Recent content by GSCJR

I was expecting more from Croatia, TBH.

Our Acura RDX has a transfer case which calls for HGO-1: https://www.bernardiparts.com/Honda-HGO-1-Hypoid-Gear-Oil__08200-9014.aspx?srsltid=AfmBOopDnFumI5edeZwGLAo8Yh9lnhPQ19_cu_raIq9RDwIoLmOOklac

I'm curious, is the fan left ON during the day? Or is it set to AUTO? I apologize if I missed it somewhere in the thread.

The recent debates about EV here had me thinking about this just the other day. Where are people charging their cars in Europe? When I lived in a small Italian village, 99% of the population lived in apartments and there were no garages, most parked their cars wherever they could. I'm not...

@Jimmy_Russells, our 2020 RDX w/start stop, has a factory AGM battery under the hood. We received the vehicle in August 2025 and didn't put it on the road until February 2026 and as a result, I had a maintainer on it. Another reason for the maintainer was that this vehicle has a litany of...

Cheater! 🤣

According to Varta, AGM is an upgrade from EFB, unless I'm missing something: https://www.varta-automotive.com/en/knowledge/articles/article-details/efb-and-agm-differences

A few months ago, I put an AGM in my neighbour's 2020 Forrester, which originally came with an EFB. The complaint was that the start/stop function was acting up and causing issues at stop lights (not sure to what extent). On a hunch, I replaced the battery and the problem never returned...

Yesterday, I noticed a pallet of this at WM for $28 CDN each; talk about sticker shock!

I need to buy a Powerball ticket. I did this for 5 years in SoFlo with a Kirkland battery and then replaced it preemptively with a WM Value battery. 18 months was the longest interval it sat untouched during Rona and it still fired right up. The alternator on the other hand seized; go figure...

That steak looks amazing! I actually had a Peroni Capri today, I can't remember the last time I had a beer.

Happy Father's Day! My parents and outlaws came over today, we had Pizza Nova, plus my wife made a few apps, salad and cut open a watermelon. I picked up a fresh almond, chocolate and mocha cake from Metro for dessert.

Very nice! I'm talking about the Mitsu, BTW. (y)

We're planning to land in Tokyo and make our way to Kyoto and Osaka. We plan to diversify in terms of what we see, architecture, nature, modern landscape etc. We were thinking that Airbnb might be best in terms of date flexibility and costs, but nothing has been officially booked. Yes, with...

We are possibly going to Japan with our adult kids 21 and 19. I know some of you have been there and I've looked at those threads. My wife and kids have done most of the planning but, some suggestions and/or tips from our members here would be greatly appreciated. Most of the itinerary has...