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I'm with you Donald, ( I don't have the paint job for a showroom shine anyway, on any of my 3 cars ). Now it's all about protecting what's left. I remember a commercial on TV from the late 70's, early 80''s. " Hey ! I'm Earl Schieb !!! I'll paint any car, any color for $ 89.95 !!! " I used...

WOW !!!! Never knew something as simple as lint on a dipstick could cause engine damage. No more paper towels for me ! Learn something new everyday on BITOG :)

My ball and chain was taught to drive by her father. A truck driver. Since she was 22yrs old, I started maintaining her cars. We weren't even married yet. The 1st thing I would do is buy a set of rotors, pads, shoes, drums, oil, filter,,,,,,before I even started working on the car. She was an...

You can't change her. She seems too stubborn. Just sway her the best you can being that she helps you.

Yeh Smoky, we're dating ourselves :(

Sure, from what I've read on the bottles, you can double up on either one for longer lasting results. But in the end, it's all about the prep work for the product to work at it's best. Clay bar the paint, and all the stuff that goes with it. That's the hard part. My particular problem is old...

Recently switched to Bosch Quietcast rotors ad pads on my Camry. 6k and no problems.

Have the shop mark the balance point. Dismount tire. Dust done. Buy a new one or a good used one ( check date stamp ! ) Can't be that big of a slash if holding 10-15 PSI on vehicle. If shop is reputable, they will tell you if it's repairable with a patch. NO PLUG. Those are the worst repairs you...

Ok. sorry for blowin up. Didn't know she helps you out and that you're severely handicapped. This is a whole nother ball of wax now. Just do what you can to help with the OCI situation. Maybe there's something in the owner's manual that says " Oil change with filter X miles or X months...

Slow, tried, and true gravity bleed. After you installed all you're calipers, ( wheel cylinders if rear shoes ), turkey baste as much of the muck as you can out of the MC. Add new brake fluid. Open RR bleeder 1st, wait till you see no more air bubbles, then LR, then RF, then LF. Start the car...

No thanks. I gotta look at that ODO everytime I service that CRV ( which fortunately is not often anymore) The wife runs an 06' Camry LE / 4 cyl / automatic/ 126k I run an 03' Toyota Solara / 4cyl / automatic/ 128k . The CRV is " out to pasture" now. Our 13 yr old daughter will get it in...

WHAT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You need a check up from the neck up my friend !! YOU'RE PAYING FOR THE SUPPLIES AND FREE LABOR ( or am I missing something here ) FRIG HER !!!!! Tell her to get a shopping cart wagon with those 2 big back wheels on them and WALK !!!!!!! She doesn't deserve you're...

Yeh, and I hated EVERY mile of it. In all weather ( except really bad snow storms or torrential rain days, they would shut down the jobs for safety concerns ) Don't put me in no records, I'm still forgetting. Don't want to be reminded here. Did it for the $$$$. Yes, I changed oil & filter just...

Tired, roughly 68k - 70k a year....It really suc-ed !!!!! But, it was the highest paying Union job per hour. Worked that job from 2007-2022. From 1986-2007, I was in Gas Construction using Con-Ed utility vehicles. Took that higher paying job to boost my pension. In between, I worked 35 yrs...

No Uber driver. My job at the local utility company, ( Con-Ed ), was a " Construction Rep". A Union job that required you to use you're own personal car to drive around to different jobsites scattered across Westchester County, NY. Sub-contractor's were doing the actual work, and I had to...

Church key was for a beer can, not an oil can. Oil can openers had those bulky things with the blade that cut thru the can and was tapered to a funnel looking thing. WOW, I"m friggin OLD !!!! :(

Thanks for the props, but I'm not awesome. Everything I learned in almost 50 yrs was by trial and error... Never took a class...School of hard knocks. I've even torched one of my own cars trying to install a new stereo system..Wired it up wrong, obviously, turned it on, the radio, the amp, 4 new...

No oil burning, no puff of stem seal at start up. Had the valves adjusted a few times and one VTC actuator. One day, a piston rod will come flying out the side of the block. Can't run forever.

Yes, you're smart about that. Who knows where these re-man'd or " new" online alternators come from. And you don't want to dump 1/2 of you're life savings into a new " GM" alternator. You're doing right. The little small business local shop won't stick it to you.

Hahahahahah....Sorry....Should have taken that " Grammarly thingy" that's always in my junk folder ....Let's get this grammatically correct now : The vehicle is a 2013 Honda CRC AWD EXL. 614, 863 miles . I'm just REALLY bummed out that the warranty was 5yr/60k, and the tranny blew at 4yrs/...