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In April 2019 we bought a new Hyundai Tucson with the 2.4 for my daughter as college grad gift . She drove it for 6 years and 92k and then i noticed it was burning oil. It would burn a 1 1/2 quart in 1000 miles . I check it a few time to verify the usage . I change the PCV and it did not...

Do you think trackers in cars help prevent misuse of a car while being serviced? i am taking my honda tommorow for the fuel pump recall . my car is nothing special , but i don't want them using it to go buy lunch. i have had apple tracker in it for a while . Do you think the knowledge that...

after updating to 18.5 on my iphone , group chats with folks that include an android device has not worked . Can do individual to the android users though . been messing with all the fixes listed online and nothing has worked . Any of you encountered this issue?

i usually use a ceramic detailer on my vehicles . thinking of ceramic coating my main one because getting tired of applying it all the time. I know ceramic coating will need to be prepped etc and it take time. So is the reward for the time invest in prepping for a ceramic coat worth it over...

After a week in HK ,and getting ready to leave today , i thought i would give my experience from this trip. Last time i was here was almost 30 years ago. This was before the internet and cell phones being common . Last time i arrived at the old Kai Tak airport . This time at the new...

i ma going to HK next month and am looking at power adapters fpr my laptop and phone . now my understanding is that power brinks and plugs marked 100 to 220 v will just plug into a power adapter and self adjust to the input voltage. So if the input is 220 the brick will convert it to the...

so my mom insist on having a pots line. she lost dial tone 2 weeks ago . i checked all the connection and pretty sure it outside. so i make an appt and they are week out. the day of i get a text saying they rescheduled. wasted half the day there. so today was the day they were supposed to...

out of the blue got email they upped mine 100 mps

Going to Asia next month . last time i went was almost 30 years ago. This was before the internet and common computers and tablets . Flying United. So what do folks do on these long flights these days . is there free internet ? Just keep watching the movies? Going to be a fun and...

i have a few old fluid master toilet fill valves laying around . So it seems its the top seal that goes bad in them and it can be replaced in 30 seconds . i saw a kit on amazon 10 for $15 . Anyone ever just change the top diapram on one?

Last week had a windstorm roll through the area . mother woke up a found the tree in the yard down. tree has been there for a looong time . The tree trunk was a Y shape . Looking at it i was thinking it was struck by lightening . Closer exam i think there are burn marks where it splits into...

My mother called me to complain about a rise in her property taxes. its rose $2k to $9k . they value her house at $850k. She has live there for 45 years .I have been telling her to sell it and rent an apt for a $2k and take the rest of the money and run. She is always of the thought that...

So i got newer mesh system. the system allows me to see what in hooked on to the mesh . I saw a couple of suspicious thing like an apple device and honda accord showing a couple of days ago. So i thought it might be something old. I deleted them to see if they reappeared . So they reappeared...

we use between 600 to 800 gig a month in data . i just checked in nov 250gb in dec it shows we used none. this month 200 gb . anyone have this also .

just got an email from american reloading they got in a new shipment of magtech primers . i have used them i the past and are my favorite . $235 5K. Even in the past 20 years the lowest i paid for small pistol primers was around $27 1k shipped . unfortunately i just bought 5k of the...

ordered some ceramic detailer from amazon. company based in MI . its been cold here also for the last couple of weeks . got it today and it partially frozen . not sure what to do as i am wondering if it been partially frozen has any affect on the chemistry . opinions please

been with comcast forever. been paying $50 a month for 300 mps . all i have is internet through them . to get this price i have to sign a contract for a year . no big deal as i have been wit them for over 30 years and don't intend to change . Every feb my contract renews and i have to call...

i recently got new tires at walmart for my honda civic with alloys . they seemed to have used the dynamic balance type . there are 2 separate weights . one on the inside and one outside. they are tape weights this is the first time i have encountered this . discount tires , which is place i...

i have had an arlo door bell camera for a couple of years . was free in beginning , then $5 then 8 now i recived an email saying they are raising it to $10 . this is the last straw and i wish to find a new option . what dorr bell cameras are out there that have free or low cost service

i was at a walmart tire place looking at car batteries . i was surprised at some of the date stickers on them . saw a few 9 months old and the average seemed about 4 months old. even the common ones like 51r and 35 were a few months old. i asked them about it and they its don't matter ...