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    What are these black stains on newly installed vinyl soffit?

    I second that Mold Armor tip. That's all I ever use here in the jungle of Western KY.
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    Battery / abs / low coolant light on when drive hard

    I am thinking battery connection or bad ground. Those molded cable ends get bad connections inside.
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    BP gasoline with invigorate

    I don't care much about TT. I just try to remember who gets new tanks and how clean they keep their facility. On 2 recent trips I filled up with BP regular on the first trip and got 33.5 calculated and on a second roadtrip I got a fillup at local Marathon and got 31,5 calculated. Neither...
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    Buy a meal at a fast food pay for tap water

    That makes as much sense as a pay toilet in a diarrhea ward.
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    Is this safe for caliper slide pins?

    On my vehicle sunroofs I use the Permatex blue or purple whatever it is by putting the sunroof in the outside position and cleaning the seal first and then put the permatex on a rag and rub it on the sunroof seal inner and outer. Seal won't leak for about a year.
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    Mastercraft/Walmart Issues

    My local Mom and Pop tire store told me that the tires Wal-Mart sells are 2nds. They have never sold me anything that I had to take back for anything.
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    Is this safe for caliper slide pins?

    That Permatex Blue silicon work great on sunroof seals. Softens and waterproofs. Use it on my Ram truck and Yukon.
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    Mazda CX5 battery inquiry

    Our 2014 CX-5 Has just 26K miles on it and it has the 2.0L. The original battery lasted nearly 6 years ad was replaced by me with a Duracell from Sam's Club that was from East Penn. Its now on its second Duracell and they are still made by East Penn. That little 2 L sounds like a tractor but...
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    I can't catch a break - Medical complications.

    I feel your pain. I have had to have 3 operations from hernia mesh. Mine got a staph infection from surgery and had to be removed. On the second round it was doing good till I was hit head on in my company Dodge Journey and staph was spread again. Then had to do without for 2 years for it to...
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    Small SUV needed; advice?

    We have a 2014 Mazda CX5 and a 2012 Mazda 5. I'll vote for the Mazda every time. Reliable as a stone. No issues with either one.
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    Ford 1.5L (4 cyl) Ecoboost, replace head gasket?

    I had a 1.5/L 6 cylinder in Honda Goldwing. I never had a coolant issue but I only used Honda antifreeze. Had.98k on it when I stopped riding due to hip replacement.
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    Ozium New Car Smell Major Issue - Rancid

    The Chinese probably added Covid to it
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    Pick me out a new Laptop!

    I got my wife a really nice HP chromebook. It has like 16gb memory and around. 350 GB SSD . Boots up really fast. Select a website and its instant. I am on my Fire tablet. I hate waiting on Windows updates and boot ups and shutdowns. We hardly ever use our windows anymore. When other do...
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    Keeping external drive plugged in to desktop 24/7

    I worked in Xray field in the early 80's and had a Special Procedures room that had an AMPEX hard drive that weighed around 200 lbs. Most unreliable drive I ever saw. Never could order just one cause they were all repaired.
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    VW Karmann Ghia launched on this day 14th July 1955, 70 years ago

    My sister owned one in Phoenix and I had a 1955 Bug. Both had the 36 hp motor. Hers was a 1960 and had a gas gauge plus the reserve lever. When getting on I 10 hers would do 60mph and mine would only do 55 in third gear. Wrote it off as it being slicker. Wish I had both of those rust free...
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