Recent content by Dermochelys

After nearly 7 years the wipers finally gave out and needed to be replaced. The car is always garaged and I live in California, so the wipers lasted longer then they would in most places. Anyway, I was happy with the OEM blades because they always worked great and lasted so long, so I decide...

I finally replaced the stock Toyo Tires on my 2016.5 GT AWD (those tires made it 35,000 and still had 4/32 left). I ended up going with the Continental CrossContact LX25s as I don't really do any snow driving. Plus, at America's Tire I had an old 10% off a set of 4 coupon they were still...

Yeah, I did everything with the engine off and coated the contacts several times pressing in and out many times. I've never updated the card from my date of purchase. I'm not sure now that it's out of warranty I can still use the ToolBox, but something to try. @ceric...$50 sounds alot better...

I've had this issue where the infotainment will reboot once about 5 minutes after start-up, but then be ok. After following the suggested steps (does appear to be an issue with the navigation card, tried pencil eraser, tried DetoxIT), the issue is not resolving itself. What are the suggested...

Well, for the 2nd time in 6 months a piece of flying road debris has struck my poor 2016.5 GT :( Luckily instead of a road gator (blown tire) this time it was an asphalt shingle or something similar, so much less damage this time, but damage none the less. It looks like I lost the driver's...

Thanks, snow is not an issue, I'm in Northern California and the only snow would be if I decided to run up to Lake Tahoe during the winter, something I never really do.

The stock Toyo Tires on my 16.5 GT AWD have lasted longer than expected (34,000 mi. currently), but it is getting time to replace the tires. I was hoping for some Memorial Day sales on the Continental Cross Contact LX 25s, but the price has been fixed since the start of the year. Just poking...

Just a quick P.S. here. Per California law, the insurance company had to send me a letter with their determination of liability, which they put on me at >51% (aka "at fault), but that I had the right within 30 days to appeal that decision. I did so, and upon review they have brought my...

All better! Well, getting my car fixed was certainly unpleasant, but I learned some lessons that I thought I'd pass along. 1) Striking an object on the road is always considered an "at fault" on the driver who hit the object in California. If the object is flying through the air, or an...

Yeah I know, but because I ran it through insurance I get a lifetime guarantee on the work and they speced the aftermarket part. Insurance will cover the cost for them to fix the mold line...but....that means the cost showing up on my insurance claim jumps from $900 to $1600 for what the...

Well just heard back from the body shop. They said the bumper cover was an aftermarket cover (as authorized by the Insurance company), so to fix they they'd either have to go back with an OEM bumber, or take off the aftermarket one, sand down the mold line (which they should have already done)...

Yeah sorry, this was a photo I took right after the accident. I was just highlighting in the yellow circle the area that after the repair didn't look right to me with the rough paint.

Well just a quick update. I went to go pickup my car today, and had to have them keep it :( The paint work right at the very corner of the bumper cover where it comes to a point just above the front wheel was crinkly and rough (see yellow circle in post accident photo below). It looks like they...