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All of my plastic cans look like balloons in the summer and then crinkle in the winter and CRACK. I’ve been putting off buying metal. I’m either going to convert to metal cans, or mount a 15 gallon fuel cel in a shelf with some kind of failsafe valve, gravity feed lockout and use that for...

Worked on finishing the lamp for my mom. I’ll post a pic of it soon. Finally did the math on my yard size, and I’ve not been using nearly enough fertilizer or weed stuff. Also the pH is off, favoring more weeds and less grass. So I put down lime treatment and then nitrogen with the rest of my...

The original LE was a great tire that looked like a standard blocky tread or even almost a mild AT. They wore well, tractioned well and were a solid value. The LE2 was a sturdy highway tire, we had 2 sets. The balanced and handled very well. They were average in the rain new and were done in...

Not a pilot, but I found myself behind a new passport today, and to my eye they got the lines and dimensions of that one right. Stellar looking vehicle. We’ve owned a bunch of Hondas. I’ll jump on engine reliability. I simply didn’t have engine problems with any of the ones we owned...

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I’ve tinted several of my cars. The first one was a disaster but it was a neat color and highly effective so I stayed with it. It was a tan escort and I found a tint with metallic film that was a non-gray, kinda bronze/brown tint, and was excellent since it removed so much blue. Can’t find that...

Bigwig has good tastes!

Hmm - thank you for your thoughts @TiGeo - I no longer have it - I did not check runout - that would have been useful. And I did try to drive in ways as to not bake the pads against the rotors at stops, graceful braking with creep room left to distribute the heat - the most aggressive pad was...

^^^ I love this

Man I had an 86, sadly pre-Mazda. It improved so much with Mazda. That said, the shift behavior in the ford ‘86 box was pretty darn good, one of the better attributes of the escort.

Ford ecoboost also can’t use dipstick for oil change verification. Vehicle must sit 10 minutes before using it, it’s supposedly in a separate cavity. Drain and fill be the numbers, and go.

Ok. Think with me here. I want your thoughts. On my gen 1 tundra, yes, new rotors, and then a whole lot of bedding, and they were good. But one month later, theres shudder. So I’d rebed again, and it would be better. This tells me that uneven pad deposits was legit. But then in a month, the...

Thats the way to do it. Enjoy the pull, dont get in a hurry, sip a nice cup of joe, keep your wits about you and brake early!

20 years ago hands down I would vote for Mercedes, BMW and Volvo. But now I’d take a survey from EMTs with High Consideration against NHTSA scores. Automakers design their vehicles to pass the specific tests, since that’s what they are scored against. But before the tests were the big deal, I do...

We had pretty solid interest in the Honda version, but chickened out. We ended up (for my wife) with the Rav4H instead.

I borrowed one of these for a few weeks and a thousand miles years back - 1986 standard cab with the straight six and 5MT. I’d never driven a truck before. HATED giving it back. I was driving it in DC beltway traffic - the seats were great, the shifter was just right, clutch was no drama, and...

Fair thinking. You may find the convenience of having the truck bed to be /excellent/. I can’t go back to an SUV. I tried. Like you, I would at least need a trailer. But then if I’m getting wood or anything on the way home, I have to think ahead and drive the trailer all day. Which still isn’t...

Coming from the Lincoln, would you use the truck bed? It doesn’t sound like thats been a need or interest for you? Maverick hits a sweet spot for 90% of truck owners in that it does truck stuff without needing the full weight and size and cost of a full-size. That’s part of why it is so...

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We had an older vitara. It seemed to really wear the fluid based on shift quality. At around 100k I got a hold of it and replaced with Amsoil - and the difference was remarkable. Based on the 3309 and Type IV suggestions, amsoil or Maxlife synthetic ATF would both be dead ringers. @P3zhman