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    Stuck Caliper

    A couple of weeks ago I realized that my car wasn't running as smooth as normal, it seemed like everytime I took my foot of the gas the car acted like I was braking, and it would slow down. When I got home I looked at my rotors and brake pads to see if anything unusual was there and saw that...
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    About 9-11

    As an active duty service member this day is really hard for me. I'm from NYC my whole family still lives there, both my parents saw the towers go down in person, and we have lost more than a few friends. I was in the Gulf at the time and had been away from my wife and infant son for a few...
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    Errrr Gillman!!!

    I Feel your pain man, it seems like all dealers are the same, they want your money - all of it if they can get their hands on it- but don't want to do anything in return. F.ck'em all.
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    Previous Cars

    i'm 25 and the P5 is my 2nd car. I've had it over a year now bought it in Aug 2001. I had a 1987 Ford Mustang GT. Beautiful car. I had it for4 years, still miss its growl when I fired it up in the morning. I put over 80k on it in 4 years, it had over 150k on the engine when i sold it, not a...
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    Regular Maintenance Preferences

    I've always used 4 qts of oil after each change and dipstick reads pefect. we're only talking about 1/3 of a qt here. i doubt it makes any difference.
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    Regular Maintenance Preferences

    uclap5 changing your oil is really easy. you can either drive on ramps or put the car on stands. remove your oil filler cap from the top of your engine then remove the drain plug from underneath the engine, let it drain into a suitable container you can get one of those for a few bucks. while...
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    how to "kill switch"

    I've installed mine this weekend finally, works great.
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    how to "kill switch"

    Great work Hawkeye. Really detailed and easy to understand directions. Thanks for the input guys.
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    how to "kill switch"

    one question Zoomzoom : what's going to happen if i want to use the ligther, or use the jack to charge my cell phone as i often do while the car is running, will it change anything. By the way thanks for the detailed post .
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    how to "kill switch"

    I've been wanting to install a kill switch on my car but i just don't have the know how for such a thing. i'm sure most of you know about starter, fuel pump, etc kill swithces. my Mustang was saved from being stolen due to a hidden kill switch that disabled the fuel pump a few years ago. even...
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    PCV Valve

    thanks for the info Nuke !
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    Question on Mobil 1 oil....

    Hey I thought our engines only needed 4qts of oil, why were you so interested in 5qt jug? was it the bulk price or something else ?
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    PCV Valve

    Has anyone changed their PCV valve yet? I looked through the manual and can't find the replacement interval, is it wise to change it everytime you do an oil change, or is that too frequent. Also if someone can tell me where it is on out engines please. Thanks.
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    O/D on or off ?

    hey folks; Are we supposed to have O/D on or off during stop and go traffic? .
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