Recent content by Boomer

All true. But if a dealer decides to not honor the Magnuson Moss Act, what are you going to do? Hire a lawyer and spend God knows how much on billable hours? I can see the point that it may be easier under warranty to just use what raises no issues.

Problem with UV inhibitors is that they eventually are consumed by reacting with UV light. A wax coat is so thin that no appreciable UV inhibitor is going to be present and will disappear quickly if in the sun a lot.

Always loved this 1960 film. I always enjoy to hear Steve McQueen say, "We deal in lead, friend." And the sound track is great. Anyone else like this film??

I really love my 2017 VW All Track. Bought it new 9-1/2 years ago and just turned 70,000 miles. I maintain it well and aside with my recent replacement of the water pump/thermostat unit, all I have done is tires, fluid changes and spark plugs. Runs like a top. Still has knobs for control of...

The bigger the tank, the less surface area for volume. Surface area cools the oil. However, the bigger tank gives you more residence time in which heat can dissipate. Somewhere you will find an optimum size. To help: use an aluminum tank and put cooling fins on it. Put a cooler in line with...

Used to fly frequently to Europe for business in the late eighties and through the nineties into the early 2000's. One night we left Philly on a British Air flight to London in January with an outside temperature WELL below freezing. We took off and after we got to cruising altitude, the...

Yep. No antifreeze type stuff there.

Do you have an MSDS for Redline? Maybe Redline knocked off some microfine grit from inside the engine.

I've heard of draining the weasel but never draining the monkey!

You say your Trax hates E15. But using a "butt dyno" is not always reliable. What about mileage? Better, worse, the same as regular 87 octane? I run some (with a PEA additive) in my Passat occasionally and it seems to do well. However, I only use it when travelling and cannot find a Top...

Malls? Malls? We don't have any stinking malls (anymore). Many are empty, torn down or repurposed. Seems those who still shop at stores prefer now to enter from the outside. There are many like my wife and me who now do 80% + of their shopping on-line.

And then there was my paternal grandfather....Chewed tobacco for decades, drank hard liquor, NEVER saw a doctor until he was in his late 80's, never had a vaccine of any type, cussed like there was no tomorrow and ate eggs! Man never got ill until his late 80's and died when he was 94. It has...

Sounds like the folks with their jalopies in a Steinbeck novel.

Get rid of them, Many years ago I had a brand new set of Uniroyals on a pickup that almost caused me to hit the median barrier at speed on the PA Turnpike. Went home, went to a tire dealer, replaced them and never bought another Uniroyal tire again. Your safety and that of your family are too...

Ron White goes by "Tater Salad" so AmateurBob could adopt a moniker like "Piggy Grease" or maybe even "German Tater Salad."