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There is a story (possibly apocryphal) about machinists in the USA during WWII. There was a need for some very high precision parts, possibly for the Manhattan Project. The machinists said it wasn't possible to work to that tolerance. So they hired people who weren't machinists who didn't know...

First of all this should be a warranty repair. This part might just be defective. In addition I wonder if there was an earlier model with an identical but metal part. Worth checking.

At age 39 I started a 4 year upgrade. That set me up for the rest of my career. My best move ever.

I'm a big fan of "widows' and orphans' stocks." I like dividends and steady if unspectacular growth.

The S&P 500 and Tech have been very strong over the past 5 - 10 years. For good or ill, this movement may have largely run it's course. I will keep some S&P 500 investments and Berkshire Hathaway of course, but I've been adding to EAFE (Europe Australasia and the Far East) and I'm going to add...

And anyway you shouldn't count on any one thing to keep a vehicle raised.

I expect so. The Canadian OAS is only age dependent. And if you make too much money by some combination of working, pensions or investment income they "claw back" some (or even a lot) of it. It becomes a badge of honour how much the government is clawing back!

.. or a real gal. I know several real gals who work on cars. One restores early '50s Detroit Iron. And puts many of us to shame.

That's the story of the cobbler's shoes, and the carpenter's cupboards - or more precisely the lack thereof. I spent 10 years as a General Practitioner (GP) and some of my most frightening stories were about physician's children and problems ignored. I learned to spend extra care whenever I saw...

Or 61, even 71 again.

You had a number of good suggestions. I use a big piece of cardboard to lie on. It provides a bit of padding, a bit of insulation and it's really cheap. I sometimes get oil on it so I have to get a new one periodically. For jobs where I'm likely to be on my knees I start off wearing a pair of...

I seriously considered replacing my BMW with one. The 6MT 2.0 Turbo drove very well, lots of power. Much nicer than the Camry. But when they were cancelled, my local dealer couldn't get me a red one or a blue one, so I passed.

Or in the 70s. To summarize, it's like an old car that "works fairly well most of the time" but needs a lot of maintenance and repairs.

I'm older than everyone who has listed so far. I've been retired for 10 years. I limit myself to 2 hours of physical work a day (except for my once a week museum day when I work for 4 hours, and Monday every other week when our gardener is here for 3 hours). I don't count minor household...

My friend who used to be in the used car business says the '06 and '07 Accord V6 6MT 4Dr is the "Holy Grail" of Honda cars. They are a good car. And pretty rare. I've never seen another one in the wild. They can be recognized by the dual exhausts, TL style wheels, and the red paint on the V6...

One of my friends had a TL 6MT. It was the prettier car. The wheels are identical (except for the plastic centers) between the TL 6MT and the Accord V6 6MT 4Dr. I really should have bought a TL too because my boss at the time also owned an Acura dealership. But as they say, timing is...

A year or so ago another "Bob" member reported on his 200x Honda Accord V6 6MT 2Dr. He had just put 1,000,000 miles on it, though it had been running on only 5 cylinders for the last 40,000 miles because of a burned valve. When he did a tear down he found that the valve in question (an exhaust...

As to the original question, when I repainted the alloy wheels on my Accord they were too shiny as well. A coat of semi-mat clear toned that down very satisfactorily. They look very nice - for an 18 year old car.

The way you got to 8 years was by not replacing it at 6 years. The way you get to 10 years is by not replacing it at 8. As my smart Alec cousin used to say, just think about how much longer the next one will last if you don't replace it now. Sounds like it would be fairly convenient to...

In Norway apparently the entire body including the bones is completely gone when the grave is reused. The soil may be acidic or something. In Scandinavia there isn't very much land for growing food so keeping graveyards to a minimum makes sense. Graveyards tend to be on well drained, flat areas...