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Well, there is a reason I call it a 'beater'...this past weekend, came out to the local Walmart parking lot after picking some sweet tea and milk and found driver side mirror housing cracked (huge). Looks like something smacked it pretty good. And of course, no note or anything. Oh well. At...

Oh god, those awlful H11B bulbs...I hated those in my (former) Sorento. Who ever came up with that bulb design should be beaten. And so **** expensive compared to other bulb...even the standard H11 bulb. Not sure it is true, but I've heard the reason the H11B is more expensive than the H11 is...

A unicorn...you lucky dog!

In many states, it is (too) easy. For example, in my home state, my test consist of driving around the block and pulling into a parking lot...that's it. No parallel parking, no merging into traffic, etc. I didn't learn how to properly parallel park or back up (before the days of backup cameras)...

Thanks for the info...was there a reason or cause for the full aluminum radiators leaking?

Congrats. My dad has one of those...so smooth, nice highway cruiser.

Just under $13k, which was a tad bit high...but that's what negotiating is for...

Maybe...my definition is...take care of it, but don't stress over it. For example, back when I got the '08 Sorento...3 days later I was at a Home Depot parking lot. Some 'idiot' on a cell phone wasn't paying attention to his cart (not shopping cart, but one of those big flat carts) and it rolled...

Yep. I think '09/10 was the transition year where they switch the radiator design and the tranny fluid type to fix that problem. But yeah, already plan on swapping out the current radiator (not sure yet if it is OEM or not) with a solid aluminum one. Has 141k miles on it, OFF ROAD model which...

Well, traded the '08 Sorento for a '10 Xterra...my new daily driver/beater...

I forget who, but someone on YouTube once calculated the economics of rotating tires...basically, unless you do it yourself or can have someone else do it for 'free' (say as part of an oil change service), then it is actually cheaper to just let the tires on 1 side (front or back) wear out and...

https://jalopnik.com/the-hyundai-kia-theft-fix-is-a-lot-worse-than-you-think-1849653867

Now, this assumes you have an open differential...if you have limited slip or a locker...then it is going to act differently.

One wheel is 'locked' due to being on the ground (friction)...the input to the differential is 'locked' due to the parking pawl inside the transmission...so, no 'differential' action is allowed on the wheel that is free. Now if you were to jack both wheels off the ground while in park, you can...

That's what they do at the factory with a special 'tool' that torques all lugnuts/bolts at the same time. But in the shop...say on a rear wheel drive vehicle...how do you keep the front wheels from spinning (without help)? Also, on a front wheel drive vehicle...I'm not sure if I ever noticed the...

If it is a stink bug, then for the love of God, don't use a vacuum cleaner (shop vac) to catch it...especially if there are several of them...

Agree...professional reviewers...whatever. Some of the times they don't even know common specs on the vehicles they are driving or testing. Example of this...when they tested an older Kia Sorento and Tommy (the young kid?) claim that it had a 'torsion front suspension'. I have that generation of...

But who really does that? Is your typical buyer going to do that...probably not. I didn't go over my manual until a week after I bought my new 4runner back in '04 (05 model)....and I'm probably the exception as most will never will. Also, a lot of vehicles don't come with 'paper' manuals...

https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a41477937/hyundai-security-kit-easy-to-steal-models/

uh...yeah...whatever... https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a41477937/hyundai-security-kit-easy-to-steal-models/