Recent content by pantygnome

When we purchased my wife's car (10 years ago now), we got 0.9% financing. The finance manager laughed at me when I handed him a down payment check..."leave that money into your bank account where it will make more than 0.9%" Unfortunately I haven't seen APR that low since then, we are...

I bought it for my 2017 RAM 1500 about 2 months before they dropped the Lifetime option. IIRC it was about $2700, Ive paid back about $900 of it so far (fuel level sensor died right outside of warranty, dealer replaced the whole fuel pump unit for the $100.00 deductible)

Im surprised they didn't bring back the Lifetime MaxCare extended warranty option.

Troubleshooting the humming/howling noise from the front end of our 2011 G37x. Trying the easy thing first: swapping front and rear tires. Suspect something worse (wheel bearing, differential bearing, transfer case bearing) but tires are easy enough to check as a starting point.

Not sure how Toyota does it but on my RAM there are 2 buses, one for "interior high speed" (think lighting, accessories, radio, etc) and the other for the "mission critical" stuff (ECU, TCU, ABS, transfer case, etc). I would think Toyota smart enough to keep the powertrain stuff separate from...

Ive driven a few Tesla Model S. They are fast as all get out, definitely interesting for sure. While cost is a thing, use case is a bigger thing in my mind. My son drives all over the place, 15K-20K miles per year. Recharging along the way would be a PITA. Wife's car gets about 9K miles put...

I remember fighting one off my brother in laws VW Jetta. 2 different air impacts, breaker bars, heat, etc. No idea why it was frozen as much as it was but we fought it for 2 hours. I figured maybe it was a steel corroded to aluminum deal but the other 3 came off fine and the one that took...

That last line always gets me...they are forcing regulations on passenger vehicles, but big rigs, 2500 class and above pickups, etc are all exempt. Where do they think the bulk of the emissions are coming from at this point? I get that passenger size cars and trucks are higher in number on the...

What are the costs in CA? I think CT is $250 extra for reg on an EV (reg is good for 3 yrs IIRC). But our per-gallon gas tax is like 25-30 cents. 250/3 = ~85/yr 25 cents/gallon of fuel = ~350 gallons in that 85/yr. Our best mpg vehicle gets 24 mpg, 24*350 = 8400 miles which is about one...

At this point it's like streaming services vs cable TV. When it initially existed, prices were low, services were good, etc. Now that the "cat is out of the bag", so to speak, prices have gone up and they are back to about the same as cable TV. EV owners got some years for "free" in regards...

Are you going to put it in conduit? They make trenching "shovels" which is basically just like an ice breaker blade with a sharp tip. If the ground is soft enough you could probably get away with just driving that blade into the ground to make a "slice" then fit the cable into it. If you want...

Reminds me of my 2001 Frontier 3.3L V6. Underneath the intake plenum was a snakes maze of small rubber hoses...for coolant. Get out of the truck and smell coolant? Chances are its where you cant see it, from one of those hoses. When I had the intake off to replace the timing belt, I bought...

*burning* propaganda

We have a 2015 ES350, and may end up with a 2025 simply because of this. Really don't want something without the 3.5L V6,

Thanks. For our Lexus, 0w-20 is the Toyota spec. Ive switched to 5W-20 PP just because I had some that needed using, but VRP is available in both so I could choose either. I doubt the engine really needs cleaning, 90K miles and we've changed the oil probably every 5K or so (doesnt get driven...