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  1. Elkins45

    Did a piston soak on the 18 Kia 2.4L this weekend

    The first soak on my Scion took me to around a quart every 1000 miles. The second one a year later essentially stopped it completely.
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    Valvoline Advanced Full Synthetic 0w-20 5 quart jug @Walmart online $11.49

    My four jugs arrived today. Thanks for an excellent deal!
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    Consumer Reports Ranking on 10 year maintenance costs...

    I’m trying to wrap my head around the discrepancies between the core brands and their luxury equivalents. Toyota, Nissan and Honda are 3rd, 8th and 10th lowest respectively. However, Lexus, Infiniti and Acura are 18, 23 and 22. I wonder if the difference is because of higher parts costs or...
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    Valvoline Advanced Full Synthetic 0w-20 5 quart jug @Walmart online $11.49

    I didn’t really need any more 0w-20 but I bought four jugs. It’s a lot less painful to do six month changes at this price.
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    Plumbing house repipe, copper or PEX?

    My friend the builder says he prefers pex. Our house is around 25yo and is cpvc. I know it was sure convenient to work with when I had to replace our water heater. I’m planning on adding another hose bib this summer and I’m going to use cpvc to make the connections.
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    Valvoline Advanced Full Synthetic 0w-20 5 quart jug @Walmart online $11.49

    That makes sense if Valvoline is the actual seller since they are headquartered in Kentucky.
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    How far would you drive on a gamble for a used car?

    I know. No offense taken. My reply was in jest as well. I just don’t use 😀 very often although I probably should.
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    How far would you drive on a gamble for a used car?

    Says a guy with 16k+ posts on an oil forum over 16 years. Pot, meet kettle.
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    Do tire places still frown on tire sealer?

    So is that bead sealer in a can, but don’t get it on your clothes if you ever want to wear them in public again.
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    How far would you drive on a gamble for a used car?

    I’m perpetually shopping. So far I’ve only bought a few. At the peak of my pocket knife collecting phase I was probably buying and selling 100 knives a year. I would buy one just to see if I liked it, sell the ones I didn’t, and keep the very few that really appealed to me. I’m planning on...
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    How far would you drive on a gamble for a used car?

    Wow, that’s a lot of psychoanalysis there, Dr. Freud! I just wanted to know how far people were willing to go for a mundane car. That’s why I took the vehicle out of the equation. Sometimes a banana is just a banana.
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    How far would you drive on a gamble for a used car?

    Don’t you have a lot of road salt in MD?
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    How far would you drive on a gamble for a used car?

    Hawaii is the only state I haven’t visited. Maybe I could rent a ferry from UHaul to bring it home? 😀
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    How far would you drive on a gamble for a used car?

    It’s a five hour drive for me. I’ll need to see a photo of the underside with it on a rack before I decide to go. Rocker rust doesn’t bother me but structural rot is (obviously) a deal breaker.
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    How far would you drive on a gamble for a used car?

    This is the one I really want but it’s a good 10 hours away and at least $1000 overpriced. https://www.jnmautogroup.com/details/used-2013-mazda-mazda5/101802553 Before I made the drive I would ask for a photo of the underside with it on a rack.
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    How far would you drive on a gamble for a used car?

    https://smartpath.pagetoyota.com/inventory/details?dealerCd=21039&vin=JM1CR293180321200&source=t3&zipcode=48033&type=used
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    How far would you drive on a gamble for a used car?

    You guessed it. It’s a manual Mazda 5.
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    How far would you drive on a gamble for a used car?

    I’m hesitant to tell the make/model because I don’t want to know how far someone would go for this particular car. I’m interested to know how far you would go to see a car you might like to own. IMO that’s different than how far one might drive to see a car they would LOVE to own, because I...
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