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In another thread, someone mentioned Toyota's announcement that they wanted to reduce costs by at least 30% by 2013 and stated that that caused the accelerator issues which were actually the result of a policy that Toyota announced in 2002. In response, I decided to mention Digital Quantum...

My car is a 1995 Toyota Avalon that will be 15 years old this April. Its struts have never been replaced and have 133,510 +/- 10 miles on them. It has had uneven wear on its tires in the past, but I have since had its tires rotated on a strict (every 7500 miles, +/- 200 miles) to resolve that...

After being concerned that my 1995 Toyota Avalon's battery was bad (it is about 7 years old), I took it to AutoZone today to have it tested. The negative battery terminal is corroded. The guy at AutoZone charged it and then tested it after the tester said to do that and the tester indicated that...

I have a 1995 Toyota Avalon. I used to get about 29 MPG from it during the summer, but a month or two ago, the fuel economy dropped to 25 MPG. It usually drops around this time of the year, but my Avalon also happened to be due for some maintenance, so I have been checking everything involved in...

My 1995 Toyota Avalon had a NYS Vehicle Inspection earlier today. Here are the results for the emissions test: HC: 0.08 GPM (0.80 GPM Limit) CO: 0.03 GPM (15.0 GPM Limit) NOx: 0.19 GPM (2.00 GPM Limit) Although the slip that states what the measured emissions were and the test limits are does...

http://www.engr.unl.edu/~ethanol/unl-sae2.pdf I was reading the above paper on the conversion of a 1999 Chevrolet Silverado to use E85 by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and I noticed that they coated the piston crowns with platinum to ensure a more complete combustion by essentially turning...

It has been 34 days since my car accident. Geico originally wanted to scrap my car, but they decided to pay for its repairs and $30 a day for a rental car, which only my mother was allowed to drive by the rental car company. It took 22 days for the repair shop to get the parts and repair it...

Well, I was in a collision today. My 1995 Toyota Avalon is damaged on the front driver's side. I was coming home from the university during rush hour and I decided to take the expressway to avoid traffic lights. The route was essentially the same, except I replaced a segment of it that has a...

Over the course of the past year, I have been helping my mother make arrangements to buy a new car. About a month ago, I sent emails to various Toyota dealerships asking for quotes. Some refused to give quotes and demanded that I visit their dealerships. Others were more than cooperative...

Toyota has the 2008 Toyota Avalon on its website: http://www.toyota.com/avalon/index.html I have not checked, but I suspect that all of the other 2008 vehicles are now listed as well.

Well, yesterday there was flooding in my area and in one place I saw people knee deep in water standing in the street. It took me three hours to get to class when it normally takes one hour. I think at one point the water level was above my car's clearance as I could hear watery noises coming...

My 1995 Toyota Avalon has 93493 miles on it and approximately 1500 miles on its Castro GTX 5w-30 motor oil and Purolator PureONE oil filter. I purchased a bottle of Auto-RX last December and I was going to put ten ounces of it in the engine today. I had a plastic cup with lines drawn on it to...

http://www.fitchfuelcatalyst.com/products/auto/index.html I stumbled upon that site while doing some google searches for information regarding something unrelated. Does anyone think that what they are claiming is possible?

I have been reading about diesel vehicles since yesterday and it seems that the only diesel vehicles sold in the US are the Volkswagen Jetta TDI and the Mercedes-Benz E320 CDI. Their fuel economies are both amazing, but the Volkswagen Jetta TDI was discontinued in 2007 because of emissions...

Whenever an engine, transmission or other vital part goes, people seem to think they need to buy a new car, even though the engine/transmission/other-part can be replaced (or rebuilt in the case of the engine). Cars are depreciating assets, so why spend an exorbitant amount of money on a new car...

I changed my oil about 770 miles ago and I took my car to the Toyota dealership to have oil leaks fixed. Parts and seals were replaced and now the engine is supposed to be leak free. I would like to run two Auto-RX treatments through it to clear out any sludge (for my own peace of mind) and also...

I have a Toyota Avalon that is currently in the shop for repairs due to leaks. The leaks occurred after I had the bright idea of running Mobil 1 in the engine without considering the possibility of cracked seals from carbon deposits that built up in the engine from using regular oil, so I figure...

I have a 1995 Toyota Avalon (1MZ-FE), on which I did a tuneup with my uncle a while ago. My uncle is the car person in the family, so I have done fuel filter, air filter and pcv valve changes with him, but I do not like to bother him, so I would like to buy my own tools to do routine...

My mother is giving me her 1995 Toyota Avalon when she buys a new car next year. I have been using it for 25,000 miles and I have been maintaining it for the last 15,000 miles. It currently has 87,000 miles on it. During its lifetime, it had always run on Castro GTX until 15,000 miles ago, when...