Recent content by f355spider

It depends on how the contract was written. Many times, to ease the warranty process, manufacturers and retailers come up with a formula based on past history of warranty claims. The manufacturer uses that formula to automatically give an "off invoice" allowance on each invoice purchase to...

By comparison, when Consumer Reports does their testing, they claim they heavily weight their rankings based on their accelerated life tests, not just performance. I am unsure how those life tests performed, but they claim that is more useful then their cranking amps, reserve capacity, etc...

"VERY IMPRESSIVE!"

Clarios is supplying the batteries at WalMart in the midwest and west coast. Clarios also supplies Interstate and AC Delco. Most of the flooded batteries are from Korea. The Clarios AGMs come from one of several factories in the USA, Mexico, China, Germany, Korea or India. I believe O'Reilly...

Those are what I have used most often. I'm a life member of GSSF (joined 30 years ago), and been a member of the Garand Collectors Association for over 20 years. I am also a life member of a local arms collecting club that is CMP affiliated. I used to use my match shooting log for proof of...

I tried cranking up the air pressures, which helped a little. But the solution was different tires...and I prefer the better grip of summer tires in dry and wet anyway. We rarely get snow where I am.

Way better in my experience. I am on my third set of the Conti extreme contact 02s on my 01 BMW 540 M-Sport. I had two sets of DWS and could never get over the vague on center feeling. The steering felt numb.

They are in Seattle, WA today through Sunday for Seafair weekend and the hydroplane races on Lake Washington. https://komonews.com/news/local/seafair-seattle-blue-angels-fa-18-super-hornet-pilots-lake-washington-practice-runs-where-to-watch-the-blue-angels-in-seattle-western-washington-king-county

I would NOT return this to Walmart, I would contact Mobil customer service. They would be interested in hearing about this failure and likely take good care of you. I am betting they would like it returned to Mobil. If you return it to Walmart it will just end up in the trash after it is...

Very sorry to hear this news. Our pets are our most precious friends and companions. May her memories give you peace, and know she couldn't have a better life than with you.

There are ways to get a FOI request to the army, navy and marines to check their records based on the model and serial number. I have done this on a few of my guns. I have a ton more I should check on. The records are incomplete and mostly date from the 1970s, due to a records storage warehouse...

So after resubmitting, I did receive a confirmation email. I also emailed customer service asking for confirmation and they replied it was received. Got the usual "wait four weeks for processing, then four weeks for payment..." Rebate tracker still doesn't work. This IS becoming a waste of...

Also know as "elasticity of demand"...or in simpler terms, capitalism.

Opposite. These are USGI issue with all USGI parts. They aren't making more of them, so that makes them very desirable to collectors. New M1As will continue to be made and are not rare...anyone can find and buy one.

I don't think you will be far off, based on current prices...my last couple 1911s this year were much higher than I paid four or five years ago when the 1911 program started. And they started collecting state sales tax late last year too. Combined, I paid about $450 more per pistol. Someone...