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I've consumed more than a few gallons of jitter juice from this cup over the years. It sits with my retirement memorabilia now as a reminder of the fun times. It, like me, is nothing but a cold war relic these days.

To be blunt, people are idiots. Sorry. This guy couldn't balance a chemical equation if his life depended on it and he's going to be an internet expert on motor oil API base oil groups? My advice is to just not engage with people like this. Life is short... eat dessert first.

hahaha,, this is great! Another fabulous "hold my beer" moment. Glad it worked for you. I've taken diesel manifolds and EGR systems to the public car wash myself.

I have had one car payment in my entire life and that was on my 1985 Honda Accord. The car was around $8300 if I remember correctly and my payment was $189.66. :) That's about the cost of a tire these days.

Thirty-five Hundred ??? Holy Moly!! Just buy a couple of everything and pick what you like.

I don't know how it is today but back when I was a youngster the manufacturers would franchise their services. You had Parts, Sales, and Service and often times this was advertised by the dealerships. If so desired, an individual could get a franchise to only sell a particular brand of items...

WOW!

Could his explanations here be indicative of why Mobil-1 tends to show higher Fe wear numbers than other oils? They may formulate for fuel economy improvement with a slight acceptance of higher Fe wear. I had suspected this but never put two and two together.

I once had a bottle of wine stolen from my room in Milan, Italy. I reported it to the manager and he sent me a much higher quality bottle from their restaurant with no questions asked.

It appears that the only thing that guy has going on is his accent. Here's the procedure for your benefit if you haven't already accomplished the task. Note that you do not check the fluid level by removing the plug. You must drain the old fluid and refill with the specified amount of fluid in...

I remember when I was a youngster in primary school... we'd have classes rain or shine. I recall walking uphill, in a blizzard, just so I could get to class early enough to clean the chalk board and beat the dust from the erasers. The bus drivers would get up early and get the chains installed...

The good thing in all of this is that the shop did the right thing and corrected their error without a fuss. The bad thing in all of this is that a employee of the shop can't do a simple splash shield removal and reinstallation without screwing it up.

Most places will charge you $20 each for a balance. They'll rotate them for free. If the wheel is off the vehicle and put on the balance machine and spun then they're going to charge you for the balance whether it needed weights or not. My policy is to remove all weights before I put a tire on...

Oh, the irony. Can you imagine your EGO tools lasting 25 years? It's funny, I know.

An engine needs three things to run: (1) Spark at the correct time, (2) fuel, (3) compression. If your engine doesn't respond to starting fluid then you either have no spark or no compression. Did you verify the correct valve timing when you replaced the timing belt? Have you checked...

The Union didn't do much for the folks employed at the Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, Volkswagen plant. Do you guys remember that freak show? They shut it down in 1988 due to poor sales, bad quality, and VW had actually considered pulling out of the North American market.

I just read that the Mercedes plant in Tuscaloosa, Al, is voting next month on whether to unionize or not.

Is there any possibility that your trusted friend got counterfeit plugs when he did your timing belt replacement?

I thought they already were unionized.

According to Kumho they no longer make this specific model in a 16" diameter.