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Originally Posted By: danez_yoda https://www.tirerack.com/tires/surveyresults/surveydisplay.jsp?type=GTAS the General Tire Altimax RT43 is in that class. Very nice tire for low dollars. It is ranked by tire rack higher than the Primicy MXM. I have a set on my wifes Minivan and they handle...

I'm going to admit something here. I have never rotated these tires. I promise I will rotate the next set. There, with that off my chest, I can tell you that the they haven't cupped, or flat spotted, feathered, or any of the other annoying things previous tires have done. They have 50k miles on...

I've had the Primacy MXM4 on my Accord for about 5 years now. They wore evenly, were quiet, seemed to have good traction... Overall I was happy with them. It is time to replace and I am seeing that the Primacy MXM4 is about $50 per tire more expensive than the new Pilot Sport AS3+. Does...

Hi, I've have seen many comments here recommending x number of miles or a year for oil changes. I have a 2013 accord with the 2.4l and the oil life monitor would have me go to about 11k miles to get to 15% life remaining. I'm comfortable from a miles perspective, but it takes me about 16 months...

Hi, I recently picked up a Samsung smart TV and thought I would check here before wasting more time trying to figure one issue out. We want to stream recent episodes of current season shows. For example, we on our computer we can go to www.nbc.com and watch last week's episode of Parenthood...

From what I am hearing BMW did address the part so it shouldn't happen again, but there is of course no support from them for the replacement. I'm basically decided on the eibach springs now. I would have rather stayed at stock height but with what I save vs oem I can throw new shocks on as...

Hello, The rear springs in the 330xi are broken (apparently a common issue). In looking around I found that aftermarket springs all lower the ride height of the car, but are significantly cheaper than OEM. I don't have any strong desire to drop the car but if it saves me a few bucks I am fine...

Ok, will experiment with rotating the tires. I wasn't expecting the last tire rotation to change the pull, and had this done at a shop so I don't know what they rotated where. That should isolate it further (hopefully) and from there determine tire or wheel. It would be fantastic to get to the...

We bought a used 2008 Saab 9-3 2.0 about a year and a half ago. When we bought the car it pulled to the left pretty strong, but only at speeds over 65 or 70. To notice any pull under that speed you really have to be looking for it. I had the alignment done (twice) and the print out said all was...

I have a BMW 330 with 130k on the clock. Over the past few months there have been a handful of times when it blew a sizable cloud of smoke out the back when I starting up, sometimes running rough for a few seconds. For reference this cloud it maybe three times the size of the car. It has been...

I can't find anything definitive on this. My 2002 BMW 330xi has 120k miles and the trans and diff fluid have never been changed. We all know BMW calls this lifetime fluid and we all also know they only say that so they can artificially lower the cost of the maintenance schedule on their cars...

Hi - My battery has a nice golf ball sized packing of that flaky white corrosion on the positive terminal. I know this is probably pretty common but I have never had it on this car in the 8+ years I've owned it (last battery change was about 2.5 years ago). Does anybody know the mechanics of...

I have about 95k on my 3.0L 1998 Ranger Reg Cab 2wd with 5M trans. The 3.0 vulcan is old tech but has a reputation for being nearly bullet proof and very very durable. My mileage (mostly short trip stop and go) is normally 21-22.5 during the summer... on the highway I tend to get about the same...

For whatever it is worth... I changed to SF MTF Glide a while back on my 5 speed ranger and it has been excellent. I would have to say it is actually enjoyable to flip through the gears now. I'm sure there are other good ones out there but I've been happy enough with the SF that I will use again...

I find it kinda creepy that a vendor makes advertisement posts like this. While I have used ARX and perceived some positive results the method and the claims come across poorly to me on a discussion board.