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I find it interesting that CR has most "EV" tires getting top scores for noise 5/5, while all got 3/5 for wet braking. Comparatively, only a few others of the 100+ tires they test get 5/5 for noise, and only the Pilot Sport All-season managaged 5/5 for noise and 4/5 for wet braking. Someone...

Yeah, an electric one that is balanced would be good. Or you may have to manually balance it.

Yep, whatever you've been doing for oil is certainly good enough, in terms of varnish/cleanliness. But does the cam lobe look a bit weird to you? Worn through the hardening layer on the tip?

I always remember Manitoba and Winnipeg having quite a few 20-30 year old cars just being driven. They don't get a lot of snow and its often cold enough that salt doesn't work anyways, so it seems they see a lot less corrosion than cars get in southern ontario. That dealer is optimistic...

I guess timing chain wear/stretch does tend to retard timing a little bit, but I've never seen numbers for it. VVT kicking in at the right rpms still? I was messing around with my alternator so I had the battery disconnected for a while, and then by chance, I had 89 octane in the tank when I...

Good point with dealing with taper, but I would do the shimming on the mitre saw table to get the cut square and flat to the post centre line. Then he can just put in a large lag bolt from the bottom of the cross pieces into the post, and it will pull everything flat/plumb and strong. Probably...

If you've got a small tree that needs a boost, bury it just inside the drip line. 3 feet down is fine, cut and save the sod, and put all the dirt on a sheet of cardboard, pack it back in well, and you'll never know it was there, except your tree is growing better.

Which engine is this? HG is pretty rare for Duratec, but I can't really think of anything else that would do that and still have normal looking fluids? Ran over a can of brake cleaner? PCV system loading up and then pushing through a bunch of stuff at once?

Orange Ryobi for me... Rigid, seems to last well enough and if it doesn't they give me a new one. My drill is from the end of the ni-cad era, and one battery wouldn't hold a good charge after 5-6 years, so they gave me 2 new lithium batteries and a charger for them. I had a Milwaukie drill...

10 or 12" Mitre saw. Gets most of the way through and flip it to finish. Make an extended table with some scraps. I have couple 12' 2x12's that I put on some saw horses and then screw down a "fence extender" at the end, line up the fence on the mitre saw with the extender, screw it down, add...

I guess if your BT OBD2 scanner is seeing different voltage than your multimeter, then you've got one thing to fix and see if it helps, as the ECU needs to read the correct voltage. I have my ultragauge set up with an alarm for low voltage 12.8V(alternator is off) and high 14.9v which is...

Wow, with the original turbo? I guess if you cleaned the oil line screen on them they lasted?

KYB quick struts and shocks has been good for me, so that's all I buy now. I seem to get at least OEM mileage out of them, but I haven't had any actually wear out, as the car has been scrapped or sold before they failed. Probably will raise the front end a little but adjust your headlights and...

Sounds like you know what you are doing and good to go, it will be interesting to hear how the adjustments change the car?

Do you have a scangauge or ultragauge, I find its reading of ECU voltage is right on with the battery voltage, then you can see in real time what's going on. Some cars use intake air temps to determine ideal alternator voltage. Do some reading on how the Sentra ECU is supposed to run the...

I would make the hole as small as practical and in the middle of the flat part, away from the corners, just like mitsubishi did with the Evo, as that technically is part of the car's structure. Also you'll need to plug it, to keep the rain/dust out. Maybe just clean the surrounding metal well...

What year is this Impreza? That is pretty short gearing for an automatic? It seems you have the same final top gearing that my Focus has, but I right lane camp at 65 mph which the engine seems pretty happy at, and fuel economy is good still. I did really consider getting a 2017 Outback with a...

I'm one of the 0W30/5W30 is the best 0W20 guys too. For my KISS cars at least, as they warm up once and typically don't shut off for 20-60 minutes. If I had a plug-in hybrid or start/stop car then maybe 0W20 is actually better? I have been behind plug-in hybrids in the winter on the hwy for...

Yes, these are pretty good tires, and I also upsized from 195/60R15 to 195/65R15 which seems to be nothing but good on my Focus. Puts the speedometer to match real speed too. You could run these with a touch less pressure as well due to the additional load capacity. The other option is to go...

Yes, there has been quite a few extra barriers to jump over to get a car model into the N.A. market, so just bringing one to Canada is even more difficult to make money on. But we'll see what happens, but if Canada isn't going to be importing/exporting many/any vehicles with the US, it probably...