New owner. Power steering, headlights, and shifting issues ('04 AT)
 

K so I just got my 8 a month back. Second owner of a fully loaded sunlight silver '04 AT (navi, bose, leather, etc.) , got it with 44k miles on it. I noticed my headlights dont extend very far, and the two beams dont form a straight horizontal line. the left beam is a bit lower than the right. its probably only a car length or two ahead of me.

sometimes, not every time, when i turn on the car, the power steering doesnt turn on. sometimes turning the car off and on a few times will get it to start, but most of the time i just end up driving around without power steering. i checked the fluid levels and its fine. my dad thought it might be a hydraulic issue or something? i havent been able to tell if the problems have started acting up whenever there are atmospheric changes, thats the only thing i could think of, besides a failing computer part or something.

finally, today for the first time i was speeding up while still in first, and the car didnt shift into second, it just redlined, beeped, and quit accelerating. i did let go of the gas when i heard it beep. also, it tends to be really jerky when it does shift and im trying to accelerate really fast / flooring it.



oh, and does anyone have any tips on regular car care? like i know to get it up to 6k rpm every other day to blow out the carbon build up, but what else do i need to know? i read something about a premix with motorcycle oil, whats that about?