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Yea, the times I’ve installed Bosch pads(Perfect Stop), they seemed to work fine. I think they’re the same as QuietCast but in a different box.

Yea, I know, OEM Toyota or Akebono tends to work better on Toyotas. But, if I had to get brake pads tonight to go along with new rotors - I had a machine shop molest a set of Aisin rotors and there’s a shimmy in them upon braking, what would you gamble with? - Duralast Gold or BrakeBest Select...

I will say this - ACSO/CCCSO and BART Police will respond quick to any thing in the AC/BART systems. Shoplifters aren’t taking BART/AC Transit/SF Muni to do their crimes. They’re driving around on cold/hot plated cars, usually a rental with stolen plates. There’s more cameras on those trains and...

Man, with how bad Bay Bridge traffic gets on weekends and rush hour as well as BART-phobia many have if someone started this back up, Uber’s raison d’être of airport/event rides would evaporate. But now, with BART serving all but one of the major Bay Area airports(SJC), it’ll only be a VIP...

Calicraft x Lion Dance Cafe’s collaboration. An Asian-inspired IPA.

It works, if it has dexos1 certs. There’s much worse than Warren Highline oils out there. I prefer Euro C3/C6 or Mercedes/BMW/VW approved low-SAPS oils in turbo Subarus.

And the TCM is also monitoring shift times via watching the solenoid PWM values and shaft speeds to see if shifts are done within an expected time. If not, CEL and trans codes are logged. GM figured out how to monitor clutch life based on servo fill times. They were monitoring shift solenoid...

2007 Harley Dyna, about 25K on it, IIRC Out - RL 20W-50 V-Twin, Harley filter In - ditto. I’m probably going to recommend a Wix 51348/Fram 3614 or the PG equivalents for the next oil change. The owner also asked me about alternative oils. I recommended M1 20W-50.

I made vegan croissants, I used Myoko’s vegan butter and aquafaba for the wash. It worked out well. A vegan friend was cooking for a potluck this weekend, I kept her company while she tried her hand at vegan pate and marinated tofu for banh mis. They were good.

Second run of VRP. First run was with a Carquest Blue, I used the old Fram Ultra with VPBR.

Oil change on the Prius, the neighbor’s 2024 RAV4 and a coat of paint in the bathroom.

I used the Boss. It seemed OK. I’ll see about a post-mortem of it.

The Boss is the oldest. Got it from AAP’s fire “sale” for $4. The STP has a 2024 production date, Toyota filters are fresh. I use them on the Camry my dad drives for Uber in.

I need to do an oil change this weekend. Using VRP 5W-30. There’s an STP S4967XL I got from AutoZone as part of an oil promo. Also have a Puro Boss and plenty of OE Toyota N1 filters. It’s going on a Prius with almost 225K on it. It does drink oil but I don’t anticipate any severe loading of the...

It’s the Belgian Budweiser.

Use that Permatex. It’s good stuff. I’ve used 518PST for a few things.

09 Hyundai Sonata, customer(a friend) states weird sounds and the engine is cutting out. Pulled codes last night, P0302, P0264 and P2610. Cleared codes, took the car out for a drive and all seemed OK but I felt something was a little off. Fuel trims looked OK, STFT was between -2%<>3% and the...

I had to get one to safely bleed the brakes on a Toyota hybrid. They aren’t cheap.

Premium Guard. The current supplier for STP(AutoZone), O’Reilly and Advance.

OEM or PG-made. I rarely run oil beyond 6K.