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    Project Farm tests Walmart and O'Reilly batteries

    Panasonic sold their battery division years ago. And the buyer does not use the name Panasonic re the batteries they make.
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    Gummiest engine ever

    Some enties use vehicles as gate blockers that they want to be able to move ASAP when it is required to permit access, and also to block access after an authorized vehicle enters, think ram an unauthorized tailgater that might get past a simple mechanical gate. In such usage, a vehicle could...
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    Project Farm tests Walmart and O'Reilly batteries

    I seriously question the age of those Walmart batteries used in that Project Farm video. I have a Walmart MAXX 23F in my CR-V that will be 4 yo in one month from now, and I have tested it many many times with my electronic tester and at a 90% SOC ( state of charge ) charge or > it has always...
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    A rogue tire smashes a Rogue

    Theres a yt video of a smaller tire crossing the divider like that and ending up between the front bottom of a vehicle and the road. It launched the vehiclr way up into the air.
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    I can't work on my cars anymore.

    At 71 yo, I'm finding working on my vehicle to be more than I want to take on, more and more. Oil changes are not too bad. I have 25 ft. of hose that I run downhill from a fimoto valve to a 5 liter jug. Open the fumoto and that takes care of draining it. I loosen the filter 1/8 turn to verify...
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    Project Sunrise; extended long-range flights in new Airbus

    Only if it had pasenger sleeper berths like the trains of bygone times, would I ever consider such a flight as a passenger.
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    Lost my loyal buddy of 15+ years

    It's tough loosing a good dog. Be aware, wild animals can smell a buried animal and will dig it up if it is not really deep. It might be a good idea to do things to reduce the possibility of that happening. A wide cement pour over that area or anything else to discourage wild animals from doing...
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    What would happen if I just ran 10w30 in my 2019 camry hybrid?

    Don't do it, you'll loose 0.000000000000000000000000001 MPG and the MPG Police will knock down your door.
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    Big 777-300ER Go-Around and Tailstrike @ CVG

    I highly suspect that the cost to put that aircraft SAFELY back in service is going to be a heck of a lot more than most realize. I also suspect that it's not as much about repairing the section of the aircraft that struck the ground, as it is inspecting and testing and making sure way beyond...
  10. J

    Septum rings are ugly

    Reminds me of a song by Tommy Emmanuel: "You don't wanna get you one of those."
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    Look at this survivor! Pinto content.

    The local scout troop had an adult who drove a Pinto. He totally overloaded it with camping equiptment and boy-scouts and a few miles before entering Camp Heritage ( South of Uniontown ) he was stopped and fined for unsafe overloading his vehicle. He was not a happy camper for the remaining of...
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    Considering a different car

    No brainer, dump the Sorento, keep the RDX. The reliabality of the Sorento varies depending if it has the 4 cylinder or the 6, but both are less reliable than the RDX. A 2013 RDX with the 100 K service rates a 8 / 10 reliabality. A Sorento with a 6 cylinder rates a 6 / 10 reliabality. A...
  13. J

    Canadian Smoke

    But can't we blame it on them anyhow?
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    frustrated with job market

    Op, apply with the major hospitals, and fast food chains, and grocery store chains in your area. You might also try utilities but usually utility workers are swing shift. Re the fast food chains and grocery stores, there are two types of establishments, privately owned, and those owned by a main...
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    Canadian Smoke

    If Canada had to send us smells, couldn't it at least be bacon smells?
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    Canadian Smoke

    I saw that an airliner was departing an airport and told the tower that the " smoke " was leaving residue on the windscreen, and that it was unlike anything he had seen before.
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    Canadian Smoke

    I have ben in my house all day with the AC and de-humidifers, and a homemade air filter made from a big furnace filter and a big thick cardboard box and a fan. I think the de-humidiferers actually grab a lot of fine particulates into the condensate water on the evaporator. The air quality...
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    How our family camped in the 70's

    One time with the trailer and everything we had a back drivers tire that was drasticly overheating on a hot summer day. Dad had pulled into a gas station and only then realized that tire was about to go. It was a big old snow tire that had picked up a nail and lost pressure. We were lucky that...
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    How our family camped in the 70's

    I could not rember the model of that 1970 Chevy wagon. My brother just now posted a yt link. It was a Brookwood. It was a monster but went down the road making you feal like you were sitting on your living room couch. Their is a yt video of a blue one. Ours was a brass brown color. I rember...
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    Gasoline, and what makes it burn?

    Back in the day, one of my brothers was cleaning the the inside of a valve cover from a Chevy V8 with gasoline and a round parts cleaning brush. It was a hot summer day and he was sitting on the cement floor of the 4 car garage ( 2 wide and 2 deep ) where we worked on cars. He had both legs...
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