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    Another Hemi bites the dust.....

    Yep....I ran a 2.4 Chrysler in ChumpCar for years. 8 hrs days/2 days....redline all day, without a failure.
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    What I would consider for my next vehicle.

    1, once week prob. 2 3or 4? But didnt drive Prius on those. The Prius has 70 K klms on it now, and will 1 yr old, june 1st We live rural, and both work in opposite directions. The big issue up here, is , Unless in one of the real big cites, Fast reliable chargers(other than Tesla) are hard to...
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    2025 Ram 1500 REV Specs. Up to 500 Miles Range

    God help me.....:(
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    Like I said.....only a matter of time for EV's to be cost competitive

    No way I'm driving around on top of a cheap chinese battery. I've seen enough vids of burning up scooters and busses over there.
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    Another Hemi bites the dust.....

    Some do....not all. Customer stories made sense, damage was accurate. We might have even made truck worse , as we did get it to run for 3 sec or so. Sounded spicy!
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    What I would consider for my next vehicle.

    100% Hybrid going forward with me, we love the Prius. No way full EV, im not sitting to charge on a trip.
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    Another Hemi bites the dust.....

    Both happened at low speed/rpm. You can also tell by how big piston pieces are. If was a high speed failure, would be all tiny pieces in pan. This one was towed in for a no start/smoke. Quit pulling up to stop, and when he tried to start it....saw smoke. Was the starter cooking because engine...
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    Another Hemi bites the dust.....

    Only pics I got. Nope 1 piece of rod mangled between crank/rod. Both got long block and intakes.
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    What would you use? Brake pad advice

    Try and get brembo # off pad and then search online. I did that for my V60, and paid half price of through Volvo. You probably wont like pedal feel with anything else.
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    Takata Airbag Settlement

    Buddy is an SM at a Honda dealer, and they were paying the dealer to go customers house, and knock on door, and ask if they could do bags right there in the driveway......because people would not bring them in.
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    Swollen lug nuts?

    We do TONS of them up here in salt belt on all brands.
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    High Mileage 5.7 HEMI V-8's ??

    We have quite a few we service with 200k plus with zero issues. Just the bulk oil we buy through contract with Ma Mopar....its PP now for last 2 years or so.....cant remember what was before , but it wasn't syn. Was 5k rec change, now 10k with the syn PP
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    Another Hemi bites the dust.....

    This one is a 22 truck, with 2k on it. Valve broke off at keeper groove. Piston in pieces, rod broke in 3 pieces. Second one in 3 months, last one was a 21 6.4 in a Car, also low miles. It also dropped valve but never looked close to see where valve broke on that one. Don't remember last time I...
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    Why did this water pump fail? - 2014 Ram 5.7L Hemi

    Fairly weak bearing on them....change quite a few.
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    Finally got a ZTR...

    Got $1400 out of the 2011 Snapper today.....takin care of them pays off somewhat I guess
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    Finally got a ZTR...

    Well.....not sure yet. My old rider used to cut grass pretty fine, so just did side discharge. I'll have to see how this does, only cut once so far. Works sooooo well and is way more comfortable
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    Finally got a ZTR...

    Foot pedal just like normal rider. Ya good idea on oil I may do same. Did first cut yest, soooo happy with it.
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    Finally got a ZTR...

    Nope still works great....wanted something bigger/faster
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    Boating season is upon us

    Nice boat! Ya im sure yours would have been like docking my 270 Rinker, not fun unless very calm. Wish mine had a thruster.
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