Recent content by jadmt

I used to be a Toyo fanboy...more AT2 and 3's than I can count and RT's and MT's too but my new favorite AT is Mickey Thompson Baja Boss AT. my 37's take a fair amount of weight but roadforce balance very well and are super smooth and do exceptionally well off road. my 255/85-17 (35x10) take...

pretty cool. one of mine was a Friday build and the other a Thursday build...fortunately both have been fine :). BUILD DAY ANALYSIS FRIDAYSUSPECT BUILD Shop-floor lore says cars built on Mondays (hung over) or Fridays (one foot out the door) were the lemons. This VIN lands on one of those days...

my hitch rack with 2 bikes makes no difference on either my CX5 or my wrangler.

"you are just a stupid, lazy drunk".....very hurtful and define lazy? I can totally work my ass off doing nothing....

I live in the land of Cenex stations. I pretty much only use Cenex gas which includes Costco gas west of Mandan ND. I go back and forth between Montana and Minnesota often and have done the trip using Cenex non ethanol 91 and regular 87 and no noticeable difference in mpg in either my mazda cx5...

Bat perhaps

I just spent a week traveling in Oregon and all the stations I filled up at were self serve. there was one station near Portland that a kid poked his head out asked if we needed help. He said I saw your plates so figured you were good.

I get gas at a tier 1 Conoco 1/4 mile from my house. I can drive 3 miles and get costco for 20 cents less a gallon but I don't unless we are making a costco run anyway. I am not worried about an extra 3 or 4 dollars on a fill up..if I am traveling I get gas when I need it and do not care if it...

in the LE community it is the only way. much easier backing in and safer leaving a parking spot. I guess we all look at things differently but when I see someone back into a spot I think to myself, there's someone who knows who knows how to park :)

I have had great luck with Tekton torque wrenches. always have been certified and they will recert them as well. https://www.tekton.com/

I put CC2's on my 2023 cx5 turbo and they have been stellar..they are smooth and quiet which kind of surprised me and now have had them through 2 full Montana winters with winter trips back to Minnesota and they flat out did great. over 24000 miles and they are still between 8-9 /32's of tread...

yup cut that filter open and check.

new tires are so nice it is like getting a new car....get them now and enjoy them for the summer.

sounds like all is fine with it. do some short oil change intervals and look at the pleats in the oil filter each time. I well with the baxter you need to cut the filter open but I still would do that.