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I didn't want to hijack the Living in a Car thread, but this is kinda-sorta related- My 25 year old daughter will graduate with a Bachelor's Degree in Respiratory Therapy in early May. This venture was 100% financed by my wife and I and my daughter. She did work pretty much all the time...

Yesterday, I was driving back to the southside of Atlanta from a couple of job site visits in Atlanta and NW suburbs. I was on I-85 about 5 miles south of the airport, running 75-80 MPH (barely keeping up with the passenger cars), I was not "slow-poking", I had worked my way over to the left...

Who here has switched to 5W-30 from years of using 0W-20 in their Toyota/Lexus engines that call for 0W-20? I have 3 Toyota/Lexus vehicles that all call for 0W-20 and I have used nothing but that for 10 years since my first Toyota in 2014. I have had zero issues with 0W-20. I have 177k miles on...

Would you spend the money on OEM parts on a vehicle that is 9 years old and has a quarter million miles on it? I did last week, front rotors and pads, shims for my 2015 Lexus RX350. This was the second brake job on the front that I've done on it, the first I chose to use the PowerStop OE rotors...

Didn't know if this was the correct forum to put this in, don't care. Thought it would be some useful info since I had Gooooogled my heart out about the issues I was having with my new-to-me Boat/Motor- 2016 Ranger Reata 190LS Fish-n-Ski, very, very low hours. Mercury Verado 175HP. It had been...

Whoooooo. We are going to need the roof replaced in the next 12 months. Shingles are looking pretty worn. Currently there's a 20 or 25 year architectural shingle on there, 1 layer, no leaks. House is about 2500 sf, 1 part is 12/12, most of it is 9/12 with two of the famous mid-90's dormers in...

Whatever you keyboard commandos want to call it. I've known, without a shadow of doubt, that big tech has been listening to conversations through our phones/etc for almost 10 years. My wife and I noticed it years and years ago. It was only a thing or two here and there once every 2 weeks or so...

Has anyone else had a horrible time getting the correct item (tools) when ordering "Used-Like New" tools from Amazon recently? I have made 5 orders of this, mostly Knipex Pliers (the SAME pliers, thinking they'd get it right eventually) and received different pliers other than what I ordered...

We are regulars to the Longboat Key area for vacation. One thing I'd like to find (after 15+ years) is 2-3 decent, higher-end restaurants in the Sarasota area (if they exist) that we can venture to. I don't want one with a high-end dress code requirement, I'm not opposed to dressing decently to...

Just left Costco $125 lighter but with 10 gallons of Ow-20. It's $31 for 10 quarts, down from $39. Still $9 above the best prices before 2020.... Gonna spend the rest of April stocking up for the winter.

I know we all have seen the service side of retail degrade to where it's almost non-existent anymore, but what has happened? People in the area of the country I live in praise Publix and CFA (I am in that camp), but in reality, they are just the bar. The smaller stores/restaurants that REALLY...

Your vehicle tag renews on your birthday in GA. If you are lucky and live in one of the 13 Metro Atlanta counties that still believes they are doing something good with emissions testing, you must first have an emissions test performed on each vehicle in your name before renewing your tag each...

I have a 2015 Lexus RX350, 206k miles, has been well taken care of, in great shape. Most of that 206k miles is highway/commuter miles. Anyway, For several months, I have noticed a surge or jump in RPMs (both on the tach and sound / feel of the engine), primarily when in Park and I press the...

What highly intelligent, over-educated tongue-depressor chewing individual came up with this brake pad / retaining clip design on the rears of these vehicles???? For all things that are the holy grail of idiocy.... You literally need 4 hands to get the inboard pad put in the caliper on these...

I was replacing the high pressure power steering hose on my Daughter's 2008 Honda CR-V. I jacked the front end up to get under the car. I was using a HF Floor jack and put a scrap piece of 2x6 on the jack and was using the center of the front cross member on the framing to jack the car up. This...

I bought a used RX350 last year; the previous (only) owner had put a new set of Khumo Solus KL21 tires on it right before she sold it. Nubs still on the tread.... I've put 28,000 miles on these tires. Religiously rotated and balanced the first 25k miles, every 5k miles. Wear is extremely even...

For a while now, I've wondered how most people afford just regular maintenance but after buying a few used vehicles in the last year or so, I have serious doubts that they even do/pay for real maintenance very much. Outside of what seems to be this industry standard for new vehicles where you...

I just bought this 2008 Honda CR-V one owner with 163k miles for my daughter to drive. We had a 2007 that got totaled, still mad about that. We bought it new and I know it would have been a 1/2 mil mile car. Oh well…. I took the valve cover off to do the valve adjustment and was pleasantly...

We bought this 2013 LX570 back around Thanksgiving, 109k miles and while the previous owner took the thing to the Lexus dealer religiously every 5k miles, there's zero evidence a differential nor transmission service was ever performed. Lexus' Owner's page/Dealer service descriptions are very...

These were over 45k miles overdue according to Toyota / Lexus on this engine. I thought they looked pretty good. I replaced with the same Denso OEM and replaced the rear 3 coils also with Denso coils (not OEM). I forgot to order a new PCV valve to do at the same time but it’s easy to get to.