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Taking a new job in March and giving up my company car. Looking for daily driver sedan, seeking a reliable, well-engineered, safe, and fun car for the commute to work (15 minutes) and the trip back and forth to current home until it sells (3 hours, 1x per week on weekends). Have a 3 year-old and...

Mom got a 2009 Nissan Versa this summer and brought it over last night for an oil change - PP 5W-30 and Purolator Classic. This was my first time working on this car, and I've got a few questions for anyone familiar. Is there a jack point in the front of the car under the engine? The manual...

My sister is looking at purchasing on '03 X-type: 2.5 liter, 6 cyl., auto trans, 4 door. The car has 34K and was leased until November 15, 2006. She would use the car for personal commuting and for regional work travel. Since she is not married, I perform routine maintenance on her vehicle...

In another thread on the board concerning purchasing a pressure washer, there is some discussion of the chemicals doing the dirty work rather than the PSI of the machine. Can anyone recommend chemicals by brand name or chemical name and ratios for mixing? In particular, I would like to clean my...

In the last two weeks, I have acquired a new Echo Leaf Blower and I finally located and purchased some Mobil 1 MX2T (yes, the old bottles before being renamed Racing 2T). I've done a search here, and haven't found the info I'm looking for. My two questions are: Is it okay to use the MX2T in a...

Does anyone know anything about Volvo's OEM oil filters (made by Mann in Germany)? My folks just bought a 95 non-turbo Volv0 850. I've heard to only use the OEM because it supposedly contains a check valve that keeps oil in the top of the engine for lubrication at start up. If that's the...

A family member has recently purchased a 1995 Volvo 850 with the 5 cylinder non-turbo engine with 118K miles. I'll be doing the maintenance on it, and if it were my vehicle, I'd run at Auto RX cycle to clean it up. However, the owner doesn't want to pay for Auto RX for a car they think is...