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Weight will help but its probably time to replace the tires. The stock tires on my 18 Sierra were at around same depth at 40K and I noticed that they didn't want to hold in wet conditions as well anymore either. Not that I thought putting highway tires on a 4x4 truck with Max Tow package was a...

I still have an old Seagate external drive that I often use to transfer files on old computers that don't play well with newer USB drives. Still works to this day. And while I rarely fire up my old 486 anymore that HDD is still working as well. No bad sectors either.

Yeah, it makes a difference even on old computers. I have an old Dell laptop that is still running WINXP for my old OBD1 tuning stuff and I put an IDE SSD in it as I got really tired of the HDD failures on the old drives. Boots up in less than half the time with the SSD. And if its thrown around...

Oh yes, we went through HDDs as well, they needed replaced at about the 4-5 year mark in most of the PCs when they were still the standard. But at least with the old spinning discs we would get a bit of a warning before they decided they had enough and could swap them out with another PC before...

I believe most of them have been Intels. These are the micro PCs, which probably doesn't help either as the fans aren't very good and they never get cleaned out until they decide to overheat and stop working for the staff. Hospital and clinic PCs tend to lead a rough life.

Hated the way my Sierra felt with the stock Rancho shocks. Anytime I went over any small bumps, felt like the whole truck was bobbing up and down way more than it should. Swapped them out for Bilstien 5100s at around 40K and it was a night and day difference, especially when towing or hauling...

Love the speed of SSDs but reliability can definitely be hit or miss. At work we are constantly replacing SSDs in our Dell desktops that are now in the 3-4 year old range. And unlike the old HDDs, they don't start dying slowly, they just decide to die one day and the PC can't recognize the...

I wouldn't worry about it. Just check the fluids, battery, and tire pressure to make sure everything is ok. My Camaros sit in the garage all winter, which is at least 4 months here. I make sure to put them on battery tenders to keep the batteries in good shape. Aside from the tires needing a...

GM 95 350 engines used DexCool as well. Had a 95 Tahoe with the 5.7 TBI, had a DexCool sticker with the 5 year/150K mile info. Never had any issues with the coolant as it didn't have an intake with gaskets that reacted with it like the 96-02 Vortecs or the 3.1/3.4/3.8 engines. But I also made...

I also run E85 and minimum 40% ethanol mixes in my truck, probably explains why I get more water in the winter.

Good to know its similar results, even on 2 different engine types. I've already seen plenty of clogged up ports on the GM Gen V engines, had no interest in having to remove the heads to get them cleaned at some point. Catch can was the first thing I did on my 2015 5.3 when I got it and that was...

I've said this from the beginning as well. Forcing people to choice EV when it can't do what is needed to replace ICE is just plain stupid and it isn't going to work no matter how many idiots in governments pretend it will.

Interesting results. I have a catch can on my 2018 Sierra and I've noticed a big difference between winter and summer when I empty it. In the winter it has more water and a milky appearance while in the summer it is more like darker oil. I also empty the catch can every time I get gas in the...

Yep, this right here. I just did a couple drain and fills on my 2018 Sierra this past week and the distilled water I bought at Kroger was $1.29 per gallon. Got the DexCool from NAPA for around $25 for 2 gallons of concentrate, still have 1 gallon of 50/50 mix left after the 2 drain and files...

Not a daily but I do still have my old 486SX 25Mhz PC that still works. Has a 25Mhz 487 chip in it with 32MB of RAM. Originally came with 4MB of RAM. DOS 6.22 and WIN 3.11 with a huge 129MB hard drive.

This isn't entirely true, Comcast introduced the 1.2TB cap in my area back a few years even though we have Centrylink (*shudders*) and I3 Broadband who do not have caps. They decided it was needed "for load balancing on the highest users." More like, we want you to pay more every month to get...

TBI was used between 88-95 in US on light duty trucks 1500-3500, they were all OBD1 ECMs. Everything 96+ is OBD2 for light duty trucks 1500-3500, 96-03 used the Vortec engines with MPFI on the 4.3/5.0/5.7/7.4 engines. 99 was the first year of the LS based engines for the V8s in the...

I don't know about Macs but Lenovo and Dells will not charge at all if there isn't enough power. Dells will give a message after POST about not having enough power, Lenovos generally give the message inside Windows, both state they will not charge due to not having XX watt power supply attached...

Most laptops use a USB C port for charging and docking stations these days. They no longer have a "dedicated charging plug" which was typically the old barrel connectors. As for the device you linked, its fin3 for low power devices. It would not work with anything charging over 5V.

Central IL. Let me know when you find 350Kw chargers at the farms or small towns in this area. You can differentiate the chargers all you want, in the end if you are planning on doing anything in this area, you aren't finding any 350kW chargers in the middle of the farms and small towns here...