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I'd say 10 years is a pretty good run, but I wouldn't necessarily throw out a mattress I was still very happy with just because it was 10 years old. That said, if I was having back pain, not sleeping well, or noticed something like what you mentioned, I'd start shopping. I'd probably look at the...

Does the heater have a brass drain? I’d be much more hesitant to touch an old plastic one, but still have been slightly uncomfortable opening up our brass drain when I’ve done this.

40 minutes of shower time seems like a bit longer than I’d expect to get out of a 40 gallon electric water heater… I would’ve thought 20-25 minutes would be around what you’d get. The first hour rating gets at this concept, but if you have a 2.5 GPM shower head that’d be 100 gallons of water...

I'm no coffee snob by any means (as this post will likely reveal) but my preference is a splash of French Vanilla Coffeemate or similar (store brand is fine, or I'll grab whatever is on sale). When I use this, I don't add any additional sugar. Our work break room has just half and half (and oat...

I love the lane change feature of three signal flashes after tapping the stalk... our two newer cars have this, but the older two lack it, and I wish that they also had it.

E85 is in in the low to mid $2 range here - $2.10 was the best price I saw on a quick search just now, and there were a number of stations selling it in the $2.40s. E85 was $2.85 at the Speedway I passed on my way home from work today (they price theirs only 20 cents under regular E10)...

I’ll avoid doing it when it’s easy/practical, but wouldn’t lose any sleep over it either. I wouldn’t do too much more than go to a station across the street instead or something. If it’s an issue at all, I’d guess it’d be a larger problem at a station with low turnover - likely not at a...

We have an Infinity furnace from 2010 that has been fantastic. It’s imperceptibly quiet when running on its lowest stage, which takes care of most of the heating needs except coming out of setback. My last apartment had a single-stage Carrier Comfort (still high efficiency), and it was striking...

The Toyotas we have bypass the automatic headlight timeout delay if you lock them twice. So a single lock button press lets the light timeout run to zero and then turns out the lights as normal after 30 seconds or a minute, but a double lock button press immediately turns them off. I like and...

I always run E0 in our OPE (mower/snowblower/trimmer/leaf blower/tiller/pressure washer) with no added stabilizer. My preference is to run them out of fuel before storing them for their off-season, but I don't sweat it if there's a little fuel left over in the tank, either. I haven't had any...

For what it is, I genuinely enjoy their pizza. I'd pick it over the major chains, and the convenience of being able to grab a slice as a snack/meal when out and about/running errands/traveling is pretty great. The crust is very good, and its proportions are what I prefer in pizza (not super...

I drive a lot (taking very frequent weekend trips all around the midwest, and longer ones outside of the region when I can), so I eat plenty of gas station food (and drink lots of gas station beverages)... a few frequent/favorite purchases are below: -Casey's pizza - their pepperoni is very...

Well, you can do the W-body with the 3.8 if garage space is an issue. 05-09 Lacrosse and Grand Prix from about the same time (04-08 maybe?) were W-bodies that were primarily equipped with the 3.8. If you’re looking a bit older (you said Century/Lesabre which makes me think maybe you are), the...

This is about what I do with my NOCO (I have a biannual reminder set up on my phone to charge mine), and they’ve never been even close to empty. The lithium batteries can hold a charge for quite a long time.

What kind of a budget are you working with? And how old of a car are you targeting? Buick would be one brand you might check out - the older ones (before 2010 or so) tended to be particularly comfortable, with soft suspensions and plush seats. They've focused on sportiness and youthfulness more...

I wonder if the dryer setting makes much of a difference in terms of overall energy required to dry a load. That is, are you just using a lower rate of energy (say, half as much) for double the time? (It’s possible that higher heat would be more efficient, as it’d reduce the time spent tumbling...

Interesting thread... I'd say that's a lot of energy use for minimal use of the electric heat, and what sounds like pretty painstaking care to reduce the bill. Based on a quick rough calculation, it looks like you're using an average of over 2 kWh per hour (2.1 or so), around the clock, which...

I balked at paying for Spotify for a while, since their free version didn’t seem good enough to convince me to pay, but a couple years ago I finally signed up for Premium and I’d never go back now. I listen to it a bit at work, a fair bit at home, and almost all the time I’m in the car, so the...

If you’re talking about hand-calculated MPG, a short fill of fuel a tank ago and/or a heavy fill this fillup would be more than enough to explain the drop in MPG. Think of a pump that was overly sensitive and cut off a gallon before normal, and/or a pump that put an extra gallon in - that could...

My last daily had automatic climate control, and the blower delay was probably my favorite part of that system. Now, with the manual climate control in the Camry, I typically turn the fan up a bit (from low - I never really turn the fan completely off) at around 2-3 minutes after starting the...