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Anyone own or have any experience with a late 90's Trooper or Rodeo, 4WD, V6? Looking for a semi-beater class SUV to take hunting and pull a smaller cargo trailer. I know the auto tranny is a GM that has a less than stellar rep but that is most likely from no filter and fluid changes. The 4WD...

The Dutch Marines that patrol Greenland use Glock 10mm's for Polar Bears. The Glock 10mm with its capacity puts more foot pounds of energy on target than any reasonable handgun out there.

First member to message me with their address in the continental 48 states will receive a like new tin of Collinite Feelwax. No more paste wax for me and I'd like to pay it forward. I'll ship it to you for FREE! AFter paying $20+ I just can't let it set and would like to send it to someone who...

I found where some one said to keep a spray bottle handy and mist the applicator pad and that helps ensure a nice thin coat of Fleetwax when applying. I will try that and will see if that helps.

In Canada, unvented gas appliances are ILLEGAL. Part of it is that many of their house are built so tight against the cold their is a sure chance of carbon monoxide poisoning. If you go out of your way to build a super tight house, you better get an air exchanger.

I used to be the "go to" guy in my PD for weapons knowledge and advice back about a decade ago until I was nearly killed when an old man turned left in front of me and my motorcycle. A near death experience will take some the fire out of your furnace for sure. I was always practical with my...

We have a new Lord High Grand Exalted Poobah of Long Gas Engine OCI's!

I have owned mainlyAsian cars for the past 25 years. I changed the transmission fluid every 25 to 30k miles. I use Valvoline or Castrol multi-import ATF PLUS THE APPROPRIATE LUBE GUARD ADDITIVE. No issues. They shift like their new I've never had to rebuild a transmission.

I have used Valvoline or Castrol Import ATF plus the appropriate LubeGard additive in all the Asian cars I have i need over the passed 25 or so years. Changed the fluid every 25 to 30,000 MI and every car I ever traded or sold still had the original transmission with no work done on it. My...

Sounds about right for a Dodge, I mean, Fiat, oops, I mean Mercedes, darnnit, Peugeot, ahhh Stelantis, oh whatever.............

I have owned one European car. I will never own another one.

My dad loves his Santa Cruz. He would have loved to have considered a Maverick. But we couldn't find one at any dealer for him to even look at or test drive.

Not really, unless one pays for the Silicon Dioxide(ceramic?) coating. Easier, sure, but lets face the facts that there has not really been anything "ground breaking" in polish, wax or sealants in decades. It is all marketing. I run my cars through a commercial tunnel wash and all those Youtube...

I have a friend who is the premier designer and manufacturer manufacturer of high performance cams for Harley-Davidsons and he swears by Penn Grade 20w-50. It's called "the original Green oil". This old formula used to be the original Kendall GT-1. However this formula was no longer used by...

The Illinois State Police back in the 80s, 90s and early 2000s ran Mobil 1 in their patrol cars. I spent of an hour talking to one of their fleet managers around 2005. He said back when the big three offered only 24 or 36,000 mi warranties on their cars they would change oil when it was...

Wow! .57% fuel economy! And that is on an engine bolted to a fixture in a lab. Real world would be ZERO IMPROVEMENT.

Who can lightly cover a 2x2 square on a vehicle? Heck, I'll do a panel and do a second. Right after applying to the second panel I'lll wipe the dry product off the first panel. WRONG! You let this stuff dry to a good haze, your arms will be pumped after getting it off. They aren't kidding about...

I've been using diluted Murphy's oil soap in a spray bottle to clean car interiors for over 20 years. Don't use it on glass of course but as far as vinyl and leather, it works great and doesn't have any harsh chemicals to dry anything out with.

Am having my mother in laws headlights restored by a local guy. He retired as the head of the Honda Manufacturing of Alabama Paint Shop. He now does detailing. Guy KNOWS HIS SHI#! Collectors trailer their cars from all over the Southeast for him to correct and seal the paint before shows and...

I used to shoot pistol matches with a guy who worked at the second largest fire hydrant foundry in the world. He told us 20 years ago it was cheaper to send scrap iron to China to have it melted down and then shipped back to America. His boss flew over to China and noticed that the men wore...