for the dirtiest cabin air filter. No pics, but man, that thing was totally black. I've owned the car three years and never replaced it, and who knows before that.

Also realized that the air tube that comes up from the bottom of the engine bay and feeds into the engine air filter housing was cracked at the point where it connects with the filter. Engine bay, meet duct tape. The already broken plastic squeeze connector on the air tube from the PCV valve to the accordion tube finally fell off, but it doesn't seem to move around on there, so I'm not going to bother. Removed the MAF and squirted some non-chlorinated brake cleaner in there, seemed to help the get-up-and-go a bit. Changed out the Mobil 1 synthetic. Underneath the car, noticed a few tiny leaks here and there. Suspension, despite a near rebuild over a year ago, is starting to clunk again.

She's gettin' old. Gettin' old. But I still love her.


Old car: '98 SVT T-Red K&N air filter; Ford Focus RS shift knob. Off to be auctioned off somewhere. New car: 2003 Honda Accord DX Sedan, 5-speed.