferences. It was a gas hybrid and returned something like 50 mpg highway. It was too electronic but as tight as my x3 on the road, and fit finish top shelf.

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Just back from Portugal where we had a Citroen Hybrid that was ok as a rental for 10 days. However we did use Uber taxi's a couple of times on our last day as we had returned the car for an early flight.

The first Uber was a Tesla Model 3. It was very interesting and not bad as a passenger. The driver really liked it and it had 140k in 1 year on it!

2nd Uber was a BYD. Wow! By comparison it was way nicer than the Tesla. Better finish and fit and really nice. The driver said it was great to drive, but as a daily he would only buy a gas powered vehicle due to troubles finding chargers.

I can see now why Tesla are scared of these cars coming to North America. The Tesla while fine, looked like a 10 year old design compared to the BYD.

Still not hating on electrical vehicles, but a big difference in living with one in a warm climate year around and where we live. I would consider a small electric car for running around Calgary.

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