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    10 Best Rock-Pop Guitarists Of The 1960s and 1970s?

    What about Duane Eddy.
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    2007 Dodge Grand Caravan - Front Strut Assemblies

    I have been very happy with my Gabriel Shock purchases. I would hope that their struts would be as good.
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    Honda 1.5L Turbo Reliability?

    I will tell you that our Mazda's have been very reliable. Our 2.5 now has 168k on it with oil change every 5k with synthetic and our 2.0 has needed nothing but oil and filter changes.. At 165 K I replaced a water pump that had no issues and the serpentine belt that was not bad just because it...
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    VW engines are weird

    I personally have owned a VW since my first 1955 Beetle. They have gotten more complex over the years since then and I still value simple designs. I still own 4 different models of VW's , but I don't drive them a lot anymore. They are garaged though and all could be used daily. My wife is...
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    While sleeping felt like getting smacked in the lip have 2 small black puncture wounds on lip.

    I was bitten by a brown recluse on the leg while I slept. The skin developed a hole where it bit. I went to se the Dr. and was sent to a dermatologist for treatment. He told me to use Bacitracin on the wound and wrap gauze with sterile water on it. Kept that up for weeks and then Use Dollar...
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    Will Your Car Survive an EMP?

    My 1965 VW Beetle will still go because it still uses an old style generator and points. My only issue will be fuel and getting my wife to drive so I can protect us with our shotgun.
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    MICRO test- does highly filtered water reduce need to clean coffee maker

    I have a 1-2 year old Kenmore drip pot that has a carbon filter at the entrance to the heater. Coffee is OK but I still prefer perked coffee. It still takes the same amount of time to perk as it did when I first bought it.
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    Advice welcome on helping kids choose family vehicle

    We have a Mazda 5 and for us they can't be beat for little kids. The sliding doors on each side make loading kids a breeze. We have had ours through 2 babies and getting them in and out of a seat when in a parking lot with cars on each side makes them the bomb as far as wife and I are...
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    Why don't Honda/Acura V-6 Owners Replace Their Timing Belts?

    I do a lot of research before committing to a purchase. I still have a VW cabriolet with a timing belt, but it is easily replaced and doesn't destroy if it breaks. Its cheap and easy to replace and I have replaced it and the tensioner twice and it has 185k miles on it.
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    Collector car valuations: Up or Down

    I have 2 older VW Westfalia vans and you can bet they have come a long way in the value department. I drove my 75 to a car show on Saturday but didn't show it. I picked it up in Santa Fe new Mexico so very little rust. I put much work into it in all areas mechanical but it has original paint...
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    Who makes Briggs spark plugs?

    could be autolite too. Either way they are fine in lawn mowers
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    Seatbelts in 1968

    My 1965 VW Beetle has shoulder and lap belt in the front seats and lap only in back. it was brought over from England so that may be why.
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    Walmart or Costco Batteries

    I bought the regular Sam's Club Duracell. They are East Penn.
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    New 2027 VW Atlas

    In my opinion Chrysler should have stuck with the Chrysler mini van and the K car and improved those. The newer Mercedes base vans are not the style that Dodge /Chrysler was accustomed to in the U.S. The old K car was a durable old platform that had good room and you could see out the windows...
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    Coffee makers...what works best for you?

    I have a Kenmore that i recently acquired. It was new 2 years ago a has a charcoal filter in it from the water tank to the heater. Makes good drip coffee but never as good as percolator coffee is. I also have an old universal percolator that is getting retired because filters are getting...
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    Prevent plastic gas cans from creasing?

    They must be making them thinner now. Mine have never done that. I must have 6 or seven plastic ones.
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    Yamaha Seca 750, 1982 model

    I had a black one that was a garage queen till I got it. Wife and I rode it till my son wanted it. Then I got a BMW750/6 and after that a Goldwing 1500. That SECA was awesome and wish I still had it. On the highway it averaged 54 mpg on premium gas. When it got to 4000 on the tach it was...
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    Fun times adjusting toe in today, thanks to everyone listening to bad advice

    I used to work for Quasar/Motorola many years ago and they made the first VCR units that had a capstan bearing that would fail and to replace it you would remove the capstan and put a soldering iron in the bearing till it fell out. You guessed it RED Locktite.
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    Cataract surgery - WOW!

    I had mine done a year ago in December and I still am amazed. I had 40-20 vision when I was younger and I could see at 40 feet what most see at 20 ft. I now have great vision again and for reading I have generic 1.75 glasses. I am amazed that I can read the license expiration tags on cars...
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    Oil change shops in Seattle

    I took our Mazda CX-5 to the local Ford/Mazda dealer here in Paducah and had a tire rotation and oil and filter with sythetic oil. When I left to go home the motor sounded noisey so I stopped and checked it out. Tech had left the top loose on the air filter housing and it was just sitting on...
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