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Just a PSA for anyone who is doing this in the business, and for all of us who are just buying tires. I'm mentioning it, as I actually have to go back and have an uncomfortable chat on Monday morning with a very skilled (but not up to date) old timer, who then is going to have to remount three...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/09/24/reports-the-new-iphone-6-bends/

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/t...b92f_story.html

Well, my wife dropped her iPhone 4 one too many times, and it's turned flaky. I'll be restoring it yet again tonight before retiring it this weekend. I'll probably be giving her my trusty 4s, as she loves the size and fit of the 4. So even though I wasn't shopping or even wanted one, I'm...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/a...d-EU-roads.html

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2724038/Jaguar-unveil-revived-E-Type-1960s.html

http://www.nationalreview.com/article/383657/ordeal-shaneen-allen-editors A four year minimum prison sentence is being sought. Seems a bit much to me here.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...ol-freeway.html I recall this happening in Germany with a similar caliber car not that long ago.

In honor of the holiday weekend, one of the local sports talk shows here just ran down the hosts' and callers' list of top-10 war movies involving US soldiers. The usual suspects were obviously named: Saving Private Ryan, Patton, Mash, etc. One they missed that is not in my top 3-5, but...

This is just incredible: http://www.nationaljournal.com/tech/this-guy-may-get-sued-over-an-amazon-review-20140507 Here's the product. Legions are coming to the guy's defense: http://www.amazon.com/Medialink-Wireless...iabridge+router Streisand effect in action.

For those with DSG boxes, the prevailing wisdom is that the vehicle must be perfectly level for all drain-outs, regardless of refill method. This seems to follow the particular concern regarding the fluid level sensitivity of these boxes (+/- .2L tolerance, and factory procedure snorkel-based...

Haven't used these in a while. Time to pop off the winter blades of our truck, and I don't like the chain store options. Ours takes the 8-2221. Anybody running Delcos, and how do they fare?

We're planning a DSG trans change via the top-fill method. Really don't want to stand the vehicle on four corners, and it's not needed on a top-fill. But it seems everyone drains them level, perhaps in blind deference to the standard snorkel fill. Has anyone had any success doing these front...

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20121...ethanol-mandate

POLITICS ASIDE, this is somewhat disappointing, sort of like baking our Thanksgiving apple pies in Beijing: http://washingtonexaminer.com/jeep-an-ob...03#.UImfXYaoZ8G

Haven't had to buy any in a while. Now time to buy several cases. We were using the original Petro-Canada/GM stuff, which has worked fine. My recollection is the magic is in the add pack and most of it was G-III base oil. Don't know if that has changed any. Is this now a generic product...

The R's original battery is now 7+ years old. As a precaution, we're retiring it before this winter - keeping it as a desulphated/tendered emergency spare. For replacement, there are options. We're going dealer, as I have some "loyalty cash" to burn, so the final price will be cheaper than...

While the old 855 shows no signs of ever dying (watch out Irv), it is starting to get a little more ratty after 15 years of hard service. So sometimes it's fun just to look. But I saw this 2000 SL500 and just couldn't resist. Only 14k on the odo and garage kept, so AFAIK, it's new (to me). No...

Time to replace the 7+ yo Michelin PS A/S tires on the R (Volvo S60R). Great tires that are finished only due to age (they have really hardened up). Times have changed since then - totally different tires on the market now. Running 18" 40 series, Khumo, GR, GY and Conti are not in the running...

Big news around here: http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/03/14/berkshire-hathaway-to-buy-lubrizol-for-9-billion/?hp