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    NEW Vehicle Advice / Recommendations: Anyone? Subaru or Toyota? What says the gang?

    Another vote here for Mazda. We own 2 and they have been nearly trouble free. Biggest problems have been the dealer service.
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    Best/Worst A/C Performance in a car?

    Our 2012 Mazda5 and our 2014 Mazda CX5 have the best AC and have never been serviced. Our 05 Yukon with dual AC has been the worst
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    Identify this spider

    I got bit years ago by a brown recluse. I still have the reminder on my leg. got antibiotic and cream and the dermatologist had me wrap wet gauze on it with plastic wrap over that for like a month. Has about a 3/4 inch size low spot on my leg that is bright colored. I get reminded about it...
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    1976 VW Bus / Kombi - oil recommendation

    i also have a 86 Vanagon Westfalia and a 65 VW beetle and I have never had an oil pressure gauge on any of them. I have probably had 14 VW air cooled over the years and My love for them started while I lived in Arizona. My first ones were a 55 Bug and a 59 bus. They both had the 36hp motors...
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    Engine hydraulic & backfiring probs

    Was the gas new? Pull the rope several times with the plug removed. Then drain the gas. Put a cup of SeaFoam in the tank and pull it over a couple times. Re-install the spark plug and add gas to half fill the tank. All my stuff that sits around gets that way if fuel is left in the tank while...
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    1976 VW Bus / Kombi - oil recommendation

    Have you looked at thesamba.com? I own a 75 Westfalia and it has an1800 motor that I use 20-50 Valvoline and it works fine. I don't have any extra cooler on mine but just the original VW system. When I drive mine on the interstate and stop for gas i can pull the dipstick and touch the oil...
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    Over 70 and still wrenching your own vehicles

    I'm 78 and last week I changed the rear hub and bearing on my wife's 2012 Mazda 5. Also will be changing the right front bearing on the same car. After 158K they are making a little noise. A month ago I replaced the front hub on our 05 Yukon 4x4, After 228k miles. 3 days ago charged up...
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    3-Row SUV for Midlife Crisis

    That's easy, Chrysler Pacifica
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    Car Won't Start, No Crank

    Did you try replacing the battery in the key fob. How about the neutral safety switch. Try starting in neutral
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    I was in the wrong and I don't care.

    I still remember when GM started using catalytic converters. My 71 VW beetle was exposed as a high pollution vehicle when I was getting to spread my gallon of gas 30+ miles and they were spreading their gallon of gas only over 15 or so miles.
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    Chevy 5.3 sound question

    Sounds kinda like a car I had where the crank pulley was coming apart.
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    2018 Mazda 3 Trans Service

    Yes you have to remove that bottom cover to service the trans but not for oil and filter changes. Mazda made that simple. I have had to replace that bottom cover 2 times from hitting dead animals in the road. At least it is available.
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    2018 Mazda 3 Trans Service

    We have a 2012 Mazda 5 and it now has 158K on it and I have serviced the transmission 2 times. It actually has a drain plug and a dipstick. I have been using the Valvoline fluid rated for Mazda without issues. Runs and shifts great. Needs a front wheel bearing replaced now, but it has been...
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    Interesting push for pension over lump sum

    I took the pension that had a guarantee amount for my wife. She is five years younger than me. I have been retired now for ten years. It has worked out good for us since we can budget that income. She also has a pension and my SS is decent. We are not loaded but we have two homes and travel...
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    Best shocks for cushy ride in half ton truck

    On my 07 Ram 1500 Laramie I put Monroe Sensa. track shocks on it. Very cushy ride and I haul our small 5th wheel trailer with it
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    Anyone here had a bad hip replaced?

    I had a Christmas Eve j left hip replaced 17 years ago. I fell on ice on a sidewalk. The first few years were bad with getting stuck and needing help to move. If I was on a ladder and it locked up, I had to wait for somebody to show up and help me get down. I had to take a differs job where...
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    Thicker oil=lower oil temps?

    On my VW's that are air cooled I run 20-50 in my air cooled van. I believe the extra viscosity allows the oil to flow slower through the oil cooler so more heat gets taken out. May just be my guess but on the heat of the dipstick test, the thicker oil is cooler on my fingers.
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    What is the best way to get a snake out of a car?

    My wife bought a plant and there was a small snake in the pot. She just left the doors open and it left. Or you can put a cat in there and have it find it. They love to play with snakes and they will kill it.
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    Air compressor oil

    I just used 10-30 in my Craftsman 2.5hp 2 cylinder compressor that I purchased way back in 1976. I have changed it 2 times cause it doesn't see a lot of use but my garage isn't heated so the 30 wt makes it hard to get started. It owes me nothing.
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