Recent content by Dave P.

Not nearly the same thing but your post brought back a memory. In the early 1980's, I was a 25 year old store detective at Gimbels in Paramus. They too used to have flash sales on jewelry but it was an in store sale. They brought in special, high-end merchandise and the lovely, statuesque...

Well, dash cam is in. Turns out the "battery" labeled wire did need to be connected for the camera to work. Using just the "accessory" wire and the ground did nothing even with the car running. Since I did not want to enable Parking mode, I left it off in the dashcam settings and I adjusted the...

I plan on hard wiring a dash cam into my car by tapping into the fuse box. One wire is Ground, one is switched Accessory and the other is Battery so the cam goes into parking mode when the car is turned off. The battery wire on the cam has a little inline switch where I can select how low I...

Different but the same. Many years ago, my sister and BIL had a Jeep. Depending on what remote was used to unlock the car, the driver's seat would move into position for that driver. Handy feature since my BIL was much taller than my sis. Well, that stopped working and they had the car back to...

Everything off and turned down. I leave the house at 4:30 am and if I left the radio on, it seems 10 times louder in the morning than it was when I got home the previous afternoon. Plus, I like to drive for a few minutes before any accessories are on just to make sure there are no unusual...

1976 Honda 360 1980 Kawasaki 750Ltd 2006 Harley Sportster 883 I miss them all but mostly the Harley. Riding a bike is a feeling I've never felt in a car.

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...