Recent content by Ranger83

Necrothread! We have a 2006 Sprinter purchased with 142,000 miles three years ago. Now has 187,000. We used Rotella T6 for previous oil changes, but it was not available locally. So purchased Castrol Edge Euro Car 5W-40. It was $38 locally for five quart jug so $76 for the change. It meets...

Gave it to my daughter. She killed it at 254,000 miles. Not sure what was wrong (she’s in Colorado) but we netted $1,000 for the car and tires.

He can’t possibly be more annoying than Scotty Killme……

A 2000 4Runner Limited with 18,000 original miles just sold on BAT for $40,000.

4WD - Crazy money. Gen 3’s even more. We bought a 2001 Limited with 113,000 miles for $8,500 and thought that was a good $3,000 more than a normal market. CT dealer has one for sale for $15,000!

No 50’ beauty shots with plowed snow.

We got 22-24” in Boston but much lighter than normal. This is “normal” - salt enfused, wind blown heavy snow. Just ordered an impeller kit.

Did I miss it? What did the OP buy?

Although the previous set of R2's are not worn out, put on new "Nokian Hakkapeliitta R3 SUV‘s today on my Outback. Used the OEM rims from my WRX and they look decent."‘s today on my Outback. Used the OEM rims from my WRX and they look decent. Not sure how they will clear snow build up with...

About to upgrade my 3.6R to R3 SUV from R2 SUV. We drive back and forth between our place near Mt Sunapee and Boston regularly. Is rather common to start in rain, drive through slush, and arrive in fresh snow. Between our fleet at work and our POV, we've owned Nokian RSI, R, R2, R2 SUV...

We have eTyre 2's on several vehicles: great performance and they cost less than the Michelins we bought previously. We have Hakka R2 SUV winter tires [18" rims] on our 2016 Tahoe, plan to replace the stock 275/55R20 tires with the Rotiiva AT once winter is over and the R2's come off.

Originally Posted by dishdude The Ridgeline is nothing more than an Odyssey with a shelf. Well, it does have a Honda badge and shares a 3.5LV6. Both Ford and GM are working on mid-sized unibody pickups.

Sprinters have an electrical plug in the transmission. It's easy to change and costs $10-15. If not replaced periodically (some say 40,000 some 80,000), they have a tendency to leak through the connector, causing other problems. People put huge mileage on them so that might be a once-yearly...

Originally Posted by krzyss I have never heard about Nokians wearing better than Xice, especially Xi3. My Xi3 just do not want to die. Starting tread depth of X-Ice in our sizes was 10-1/2 32nds. Starting tread depth of the Blizzak WS80 and Nokian R2's was 12/32nd. As winter performance sharply...

We tried most of the new winter tires on our work fleet. We stopped and just bought Nokians because they always won. They are as expensive as the X-Ice But perform better and last longer. We have started using Nokian enTyre 2 as summer tires as we were so impressed with the Hakkapeliitas*...