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I'll be doing some driving this summer in a Toyota 1.8L. I currently run 0w20 synthetic and worry that some mountain climbs and long, flat freeway stretches might cause issues with such a thin oil. Is 75mph at 2200-2500 RPM's on 0w-20 going to make my engine blow up? Or is 55mph up a mountain...

I like our local Subaru dealership. They seem honest and do good work. Just scheduled all the work below for $1470. Brake fluid flush, tire rotation, coolant exchange, spark plugs, PCV replacement, transmission fluid drain and fill, differential drain and fill. I still haven't found an...

OEM Toyota battery that is 8 years old. Still showing OK with a cheap digital load tester. I'm thinking of either a Toyota replacement or Costco/Interstate AGM replacement. Is 8 years pushing my luck? Should I be preemptive? Costco AGM or Toyota flooded or Costco flooded...

In the next few months will be replacing plugs on a 2017 Corolla. When I had a Honda, NGK was the plug of choice. What's the best for Toyota to go another 100k+ miles? NGK? Denso? Are the Toyota plugs from the dealer in the Toyota boxes made by Denso or NGK or someone else?

Future potential of buying a larger vehicle with 3 rows. I'm open to anything from minivans to SUVs. Sienna, Carnival, Explorer, Traverse, Ascent, Santa Fe, Odyssey, Highlander, Pathfinder, etc. all come to mind. Or others I'm not thinking of. What I want: reliable and under $50k. And easy to...

I still find it funny. Took the Forester in for the $19 tire rotation because didn't feel like dealing with the lug studs if they break. The car wash and vacuuming makes it a deal. Anyway...cabin filter and engine air filter have about 20k on them. The engine air fills up with grass and debris...

Looking at buying a battery load tester. Can't find the old school, metal, analog one I used to have. Are the cheap digital ones ($25-50) any good or a better option than the cheap analog ones? Recommendations?

Hey all, just bought some new pants and underwear. My wife says, unless noticeably dirty, I can wear the pants for a few days before laundering. Underwear she said I should only wear for a day before laundering. Well, I like to change my oil on my new car early...I mean, I want my pants and...

2017 with 109k on original brakes. Front still have a bit over 6mm left and rear were at 4mm a few months ago. Had time this week so had the rears done at Subaru dealer. $325 out the door. Resurfaced rotors and new pads and car wash and vacuum. Took about 1.5 hours. I enjoyed an hour long walk...

17 Forester. I posted about this last winter and my alignment is supposedly in spec. Someone said it's a Subaru thing. Tire shop thought it was interesting, too, but said stuff looked fine. I'm going to take to the dealer this summer. Basically the inner and outer edges of all 4 tires have a...

Hitting 100K in the Corolla and manual mentions coolant exchange. Is it as simple as my early 2000's Civic? Unscrew the petcock with pan under, let it drain, a cold beverage number of minutes later pull radiator cap, drain expansion tank if it didn't already, put petcock back in, funnel-fill...

I've noticed on the warmer days the airflow seems less from my AC. It could be my imagination after months of cold weather. However, I popped a Fram Fresh Breeze in last fall after forest fire season and was running heat all winter. Anyone else noticed if the Fresh Breeze restrict airflow or is...

Gearing up for the Forester and Corolla oil change. Went with the cheap Super Tech for the Corolla, since it's mounted upside down and the drainback valve material wouldn't seem to matter. And went with the cheap Fram Extra Guard since I believe it's silicon valve and on a Subaru it's upside...

For fun I was looking up Top Tier gas retailers and their websites. I found it interesting many claim "X times more detergent than Top Tier requirements" type statements. Even within the Top Tier family it would seem there's a Top-Top-Tier level of detergents and a "we met the standard" level...

Just bought a Nexpeak 10A charger off Amazon. Figured I should have a battery charger (didn't have one) and will probably rarely use it as our cars get driven often. But, you never know. Was looking at load testers/battery testers (I have a multimeter so can read volts) that are cheap but tell...

Subaru so AWD. Last tires that were OEM wore the same. Supposedly the alignment was in spec about 40K miles ago for the old ones that wore the same places. Extreme inside and outside edge wearing more than anywhere else. Ideas? Thanks Edit: all 4 tires wearing exactly the same.

Our furnace is a Rheem 80 series (I believe is what I recall). One speed fan I believe. So, 80% efficient. Insulation on home is, eh... Decent but not great. 1990 build and probably decent for that time period. When it's 20° to 40° the gas furnace was turning on and blowing heat for about 5-6...

Hello, Researching batteries currently. 2017 Corolla with an, 7 year old battery. Still doing fine with a load test, but getting closer to that range of replacing. Also have a 17 Forester and that battery is 2 years old (which means it's well past it's life expectancy LOL). Looking at Duracell...

Drove the wife's 17 Forester with almost 103k miles yesterday on a short roadtrip. Hadn't driven it on the freeway in a couple months. Nothing abnormal until I got just over 60. Then a very subtle droning noise. Typically we barely have the radio going but the little one was napping all we had...

Is there any data, aside from the anecdotal "data", of a synthetic oil that will remove varnish and sludge significantly better than others? Over the years some people make claims of this or that oil leaving varnish and running a specific brand at a short interval to clean things out...