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UPDATE: Ended up buying a 2022 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid. I swung by the local Dodge dealer to look at the Durango but it had been sold. Since enterprise was down the street I figured I’d swing in to see if they had any ex-rentals that I would like. Found a couple of ‘21 Highlanders, a 3-row...

It is engrained in my mind to get something newer than what I currently have which is a 2017 Accord. Going the full size route I would dump my ‘14 F150 too. Would save me the hassle of upkeep on two vehicles. That being said if I can find a clean, rust free full size I’d be fine with something...

Good point. I’ll have to look into them. Tahoes, Armadas, Expeditions. I know the full size trucks tend to last much longer. Just a matter of finding one that’s in good shape for $35k or less. Now that I think about it the three row crossovers aren’t that much more efficient than the full sizes...

I am no stranger to Toyotas. They run forever but road salt here eats these cars away. Having had a bad experience with my 2 year old used Toyota Tacoma I will only touch new Toyotas now. I lost a transmission line while on a trip and by the time I found out the damage had been done. Filled it...

I’ll still have my F150, but it is getting old and rusty. I’ll likely pull my boat with it for another year or two, maybe three, then when the trucks too far gone it’ll go to the crusher and I’ll use my 3 row to pull it with. The truck just isn’t worth much anymore and makes more sense to run it...

I began my 3 row search with highlanders but anything close to $30k is 50k or more miles. Anything lower is only a few thousand less than new, but then I’m not trying to spend $40k on it either. Hence I ended up looking at the domestics. There are a few of the new non CVT Nissan Pathfinders...

Considering both the new and old Explorer. The older transverse ones are starting to become harder to come by with lower miles. The new ones are a dime and dozen.

‘22 Dodge Durango SXT 3.6 V6/8-speed. 11k miles ‘21 Ford Explorer XLT 2.3 I4/10-speed. 33k miles ‘21 Chevy Traverse LS 3.6 V6/9-speed. 32k miles ‘19 Ford Explorer XLT 2.3/6 speed. 26k miles ‘18 Ford Explorer XLT 3.5 NA V6/6 speed. 45k miles Interested in these examples. Am in the salt belt...

2007 ES350 had really dim interior lights. It was revised for 08. I don’t remember the years but some of them apparently had a transmission issue where it would randomly slip if driven cold. Mine did it and after some searching it seems like I wasn’t the only one with the problem. But those...

The batteries I sell on roadside are $10 less than AZ and AAP for the comparable warranty(3 year). But it seems like most folks have already made up their minds when calling in. They either want a battery or they just want a jump. Very seldomly do I actually need to pitch a battery sale. But...

I would definitely rig up something if I could but the work truck doesn’t have the space to carry it. The thing is my truck carries new batteries in it, I can always sell the person a new one as a last resort *BUT* without it firing up I don’t want to assume it’s the battery. Sometimes, not...

It’s not that I don’t know how automotive electrical systems work. I know enough in a practical sense at-least, but when it comes to toying around with the numbers - crank amps, peak amps, and overall trying to set up on a completely dead battery is what I’m not too familiar with. What is...

My truck has a built-in inverter(not sure of spec) that is specifically made for jump starting. I’m usually jumping cars in peoples driveways. Most of the time I can get my truck right up to it, but sometimes I can’t. Just yesterday I worked on a Cadillac XTS with a 680CCA lead acid. Thing had...

Ok that makes sense. If that’s the case then I can probably get away with a cheaper battery pack just for the sake of tricking the JNC. Sometimes I’ll pull the terminals and set the jump pack directly to the post to give it a surface charge before I attempt a jump, but with some of these cars...

Jump pack is kept in a heated cab and always plugged in to charge when not in use. The pack is maybe 2-3 years old. I’ve gone though 3 in the last month. Boss just swaps one out for another

In my line of work I jump start cars all day long. Employer supplied me with a Clore JNC660(425amp crank/1700 peak) which would start just about anything except maybe a completely dead AGM. with these cold snaps I come across dead AGMs a lot more, even some lead acids that I can’t start with...

I would never apologize. Infact I wanted to back up and yell at them for not wearing hi vis or atleast using their phone light to shine at the ground. Just a reminder that they are lucky because someone else might not have seen them. But I want to keep peace with the people who live a few...

No sidewalks here. Residential street built in the 50s. Road is narrow enough where if there was a car parked on both sides, right up against the lawn, the road becomes single lane. Most homes are set about 60ft from the curb, adding a sidewalk would be a challenge. Ontop of that - a lot of...

They flipped me off as I went past

The street I’m on is a little under 2 miles from end to end. There’s a few stop signs along the way. Most of it is pretty straight except this portion. A lot of people have been using it as a cut through road to get through the neighborhood these past few years. People doing 40, 50 mph blowing...