Recent content by Dave P.

I tested the wife's battery which tested good. Two weeks later she was stranded with a dead battery. I'm replacing batteries every 3 years in the wife and daughter's cars now just to be safe. I don't mind being stranded but I don't like them stranded. I'm always doing something so much more...

How do you like your Mazda? I'm considering getting a 2023 CX-5. I see a lot of them!

Thanks for sharing. I'm seeing the same thing my Honda.

Good choices! My '08 has 346,000+ miles on it and the only thing I'm truly diligent about is oil changes and keeping up with fluid levels. It still drives like a new car; tracks straight and true, no rattles, no leaks. It's starting to look its age a little but all in all, good, solid car!

I had Liberty Mutual for home and auto for 17 years. When my renewal came in Dec 2024 for year 2025, the rates jumped up high enough that I decided to look around. I went with NJM (New Jersey Manufacturers) which only covers 5 states but has a great reputation. I saved $5000.00 per year plus I...

Buy another one, same part number. Wait a few days after you receive the new one and then return the damaged one on the new one's receipt.

Probably a driver I was most familiar with because of the frequent social media postings about his son's up and coming racing career. Kind of felt like I almost knew the family which makes this that much sadder. To go from winning a truck race and then passing away days later at such a young...

Pennzoil states on their PDS that their oils can be mixed with other synthetic or mineral oils.

My wife always complains how hard it is to back out of our driveway because our across-the-street neighbors park in the street. I encouraged my wife to back into our driveway so in the morning she can just pull out easy-peasy. That idea was rejected because that would leave the driver's side...

I thought about that but with all the components in the way, I didn't think I would get sufficient bite with a strap to get the cap seated. It takes quite a bit of torque to get that cap to bottom out and with it having a film of oil on it I opted not to try that approach.

Did an oil change on my wife's Highlander yesterday. While installing the new o-ring on the cap, it slipped out of my hands, off the bench, bounced a couple of times on the concrete before coming to a rest. Of course, the center tube was dislodged and now at an angle that it shouldn't be. No big...

My '08 Honda gets driven everyday all year long and is not garage kept. I wash it somewhat regularly in the winter but I'm not going to win any "Clean Car" awards. It looks remarkably good underneath. On the other hand, my sister has a 2015 Audi A4 Quatro and her whole subframe needed to be...

My '08 CR-V with 344,000 miles has been run on 5W-20 and 0W-20 its entire life. Currently running Valvoline Restore and Protect. I'm not gonna lie, it burns about a quart to quart and a half during a 5,000 mile OCI but other than that, it still runs strong. I've used mostly Pennzoil over the...

And once a car got to 100,000 miles we used to say it doesn't owe us anything anymore!

I don't think I've ever used a Honda filter. It's been a variety of Fram, Wix, STP, Mobil 1, CarQuest. Based on the almost 345,000 miles on the vehicle, I think they've performed OK.