Oil change maybe $18 with Mobil 1 and Honda filter. OCI irrelevant as the car will be sold before the next change. Same with tires, belts, etc. unless you care to calculate the depreciation of a 20 year old car going from 226,000 miles to 228,000 miles or get out a micrometer to measure the wear of the tires and belts during the trip.
2000 miles roundtrip to pick up a part instead of having it shipped.
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I said I WAS going to pick it up, wasn't asking if I should. I was just asking if it was a stupid idea.
Better budget around $90 for a gallon of bedbug killer. Or upgrade your motel choice.
Nope, no bedbugs. Actually, just the reverse. I think I gave THEM some ants. Noticed some tiny ones crawling on the door sill earlier and noticed a few on my bag I brought up into the room. And the bed was better than the one at home. My back didn't seem to feel as sore in the morning despite all that driving.
Longer life, greater capacity, more power. The batteries from China that Dorman and other companies are selling seem to be good for about 3 years before degrading rapidly and they cost the same or more than this conversion.
There's a difference?
The good news is if he shredded a tire enroute, or got lost and drove 200 miles the wrong way and got there late, or came home with dozens of bedbug bites he could just keep quiet and none of us would ever know. A win-win for the OP.
Do you still rely on paper maps?
I'm trying to understand how someone could think, with the technology now commonplace in 2023, you could get lost.
This AT&T commercial from 30 years ago talks about it:
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On another forum, I was just reading about a guy trying to go from Ohio (or NY or PA or some place) to California and oddly his GPS sent him north from Chicago and he wound up in Green Bay WI in heavy snow before he realized it was anything out of the ordinary. He wasn't actually "lost" of course, just way off course and it cost him an extra night at a motel.
I use a Garmin stuck on the windshield which is great for the turn by turn directions, but also have paper maps on the seat beside me to scope out 50 or 100 miles down the road to check for rest areas and to make sure the navi follows the route I mapped out beforehand.
You must use a different internet because I regularly see shots of trucks in the middle of nowhere and other similar shots showing people go completely wrong and most likely more of them thanks to the "great 2023 technology" than not. Maps, an intelligent person's friend.
That's where you go on Google maps and get some idea of what highways go in the general direction you want to go. If it's sending you on I294 North and you want to go to CA, you have a problem.
Having a general understanding of how Interstates work can also be helpful. For example, I70/I80/I90 are all major east-west Interstates. You know that because they are even numbers that end in "0".
EDIT: Sometimes I wonder what exactly these people who get mis-routed actually entered as their destination. If they entered just the name of a town, well, there are many towns in many states that have the SAME name.
I have *NEVER* had Google maps misroute me. I've had it take me on routes that I thought were less than optimal, though. But even if I'd taken the less-than-optimal route, I would have gotten where I wanted to go.
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Come on now. There are only 46 Riverside in the U.S. How can that possibly cause any confusion?
https://geotargit.com/citiespercountry.php?qcountry_code=US&qcity=Riverside
Google Maps, WAZE, etc know about traffic accidents, road closures, etc that don't appear on a paper map. That's typically what happens when those GPS apps take you a different way. Just a few weeks ago, I was meeting my son someplace and while I knew how to get to the city, I needed the GPS for the final address. I usually don't even start the GPS until I'm close but unless I stop, I don't like trying to input the address while driving. Anyway, I did put in the address in my driveway and Google warned me about something (can't remember what they called it). Turns out a major accident happened that shut down I-75 northbound for 4+ hours. Google kept telling me to get off at an earlier exit and take a secondary road and normally I'd tell Google "I know how to get there" but I followed it this time.... and good thing I did !!
Don't know about all apps, but Google Maps allows you to download map data to your phone in case you'll be in rural or remote areas. No mobile service is required but it won't know about accidents, road closures, etc (nor would a back-up paper map).
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