harveysburger

Hi all, Just bought a 2003 SC430, it's my first time owning an automatic, first time with RWD, first time with anything above $10k :) So I was curious to get people's opinion about certain things 1) Aside from going downhill, does anyone use engine braking? It's my first automatic car so I was wondering when engine braking should be used. When driving manual I constantly use engine for deceleration unless I really need to slow down fast (then of course I would use the brakes...) 2) Downshift for faster acceleration? I suppose automatic cars it's useless to do this but I was curious. 3) Motor oil recommendations? Any brands or types I absolutely must stay away from? 4) Which kind of gas I should use? Every other car I had I didn't car much about them so I was filling them up with the cheapest fas available at the pump. So far I used only 'octane 89' with the SC430... should I use octane 91? Is 87 sufficient?

1. turn the car off if it's running 2. take an index card or a business card and cover the end of it with double sided (or reversed) tape so it's sticky on both sides 3. turn the unit on and hit eject. When the door opens; stick the card inside and try to grab the CD. that trick worked!! I also have a SC430 with 6CD mark levinson sound system. The first CD got stuck and I followed these instructions and it worked great. I kept doing the EJECT command while trying to pull the CD and eventually the CD went out. I could do all this without forcing or pushing hard on anything Turned out the CD that got stuck was about 50% thicker then a regular CD!! So be careful about which CD you put in there! Claude