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Decorations on a house in AZ.

The city of Phoenix is among the worst in the nation for red light running and red light crashes. As a result, Phoenix has decided to bring back red light cameras to be positioned at the worst intersections. There will also be some cameras that will be moved around to different intersections at...

I use Honda HP2 at 40:1

Money is flowing out of Gold and into Bitcoin

My grand-daughter built a PC (with my oversight) to play Roblox and Minecraft. https://www.logicalincrements.com/games/minecraft shows Minecraft performance on PCs at various price points. We built a custom system equivalent to the Outstanding Tier ($1500) to make sure she would not outgrow it...

A 5th gen 4 Runner stores a full size spare under the vehicle. After 12 years my spare was oxidized and micro cracking. I bought a new, unused, stock spare tire and wheel from a guy that upgraded his wheels to install larger tires.

OP, post images of the belt, contact side. How many miles on the belt?

A genuine Toyota 4Runner remanufactured alternator doesn't include the decoupler. It has to be bought separately. Did you buy a reman alternator from Toyota for your Camry? Did you test the decoupler for smooth operation when the reman was installed? There appears to be a lot of dirt inside...

^^^ This 100%... and my 24 year old Maxima was rust free which helps a lot with maintenance.

I think your processor is OK. I have not had any problems with Intel processors one step above yours. I built 2 PCs using 13th gen i5-13500 retail processors, one PC last February and the other last May. One PC has been updated with microcode BIOS and the other will be updated shortly. No...

I doubt CCN has had RCA training. I sent an email to CCN to find out if Toyota gathers failure information from experienced and certified Toyota mechanics. I included very brief descriptions of other potential root causes for head gasket failure. If CCN has connections with Toyota, then perhaps...

"If the problem takes 200,000 miles to manifest itself, is it really a design flaw?" Yes, It's a design flaw for other reasons. If your measure is to simply make it to 200K miles, then it's not a design flaw to you. However, there are Toyota customers who want and achieve more than 200K miles...

It's unreasonable to expect CCN to warranty parts and labor even if used parts are barely in spec in situations where there is obviously a design issue confirmed by multiple instances of where the block was either well within spec or out of spec. Now he has a situation where the block is barely...

In my opinion, in this case, a manufacturer spec on block flatness is no longer the deciding factor in a decision to warranty this repair when this is clearly a design flaw that leads to thermal distortion in this particular location in either the block, cylinder head or both. I'm wondering if...

I'm a CCN fan. I also think he rambles in this video probably as a result of having to discuss this type of expensive repair over and over again with many customers (a stack of 10 bad head gaskets and four vehicles in the shop with head gasket symptoms and many others.) I think most of his...

The Car Care Nut is customer focused. Other mechanics or service advisors would likely steer this customer towards a repair to make money whereas the Car Care Nut is willing to fully disclose to a customer all possible outcomes and costs before turning a wrench. CCN is willing to lose an...

CCN has to inform the customer that (a) the block and head might be within spec, or (2) the block is in spec and the head not in spec, or (3) both the block and head out of spec. So, if you are a customer who wants to keep the car, do you spend the money to tear it down and find out if the...

I picked up a like new 5 gallon plastic fuel "can" while driving on a city street where I could pull off into a nearby side lot. Would I stop to pick up a bucket? No, no, no.

I once received a "free" cartridge style STP oil filter for my 4Runner with purchase of oil. I measured the height at 4 locations with a machinist caliper, compared readings with the OEM and quickly decided to not install the STP filter. I don't remember the measurements. It was too many years ago.