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  1. dbias

    Lets talk about new vehicles

    Are you using the orange Rain-X washer fluid? A few years ago it was causing issues in VWs due it gumming up the level sensor and causing constant low fluid level warning. It coated the sensor and had to be cleaned off
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    Best road trip vehicle?

    Best road trip vehicle I ever owned was a 2015 Passat TDI. Solid handling, smooth ride, limousine size back seat and large trunk. The 2.0 TDI engine and six speed DSG were made for each other. That thing literally ate up highway miles with ease. While following my daughter’s travel and college...
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    Stay with Current or Chose a New Oil - VW1.4t

    ESP 0w-30 because thirty is my lucky number
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    Any Ramen enthusiasts?

    Love me some kimchi, the spicier the better.
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    Anyone doing a 'frankenbatch' of oil?

    Before I sold it last year my 2012 Ford transit Connect got many a change of what was left over from my Audi/VW changes. 0w-30 and 40 and that little van never blinked. Had over 220k miles on it when it was sold and never used oil at all. It hauled full loads most of its life doing 300 to 400...
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    Which one of these TOP TIER gasolines would you prefer if

    In my case I always get Sunoco. A mile from my house, Newer station, price matches Walmart a mile away and I get ten cents a gallon off that competitive price by using the app on my phone tied to my bank account. I like the app as there is no card reader worries plus it saves ten cents per gallon.
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    This is what happens when a cook puts mustard on a hot dog ...

    In West Virginia a hot dog has to have mustard, onions, sauce and Cole slaw. Google West Virginia hot dog.
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    Drinking and driving, a reminder you never want to be in.

    Being retired from my fire department since 2016 I miss a lot of things but cutting people from dui induced collisions is not one of them. The smell of alcohol and steaming antifreeze is something I’ll never forget. In December 2000 I was coming home from the main station after going to vacation...
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    Drink Coffee Black, Cream, Sweetener?

    Black coffee only for me. Dark and bitter just like my wife.
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    First Oil Change at 600 miles - What I Found

    The factory fill was 0W-20 VW508. The HPL is VW 504
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    First Oil Change at 600 miles - What I Found

    I know dropping the factory fill at 900 miles on my new GTI made me feel better to not only get any machining waste out but I replaced it with 0w-30 Mobil1 and at 4k miles I replaced that with HPL 0w-30. My car, my money and peace of mind. Did I remove anything harmful? I’ll never know as I...
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    Pet prescriptions

    How is it “free market” when it’s lobbyists putting their finger on the price scale?
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    Took a second test drive of the 2025 Jetta GLI 6-speed manual

    If the GLI is truly on your list I would go back and check the air pressure in the tires. When my city got a new $600k rescue truck everyone was complaining about the steering and how darty, non centered the truck felt. On the highway it would pull left for a while and then pull right like it...
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    guys over 50 doing maintenance

    I turned 61 last month. I still do all my maintenance on cars and house. Will be putting on a new shingle roof this summer and am planning a full kitchen renovation for the fall/winter. Just completed renovation of laundry room and garage. Am I sore the next day? Of course but as a city...
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    Domino's thoughts.....

    Living in a college town I have a veritable plethora of local pizza places from which to choose. The chain pizza places don’t stand a chance near campus and have relocated out towards the suburbs or the sketchier neighborhoods. I think there is only one dominos left that I remember. One chain...
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    Car prices to rise due to tariffs and certain vehicles possibly ...

    Exactly. Sales tax, sin taxes and fees are all regressive and impact the average person harder than the 1%. In America a speeding ticket is supposed to punish the offender. Who gets punished more with a two hundred dollar fine? A kid making minimum wage or someone well off? . Finland, for...
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    Car prices to rise due to tariffs and certain vehicles possibly ...

    This whole situation is like burning down the house to cook a steak. The percentages of the tariffs are not based on actual tariffs. They factored in any trade deficit with the country also. Doesn’t make sense to tariff Colombian coffee, which has no American equivalent, and the trade imbalance...
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    Hot water heater leaking

    From the looks of the water behind the plastic at the top heating element I’d say that one of the nipples at the top has rusted and is leaking down the tank. Same thing happened to my sister’s water heater and I replaced it in just a few minutes and it’s working good as new.
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    What is something you learned about your car after you owned it?

    I found this winter the my new GTI has a setting to automatically turn on the heated seats and steering wheel if temps are below 54 F. For months I had been mashing buttons each time to engage these functions. After having a heated steering wheel I would hesitate to buy another car without it...
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    Who here uses a torque wrench on the cv axle nut?

    I’ve always torqued anything that required it. I met my match on my Audi A4 when doing the front left wheel bearing. If I remember correctly it was 179 ft lbs and an additional 180. Im 260 lbs and could not get the full 180 even with a big breaker bar. It was bending and I was afraid it would...
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