You really rack up the miles! Glad to hear it is working great. There's other content being posted and you just have to filter around it. I like seeing what people are doing with theirs and to see what issues come up so I can be aware for it when I get mine.
Looks nice! What was the reasoning behind swapping a black rim for another black rim? Did you just want to make it personalized or had a different reason for using that new rim?
You would have figured being stuck on the side of the road would make you not want to deal with running out of gas but then again I think people get hardened during financial crises. It's a conundrum for sure.
Yea I feel you on being concerned about the vehicle if you modify it. It's one of the concerns people have when you modify an engine as you are now taking something which was designed with it being stock in mind and now changing the way it operates. I am no engineer and I agree with concerns...
Everyman loves to be king of the road... except when the popo are there. I agree though, you gotta rip it every once in awhile to keep it clean and prevent carbon buildup.