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Could it possibly be related to which gear you are in, rather than the speed you are at? Knowing that it will only be in the higher gears at higher speeds (regardless of load)

If you like it when random wackos come up to you and ask if they can pray for a miracle to happen to you, this is the place for you!

Fascinating. I love it. I love learning about this stuff. I used to work for a titanium castings plant (aircraft/spacecraft industry) and loved learning about everything aviation related I could get my hands on. If you have any good reading on the subject I'd be grateful for recommendations!

You mean like they sabotaged the equipment that we sold Iran right before the muslims overthrew the shah?

Thanks for sharing @SammyChevelleTypeS3!

Better to be able to replace the battery than to have a "rechargeable battery" that failed after the first year of use, like most cheap chinese Amazon crap electronics from fake made-up brands.

literally just the very next thing you put in the frying pan?? I have never even considered the problem of "having too much bacon grease"

When I bought my old X5 it had Open Countrys on it and they were god awful in the snow, even brand new. This was one of the pre-xDrive BMWs which had a real center differential and a full-time 30%/70% mechanical torque split. Once I put Blizzaks on it, it was genuinely fun to drive in the...

1. The RWD Jag probably ain't gonna be competent in snow either way. However, it can be a little bit safer during stopping and avoidance maneuvers. 2. All weather tires won't have good snow or ice traction after about half of their tread life. Be aware of this 3. They won't be as good at...

In america you have to get very expensive discharge permits for any kind of industrial or manufacturing plant and then you get to renew your permit every few years. The cost can be astronomical to get these permits and to meet the discharge requirements. The EPA and state environmental...

I'm shocked, shocked I say, to find chinese manufacturing breaking the law!

Do you get christmas cards from the Saudi royal family?

What kind of tensioner did these use? I had a car that had a tensioner you would tighten with a nut. But haven't seen one of those in a long time. Could be just as simple as being too tight. But it could also be a bad alternator -- which is absolutely possible even with a "new" part if you...

What does it say about car culture, when the biggest development that automakers work on for new vehicles is how fancy their decorative LEDs are? The car-buying public appears to be willing to buy any egg-shaped SUV as long as it has Apple Carplay and really exquisite LEDs.

I'm a firm believer in removing everything you need to remove to do the job you came to do .... but .... god help me if I ever have to take a WINDSHIELD OUT to get to something under the dash!!! Curses upon General Motors