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    Do tire places still frown on tire sealer?

    in the past i have read that tire places frowned on tire sealant in tires. Seeing that now so many cars come with just a sealant and pump these days, do they still care about tire sealant?
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    Very odd. a 5 gallon cost more than a the same in 2 gallon tubs

    looking at primer for my paint job . a 5 gallon is 99 so around $20 a gallon. a 2 gallon is around $30 so $15 a gallon. Don't make sense...
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    you landlords out there, do you roll or spray the inside?

    i have a rental that is in bad need of having the interior painted . this is the first time its been vacant in 15 years . i would not say its trashed, but the paints in poor condition. in the past i rolled and it take a long time to do a whole interior of a house. was thinking of getting a...
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    Comcast upped my speed today

    got an email from comcast that they upped my speed. i have been paying for 200/10 and now its 300/20. You guys get upped also?
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    got a new upper for my Glock 34

    i have had this Glock 34 for a while. its a gen 3. The rage these days is optics on your gun. Good for an old guy like me with bad vision. i check the price in the past to machine my upper for a optic and they run about $150 to $200 . i did not want to machine my original slide , but most...
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    MS wants you to use the new outlook.

    they keep asking me to use the new outlook. But the new one does not have a unified email page like the old one. i , like many have multiple emails and like it all in one place . what other free email provider has a unified inbox?
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    have you ever bought a car without looking at it first?

    a friend is selling a vehicle on FB market place. he has a person flying in from a couple of states away to buy the car. all this person has seen is pix online of the vehicle. buyers says he has all the financing done and will bring a cashiers check. they want to fly in , pay for car and...
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    DIY tint your own car windows?

    my son had his car tinted at a shop . was $375. looks nice with it tinted. thinking about doing my own car. i see pre cut tint kit for around $100 all over the internet. thinking of trying it myself anyone use a pre cut kit and do the tinting yourself? how did it come out ?
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    anyone tried this 4LIFETIME brand of silicone grease?

    took me a few years ,but i finish a tube of silicone grease. i am in the market for another tube. this one seems priced well and good quantity, but some of the reviews says it turns yellow after a while . my old silicone grease never turned color. was always clear opaque . anyone use it...
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    What do you think Discount Tire would have done?

    So my cousins husband calls me and ask about what to do. he has a BMW with some expensive tire he bought with 5k miles them. He sent me a pix of a screw head in shoulder . The guy at DT tire told him its not in a repairable area so he needed to get a new tire. ok no problem ,but they needed...
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    Will your insurance company cover a rebuilt title vehicle?

    I see a lot of late model rebuilt titled vehicles for sale often. 22 /23 models are not uncommon to see. i asked my insurance company if they cover rebuilt title cars and was told negative . So i am curious if any of the big players cover them . if they do, do they cover for full value?
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    How many sample and review phones get sent out?

    i have been looking for a spare pixel 8 pro in case my iphone dies . since its only been out a couple of months , there seem to be a lot of them for sale . i see 99% of them the Blue model. watching vids on the phone, it seems all the sample and review models were the blue color . So i am taking...
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    Sub STI's are very interesting

    i have been helping my nephew look for an STI under $20k . They seem to be pretty strong market. i see 2010 to 14 with 100k still in the $20k price range . that is pretty good for a older vehicle So is this pretty much how the STI market is? he wants it mostly for looks and manual trans
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    yay or nay on wireless charging

    one of the reason i liked the iphone i have is wireless charging . seems to work really well. i noticed that a large amount of people i know that have iphones still seem to wire charge their phones . Some say the battery last longer . i know it can't be the price of wireless charger because...
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    tester read different on battery

    My kid texted me her car would not start at work. its a 2019 hyundai . i went and jumped it . before i jumped it i checked the voltage and it was around 5.5 volts . put my battery pack jumper and it started right up . charge was 14.5 volts so most likely battery . good thing there was a Costco...
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    When did Canadians start tipping regularly

    first off i wish to let our Canadian folk on here this is not a slight against them . i started going to Van BC in the 80's . back then the tipping culture was not in place. the last time i went was probably 2013 or so . i went this weekend with some friends and all them meals we had 15% tip...
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    $20 smartwatch vs Apple SE

    with my iphone 13 pm i was also given a apple watch SE smart watch. I already have a cheap $20 smartwatch . i have been playing with the apple one adn comparing it to the cheap one. Besides the wireless charging, there really is not much the apple does that my $20 one does not do. they both get...
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    car negotiation . online or Face to face gets the best price

    we are currently looking for a replacement car for my son. He is of the generation of do everything online. i tell him with car dealers you need to be there face to face to get the best deal on a car. So in general , who is more correct , him or i? Another question. the vehicle we are...
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    Going to get to play with a apple phone

    cousin is upgrading his 13 pro max to a 15 pro max. dudes got too much money .LOL he ask me of i wanted the 13 pro max for free. well of course. probably 80 % of all my family and freinds are apple people . i am an android holdout. i mainly want to try it to see if the 5g is better because my...
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    Tried winterizing sprinklers DIY - fail

    i went over to my sisters house to try winterizing her sprinklers system. she usually get it done by a company . been watching youtube vids on how it can ben done with a small compressor. i have 125psi small 15 gallon compressor so i dragged it over. bought one of the valve kits off of amazon...
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