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Originally Posted by dareo ToadU sounds like your doing a great service for the bottom of the car market. How do you get around the sales tax and registration costs? i always thought it would be interesting to run something similar to that here in Utah when my current business becomes obsolete...

I loose. My service manager says Mirages have 14" as standard and 15s an option

Mitsubishi Mirage. (Guessing) too lazy to look up.

Originally Posted by Donald Paint is cheap, time to prep & paint is expensive. Even doing it yourself. Buy the best. Don't agree. Buy mid-grade and above but never their most expensive. The most expensive is always the profit margin leader often you get nothing much more for the increased...

Originally Posted by danez_yoda If you don't lose more that one qt per oci,"It doesn't burn any oil". The only ones the burn oil are the ones that need a qt during the oci. +++ 100% correct

Originally Posted by wag123 Originally Posted by quint Wasnt there a Ford or GM truck back in the 60's or 70's that ran the windshield wipers off a hydraulic motor powered by the power steering pump? Cant remember where I saw that or what make it was, but that would be my first runner up. Yep...

Originally Posted by dareo ToadU i would totally watch your YouTube channel if it existed! Haha. I'm old now. Try to keep a low profile. I was supposed to have a reality TV show but th deal fell through at the last min. Now you have Lizard Lick towing TV show which was originally my idea to...

Don't really except to see Fiat remain in US market. Good luck to Peugeot but they couldn't make it before 30 years ago when people still wanted cars and they had cars. Today it's trucks and SUVs. Cars are continuing to shrink and companies making cars are continuing to shrink. In 5 years you...

Originally Posted by Beatlebob32 I'm facing the same question as the OP, but in regards to my 97 Town Car, 99k. Mine is a car I legitimately plan to keep forever, and I would like to give it the best available. So- questions I haven't seen posed yet: Valvoline (my general first choice) also...

Originally Posted by OVERKILL Originally Posted by grampi What's going on with Chrysler that they feel they have to keep merging with other companies? I don't think this is Chrysler's idea, I think it's Fiat's. Chrysler hasn't had an original idea since the Iacocca and the Kcars / mini van...

Law suites........Impound towing I've had 2 class action suits by the same law firm in Miami. Probably over 1,000 small claims suits. That's a daily occurrence. Sued by Ford Motor Finance, FCA and Mercedes. A couple smaller finance companies. A couple or three buy here pay here dealer owners...

Originally Posted by Kira May I take a guess at what suits are generated by your impound towing company? I bet it's 90% "you bent my suspension/wheels" and 10% "you scratched/dented my car". I took the liberty to ask an off-topic question because the new tire question surely must be resolved...

Originally Posted by OilStasher Originally Posted by ToadU You are flat out (another tire pun) wrong. There is only one safe and proper way to install tires when purchased as a set of two. You cannot find any legitimate source that says otherwise. Yes it is up to me and every business to...

People like to do a lot of odd things. It's interesting. A line has to be drawn when that "thing" they want is dangerous and could kill or injure an innocent person versed only harming themselves like with the oil example above. One thing I've noticed in the last 25-30 years is overall people...

Originally Posted by Dave9 Originally Posted by ToadU The difference is improper installation. Putting new tires on the front and worn on the rear is improper and a huge liability for a shop. Someone running tires past tread depth is their responsibility. Actively configuring their car to be...

Michelin Tire Safety Testing / New tires Front vs Rear https://youtu.be/oa9hzcjdi5Q From Popular Mechanics "Tire Myths" >>MYTH: When replacing only two tires, the new ones go on the front. The truth: Rear tires provide stability, and without stability, steering or braking on a wet or even...

Hoover Commercial CH54115 HushTone Hard-Bagged Upright with Intellibelt, 15" https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00YPJ85LS/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_tai_PKV-Db05QF2C8

The difference is improper installation. Putting new tires on the front and worn on the rear is improper and a huge liability for a shop. Someone running tires past tread depth is their responsibility. Actively configuring their car to be dangerous would be my liability.

What is the proper form you have to fill out to get an exception for your clean concrete?

Let's see....take the two worst auto manufacturers and merge them with another horrible manufacturer thats tried and failed already in the market mmmmmm what can go wrong. I gotta be honest, I've worked on a lot of cars, towed a lot of cars and owned a lot of cars and by far the worst made...