Recent content by PF52

Remember there used to be a member here that worked at a quickie lube..... He said they were instructed to just clean the old filter with Windex, if it was the same brand that they were using. On a similar note - there used to be an independent shop near my workplace, and they seemed to catch...

LOL I know, I know, I was being facetious. I think there's some here who won't live anywhere if there's a neighbor a mile away! 🤠

I like to think they had Jim Rockford tailing you for weeks, until the right opportunity came up to nab you at the gas station.

Obviously there can be no in-between! I live in a "Chicago-style brick bungalow", built in 1927 and one of many in a gorgeous neighborhood. Sturdy and full of big rooms, with a full basement that never leaks. Lots of mature trees mean I only rarely rarely need the air conditioner. Sure the...

The Sage Way in the first post is in Texas. Not Chicago.

Lots of city neighborhoods are like that; narrow lots, alley (and garage) in back.

I've considered using Turo a few times; most recently in Las Vegas but no matter how hard I looked, I couldn't find anyone who could supply me with a car at the airport without a substantial extra fee. Why bother? I got a super low-mile (<300 miles) SUV from one of the "regular" places right...

The "Car Wizard" says Hold My Beer!

That was Zenith. Ford's slogan was Quality is Job 1.

The flip side to this are the kids who wear shorts in the middle of winter. A couple years ago, I saw the H.S.-age kid down the street using the snowblower while wearing shorts. He'll change his mind when the wind blows it right back on him!

New vehicles, or older ones? Peeling paint was a big problem in the late-80s and into the 90s, as new EPA-friendly paint formulas came into use. All manufacturers. Dark blue, silver and white were especially bad.

I remember seeing the full-length video about that guy. He was so snarky and condescending while he was being questioned even I wanted to reach through the screen and punch him. Total attitude. Apparently other officers had seen him using the official free P.D. car wash, and participating in...

Printing an American flag on the box with a big slogan "Proudly Engineered in USA" with tiny lettering "made in China" would be an example of trying to disguise where it was made. I get it, I get it, its a coffee cup. It was engineered here.... A hundred years ago.

Oh, I agree completely. If I saw something like, say a 5-50 inch-lb torque wrench I'd buy it as fast as I could pull out my CC. I'm sure such a tool exists, I've just never seen one. Similar situation exists here at work. A common apparatus we use measures soil strength from 0 to 9000...

Another vote for the Tekton TRQ21101 here. Its range is 10-150 in-lbs..... Useful for carbon fiber bikes where often the spec is for some number in-between 10 and 20 in-lbs and the more-common 20-150 wrenches are too much.