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I just purchased a house with a 24' x 24' garage and the lighting is pretty poor. There are two incandescent bulbs connected to a light switch and two that are built into the garage door opener. Obviously this will not do being a DIYer! My original plan was to purchase 6x the Harbor Freight...

Well my 2016 Accord needed a jump this morning. I'm pretty sure it is the factory battery, so I know I was already on borrowed time. I am planning to replace it with an AGM 51R - thinking either the DieHard Platinum (Part # 51R-AGM) or a Super Start Platinum (Part # 51RPLT). My options seem...

This is the 2nd UOA for my 2016 Accord. The first (using Valvoline Modern Engine 0w-20) is posted here. As the title states, this was running Valvoline Extended Protection 0w-20 with a Honda A02 filter. 5,586 miles / 10 Months on this combo. The Maintenance Minder was at 40% My driving habits...

This is the 1st UOA for the CVT in my 2016 Accord Sport with 28,612 miles. I purchased the car back in July of 2019 with 13k miles so I am almost certain this was the factory fill. It seems like (thankfully) pretty boring results! I completed 2x D&F (~8 quarts of Honda HCF-2) when I took this UOA.

I noticed these little cracks at the end of one of the new coolant hoses I installed. Is this normal (part of the manufacturing process) or something I should be concerned with? Shortly after completing the job I noticed a little bit of coolant bubbling from there, but I think that could be from...

Last year I drained the entire cooling system (including the block) of my 3-series. I filled it up with OE BMW coolant. This year, I replaced most of the parts in the cooling system except for the radiator and again put in ~ 2 fresh gallons of a 50/50 mix OE coolant and distilled water. It looks...

I just completed a cooling system overhaul on my '98 BMW. This included replacing the fan and fan clutch as preventive maintenance. While checking my work, I noticed the fan appears to have a little bit of a wobble towards the outside of the blades. Is this amount of variance pretty normal in...

I have a dilemma regarding a trip coming up next week that I thought I'd get some feedback on!... I am driving six hours from Michigan to Northern Kentucky (40 minutes SW of Cincinnati) in my 2016 Accord and I'm not sure if I should take my winter tires off early before the trip. I currently...

This is the first UOA from my 2016 Honda Accord with the K24W "Earth Dreams" engine. While there were a number of longer highway drives, it had quite a few short trips (~10 minutes) over the course of this OCI. MM was at 40% and the OCI was 4,779 miles and 497 days. I was worried it was a bit of...

I just got a new set of Hankook Ventus V12 Evo2s installed on my 3-series earlier this summer (really pleased with them so far). I know cold temps are not healthy for summer tires, but how much does this apply to cold winter storage? It will be sitting aI have the ability to store the wheels &...

To give some context... I realized this year that I cannot recall exactly when the coolant was changed last on my '98 BMW 328is. This spring it would occasionally start to overheat and I figured out the issue was down to the system being a bit low on coolant. At the time I added approx. 30-40oz...

After I sold my 2007 Infiniti two years ago I've still had one extra M1-108a sitting in a cabinet in my garage. I recently discovered this filter is specc'd for my parents' 2008 Smart ForTwo. It has some slight surface rust, some of which I've been able to rub off with my finger/paper towel...

For this OCI - the car was driven fairly regularly over two summers, then sat for the remaining time getting started occasionally over two more summers but remaining in a "storage" state. If I recall correctly, this was still the LL-01 approved M1 0w-40 and and a BMW (MANN) filter. I'm...

My 2007 Infiniti G35x was a really great car (had it from 42k to 140k miles) but the last 10k miles were getting increasingly expensive maintenance-wise. I wanted to move to something cheaper in general for a while. After considering a few options, I test drove the Accord. I was skeptical...

It seems like there hasn’t been much talk about this tire on here, so I thought I’d give my initial impressions so far. Previous tires were Toyo Extensa HP (came with the car at 45k miles) and I'm still using Dunlop WinterMaxx for the winter. I was between the Bridgestone Potenza RE980AS and...

OCI was approx 10.5k miles and ran from September to March. This was the same combo as before - M1 0w-40 FS and an M1-108 filter. About 9k miles in, the oil level was reading at the low mark, so I added 3/4 of a quart of Rotella T6 (the only thing I had on hand). This is probably 3/4 highway...

I recently got a letter from Comcast/Xfinity stating they will be increasing the Internet speeds in my area and their records show the modem I'm using won't be able to handle these speeds. I'm currently subscribed to 75Mbps but speedtest and dslreports regularly test at 90 down/12 up, so I feel...

The first UOA is listed here. This has had a steady diet of M1 0w-40 since I bought it a few years ago with 45k miles. Filters have usually been the M1-108 except for a few PureOnes along the way - first UOA was a P1. The last few runs have been the new "FS" formula. I'm glad it seems to...

I've been out of detailing for a few years, but would like to get back into it. I got a 7424XP as a present and need to get some pads and a backing plate. I don't need anything too intensive - just looking to do some correcting from a winter of car washes, etc. Anyone have any recommendations...

This UOA turned out better than expected. First UOA since I bought the car with 45k miles. Previous fill was whatever bulk oil the dealer used (I believe it was conventional Valvoline). I ran that for about 2k miles. Hopefully that explains the sodium. This is a lot of highway miles, that being...