u/No-Common2251

The SOS website says the nearest one is in Glen Oaks, is that true or is it just outdated? I don’t want to drive 40 minutes each way for every class.

2018 CRV EXL 1.5T.

Bit of some back story, was driving and was an hour away from home when the car Christmas tree'd on me, lighting up every error. Got it towed for a hefty price back to my uncle's dealership where he has a mechanic. They said the oil was terrible quality, and I was aware that I was a bit late and literally had a oil change appointment the next day. Anyways that either happened because of the bad oil or because of the notorious oil dilution on this engine. He did a complete flush and put in new oil but now I've experienced:

1. Overwhelming amount of gray smoke coming from exhaust, with a really pungent smell.
2. On a cold start, the car revs up to like 2.5k to 3k RPM for a second which has never happened before.

I've checked the oil after a short ride and it did have a pretty strong odor of gasoline. More than the usual gas/oil dilution would give.

I checked coolant levels and they were fine.

I had a shop check my oil levels in case I couldn't trust myself and they too said it was at a good level (thought it might've been overfilled at the time)

Anyways I called my local honda dealership/service center and explained it, they said to just keep an eye on it and it will probably go away within a few days since it had such bad oil before.

So today I took it for a spin to just get all the fumes over with, and that's when I started hearing this noise during the last few minutes of my ride. Now scared shitless to drive it anywhere and not sure what to do.

https://reddit.com/link/1t4tx7g/video/e4wjo8zw5ezg1/player

$5 a gallon is insane

I just moved to Michigan from Dubai and making friends has been... really rough. I'm a Junior and we're a bit more than a month away from the school year ending and I feel like an absolute bum. I used to be such a social kid and would talk to literally anyone but moving here really made my confidence drop a lot because of just how different it is. I've been able to get to know a few people but basically always get stuck on the "classmate" or "school friend" level and never see anyone outside of school. I haven't WENT OUT ANYWHERE with friends in OVER 8 MONTHS (when I was still back home with my friends). It's taking a toll and I feel helpless. I wish I could say I at least am a bit social here but it's really hard. Just going to sum up a few things in points

- The only people I made somewhat closer relationships with are like two freshmen girls and I'm a guy and a Junior so it's really just weird for me and makes me look weird to others.

- The REASON most the people I've met are freshmen is because half the classes I'm taking are freshmen classes since the curriculum differs from my old school and I have to meet graduation requirements.

- Most people would suggest to make friends during lunch, but the thing is that my school offers off-campus lunches for all students, freshmen to senior, so that also eliminates a lot of my options, especially the juniors and seniors since they have cars. Leaving lunch to either me sitting in this freshmen fest of lunch or just sitting in my car alone.

- The most common thing people in my situation say, is that since I'm a Junior, friend groups are already made and pretty tight, most people I actually want to be friends with just don't seem super approachable by the way their groups are tight and not really open to new friends.

And yeah that's it for now I guess? I honestly can't really think of everything off the top of my head but please just some advice. I've tried clubs and what not and all the other basic advice people give and it just doesn't work out, it ended up being just more "weird" people or just groups of people I'm not interested in being friends with.

Am I making excuses for my bad social skills? Maybe. I just need to get this off my chest and get outside opinions. This year was honestly horrible in terms of my social life and I really really don't want to end it like this or at least have it be a bit better next year.